Not Gon' Cry

Release: 1995

Release: 1995Source checked | Recent carryover

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The official original soundtrack and recording item establish 1995. The later 1996 single/list appearance and the 1997 Share My World inclusion are not the first release.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1996.html, 1996.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Not Gon' Cry (from Waiting to Exhale - Original Soundtrack) - licensed recording item
Actual item title, performer credit, album association and public recording release field were retrieved and read. Only the supported year is published; an observed day is not an independent proof of the earliest global release day.

Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) - licensed release program
Licensed release program, artist and track membership were retrieved and read. Original recording dates are checked separately; an expanded edition, compilation, January 1 placeholder or current copyright year does not set the first release date.

Sony Music / Whitney Houston official Waiting to Exhale program
Official soundtrack program read: November 14, 1995 US release, track 7 Not Gon' Cry credited to Mary J. Blige, and original Arista program. Used for the first soundtrack release, before the later single and Share My World appearance.