Written and recorded by Amy Winehouse for her second studio album,
Back to Black. It was released as the album's fourth single on 31 July 2007. While the melody and lyrics are composed by Winehouse, the music behind her voice contains a sample interpolation of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's classic 1967 Motown hit
Ain't No Mountain High Enough, penned by the dynamic duo of Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson.
Tears Dry on Their Own became Winehouse's fourth consecutive single to chart inside the top forty of the UK Singles Chart, when it entered at no.37 on 5 August 2007. It also became her eighth UK R&B top forty hit. The single spent four weeks at number one on the UK Airplay Chart during August. After the song's physical release, the single climbed into the top twenty, peaking at no.16. Therefore,
Tears Dry on Their Own is Winehouse's second highest-charting single behind
Rehab and the fourth consecutive top thirty hit from her second album. To date, it has spent nineteen non-consecutive weeks on the UK Singles Chart, making it her fourth longest-running hit behind
Rehab (fifty-seven weeks), her collaboration with Mark Ronson,
Valerie (thirty-nine weeks), and
Back to Black (thirty-four weeks).
