Greater than three a long time after The Judds topped the nation charts with “Cry Myself to Sleep,” Wynonna Judd has put a brand new spin on the traditional.
On Friday, September 29, Judd, 59, launched a reimagined model of the track she and her late mom, Naomi Judd, made well-known within the mid-Eighties. This time, Wynonna’s fellow nation legend Trisha Yearwood jumped on the observe, which effortlessly blended nation, pop and rock.
“And day after day / You’ve been treating me dangerous / Mates come up and say / Why do you’re taking all that?” sing Judd and Yearwood. “‘Trigger it’s making me moan / And it’s making me weep / So I’ll go house / And cry myself to sleep.”
“Cry Myself to Sleep” is the second single from the upcoming file A Tribute to the Judds. The album will function artists like Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton, Jellyroll, Reba McEntire, Carly Pearce, LeAnn Rimes, Ashley McBryde and Dolly Parton singing 14 songs that the mother-daughter duo made well-known.
“To have all of those artists, most of that are my pals, come collectively and lend their voices and artistry to reimagine these songs is so particular,” Wynonna stated in a press release asserting the album, which arrives on October 27. “These songs are so timeless and I’m so excited for them to reside on for generations to come back.”
The album was initially supposed to have fun the fortieth anniversary of the Judds signing their first file contract, however the mission was expanded to incorporate a partnership with the Nationwide Alliance of Psychological Sickness after Naomi died by suicide at age 76 in April 2022.
Whereas attending the 2023 Individuals’s Alternative Nation Awards on Thursday, September 28, Wynonna paid tribute to her mom as she accepted the Nation Champion Award. “So I graduated highschool in 1982 and [in] 1983 obtained a file take care of RCA information and I obtained on a silver Eagle bus with my mama and did her hair each night time for 10 years without spending a dime,” she stated through the ceremony. “I began there, 10 years later, she must retire, and I’d go on to make nation music ‘herstory.’”

Wynonna Judd performing on the 2023 Individuals’s Alternative Nation Awards. Mickey Bernal/NBC
Wynonna additionally recalled the heartbreaking lack of her mom. “I walked into the room and I held her in my arms and I kissed her on the brow, shut her eyes and stated, ‘I like you, Mother,’” she stated. “And I walked out of that room, went house, obtained up the subsequent morning and confirmed up on the Nation Music Corridor of Fame to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame. You realize why? As a result of that’s how a lot we love music no matter what has occurred to me and who I present up and I present out.”
The unique model of “Cry Myself to Sleep” was written by Paul Kennerly and recorded by The Judds for his or her 1985 album, Rockin’ with the Rhythm. Because the fourth single from the album, “Cry Myself to Sleep” reached the highest of the Billboard US Scorching Nation Songs chart in 1987, the place it spent every week at No. 1. General, the track spent 16 weeks on the nation chart, per Billboard.
