Strong Enough (Sheryl Crow song)

Infobox Single
Name = Strong Enough

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Artist = Sheryl Crow
from Album = Tuesday Night Music Club
Released = 1994
Format = CD Single
Genre = Pop rock
Writer = Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert, Brian MacLeod, David Ricketts, David Baerwald
Producer = Bill Bottrell
Certification =
Chart position =

#5 (Billboard Hot 100)

Last single = "All I Wanna Do" (1994)
This single = "Strong Enough" (1994)
Next single = "Can't Cry Anymore" (1995)
Misc =Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternative cover
Background = khaki

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Lower caption = UK CD single coverAudiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = Strong Enough by Sheryl Crow.ogg

"Strong Enough" is a song by Sheryl Crow from the album "Tuesday Night Music Club". The song reached #5 on the March 25, 1995 Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The song

"Strong Enough" is a short acoustic song, dealing with PMS. [cite web|url=http://allstars-online.net/Sherylbio.html|title=Sheryl Crow Biography|publisher=Allstars-Online.net|accessdate=2008-06-05] In live performances Sheryl often plays the accordion to it, although this instrument was not featured on the original recording. [cite web|url=http://unplugged.free.fr/unplugged3.php?unp=17|title=Unplugged Page>> Unplugged: Sheryl Crow|publisher=unplugged.free.fr|accessdate=2008-06-05]

Travis Tritt wrote and released an answer song called "Strong Enough to Be Your Man" (2002). The Dixie Chicks featured "Strong Enough" on their 2000 Fly Tour.

The video

A simple black-and-white video was directed by Martin Bell. It features Sheryl in a largely empty room alternatively singing the song into a microphone and pacing anxiously through the room.

Track listing

US cd single (cat. no. 580-866-2)
# "Strong Enough" - LP Version
# "All I Wanna Do" - Live
# "Reach Around Jerk" - Live
# "Leaving Las Vegas" - Live

EU cd single (cat. no. 580-883-2)
# "Strong Enough" - LP Version
# "All I Wanna Do" - Live in Nashville
# "Reach Around Jerk" - Live at the Borderline
# "Leaving Las Vegas" - Acoustic Live for Virgin Radio UK

UK cd single #1 (cat. no. 580-919-2)
# "Strong Enough"
# "No One Said It Would Be Easy"
# "All I Wanna Do" - Live in Nashville

UK cd single #2 (cat. no. 580-921-2)
# "Strong Enough"
# "All By Myself"
# "Strong Enough" - Live at the Borderline
# "Reach Around Jerk"

References