No More Tears (Ozzy Osbourne song)

1991 single by Ozzy Osbourne

"No More Tears"

Single by Ozzy Osbourne
from the album  No More Tears
B-side|

* "S.I.N."
* "Don't Blame Me"
* "Party with the Animals"

Released| 16 September 1991[1]
Genre|

* Heavy metal
* glam metal
* progressive metal

Length|

* 7:23 (album version)
* 5:54 (The Ozzman Cometh edit-single version)

Label| Epic
Songwriter(s)|

* Ozzy Osbourne
* Zakk Wylde
* Mike Inez
* Randy Castillo
* John Purdell

Producer(s)|

* John Purdell
* Duane Baron

Ozzy Osbourne singles chronology
| "Close My Eyes Forever"
(1989)  | "No More Tears"
(1991)  | "I Don't Want to Change the World"
(1991)

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Music video
"No More Tears" on YouTube

"No More Tears" is the fifth song and title track on the 1991 Ozzy Osbourne album No More Tears. It reached number five on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] number 17 on the Dutch Top 40 chart and number 32 on the UK Singles Chart.

## Overview[edit]

The song originated from a jam session, according to guitarist Zakk Wylde: "We were just messing around in rehearsals. Mike started jamming that on the bass, then Randy started playing drums, and then John started doing that keyboard bit."[3] Osbourne considers this song to be "a gift from God", as stated in the Prince of Darkness liner notes.[4]

A shorter edited version of this song was released to some radio stations, and can be heard on the 1997 compilation album The Ozzman Cometh. The full-length version appears on The Essential Ozzy Osbourne.

## Theme[edit]

In the 2002 remaster booklet for the No More Tears album, Osbourne stated that the song was about a serial killer.

In the September 27, 2018 issue of Weekly Alibi, while texting with music critic August March, Osbourne claimed he wrote the song while in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[5]

## Music video[edit]

The video consists of Osbourne singing alone at times and with his backing band at others, intercut with footage of a woman entering a room, sitting in a chair, and crying until she is completely submerged in her own tears. The video was shot to accommodate both the album version and the edited version of the song. Some channels played the full-length video, and others played the shortened version. Osbourne's daughter Kelly is seen at the end of the video in an angel costume lip-syncing the words at the end of the song, "It's just a hand in the bush," which repeats until the video fades out.

## Critical reception[edit]

Richard Gilliam of AllMusic wrote "the song has precisely the sort of hard, rhythmic drive that marks good heavy metal" and "Osbourne’s sharply edged vocals are among the strongest of his solo efforts" but "near the end of the song there’s a pointlessly overproduced art-rock bridge that mars the song’s otherwise fine dynamic flow."[6]

Consequence of Sound called it, "a successful song indebted to both glam metal and prog rock released the same year as Nirvana’s Nevermind", and ranked it as the best song on the album, with "Mama I'm Coming Home", as "a close second."[7]

## Cover version[edit]

The song was redone by guitarist Zakk Wylde as a bonus track on the second reissue of the Black Label Society album Sonic Brew as well as on its own promotional E.P. called No More Tears.

## Releases[edit]

* 7" single, 1991, Epic Associated Records. Additional track is "S.I.N." Catalog #35-73973 for US.
* 7" single, 1991, Epic/Sony. Additional track is "S.I.N." Not available in the US.
* CD single, 1991, Epic/Sony. Special UK package. CD single in an embossed CD wallet with room for each solo studio record. Each sleeve has a different picture. Additional tracks are "S.I.N." and "Party with the Animals".
* CD single, 1991, Epic/Sony. Promo only version, one track.
* 12" picture disc, 1991, Epic/Sony. Additional tracks are "S.I.N." and "Party with the Animals". Not available in the US.
* CD single, 1991, Epic/Sony. "Maxi single" with "No More Tears", "S.I.N.", "Don't Blame Me", and "Party with the Animals".

## Personnel[edit]

* Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
* Zakk Wylde – guitars, slide guitar
* Bob Daisley – bass
* John Sinclair – keyboards, piano
* Randy Castillo – drums

## Certifications[edit]

Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

|
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Canada (Music Canada)[8] | Platinum  | 80,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 610\. ISBN 9780862415419.
2. ^ "Billboard singles chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". Retrieved February 17, 2009.
3. ^ Prato, Greg (January 6, 2014). "Zakk Wylde: Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
4. ^ Prince of Darkness (Media notes). Ozzy Osbourne. Epic Records. 2005.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
5. ^ "Music Interview: It's Ozzy Time!", Weekly Alibi, September 27, 2018
6. ^ Gilliam, Richard. "Song review "No More Tears"". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
7. ^ Schafer, Joseph (2019-02-28). "Ranking Every Ozzy Osbourne Solo Album from Worst to Best". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2021-02-10. "It was a successful song indebted to both glam metal and prog rock"
8. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears". Music Canada. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

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* Zakk Wylde
* Rob "Blasko" Nicholson
* Adam Wakeman
* Tommy Clufetos

Studio albums|

* Blizzard of Ozz
* Diary of a Madman
* Bark at the Moon
* The Ultimate Sin
* No Rest for the Wicked
* No More Tears
* Ozzmosis
* Down to Earth
* Under Cover
* Black Rain
* Scream
* Ordinary Man
* Patient Number 9

Live albums|

* Speak of the Devil
* Tribute
* Live & Loud
* Live at Budokan

Extended plays|

* Mr. Crowley Live EP
* Just Say Ozzy

Compilations/box sets|

* Best of Ozz
* Ten Commandments
* The Ozzman Cometh
* The Essential Ozzy Osbourne
* Prince of Darkness
* Memoirs of a Madman

Singles|

* "Crazy Train"
* "Mr. Crowley"
* "Flying High Again"
* "Over the Mountain"
* "Symptom of the Universe"
* "Paranoid"
* "Bark at the Moon"
* "Shot in the Dark"
* "No More Tears"
* "Mama, I'm Coming Home"
* "Changes"
* "Pictures of Matchstick Men"
* "Gets Me Through"
* "Dreamer"
* "In My Life"
* "I Don't Wanna Stop"
* "Not Going Away"
* "How?"
* "Under the Graveyard"
* "Ordinary Man"
* "It's a Raid"

Featured singles|

* "Close My Eyes Forever"
* "Hey Stoopid"
* "Shake Your Head"
* "Shock the Monkey"
* "N.I.B."
* "Stillborn"
* "Take What You Want"

Other songs|

* "Goodbye to Romance"
* "Suicide Solution"
* "I Don't Want to Change the World"
* "Hellraiser"

Concert tours|

* Blizzard of Ozz Tour
* Diary of a Madman Tour
* Speak of the Devil Tour
* Bark at the Moon Tour
* The Ultimate Sin Tour
* No Rest for the Wicked Tour
* No More Tours Tour
* Ozzfest
* Ozzfest lineups by year
* Merry Mayhem Tour
* Ozzy and Friends Tour
* No More Tours II

Former band members|

| Guitarists|

* Randy Rhoads
* Bernie Tormé
* Brad Gillis
* Jake E. Lee
* Steve Vai
* Alex Skolnick
* Joe Holmes
* Jerry Cantrell
* Gus G

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Bassists|

* Bob Daisley
* Rudy Sarzo
* Pete Way
* Phil Soussan
* Geezer Butler
* Mike Inez
* James LoMenzo
* Robert Trujillo
* Jason Newsted
* Chris Wyse

Drummers|

* Lee Kerslake
* Tommy Aldridge
* Carmine Appice
* Randy Castillo
* Deen Castronovo
* Mike Bordin
* Brian Tichy

Keyboardists|

* Don Airey
* John Sinclair
* Rick Wakeman
* Michael Beinhorn

Books|

* Ordinary People: Our Story
* I Am Ozzy
* Trust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy

Related articles|

* Discography
* Black Sabbath
* Ozzfest
* The Osbournes
* Savage Skies

| Family members|

* Sharon Osbourne (2nd wife)
* Aimee Osbourne (daughter)
* Kelly Osbourne (daughter)
* Jack Osbourne (son)
* Don Arden (father-in-law)

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