White Lion • When the children cry (lyric video) #Shorts #savethechildren

"When the Children Cry" is a power ballad performed by Danish-American glam metal band White Lion. It is the third single and 10th and final track on their 1987 album, Pride. It peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, number two in Canada, and number 88 in the United Kingdom.

The song was written immediately after Live Aid, and was partly influenced by singer Mike Tramp's childhood. He said, "I was around five or six when my father left us. My mom was left with three boys. So without a doubt my own story is in that song."

He also said, "Even though the words are simple, it has a very powerful lyric. Imagine being a kid from Copenhagen, Denmark, sitting there in Staten Island and writing, 'No more presidents, and all the wars will end' at the time when Ronald Reagan is the president. But it was how I felt at the time. That song began by just sitting around and playing. Then Vito changed it to the fingerpicking style."

The video from the original clip with additional footage from @savethechildrenuk https://youtu.be/nKDgFCojiT8