By Mark Nobes, chief editor
The song also reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., and #2 in the band's home country of Norway.
The 7" vinyl single included the track "Maybe, Maybe" (2:34) as the B-side. The 12" vinyl featured three tracks, the extended and album versions of "Cry Wolf" and "Maybe, Maybe".
The intro starts with the band on stage, before we are introduced to the boy who is the main focus of the story which is based on the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
The third and final single to be released from Scoundrel Days was the dramatic "Manhattan Skyline", which had a surprisingly hard rock style chorus.