condescending about his role as universal savior." Chicago Tribune rock music critics Greg Kot believed that R. Kelly "reprises the formula of his big gospel-stoked anthem" ("I Believe I Can Fly") on the track. A journalist for The Wichita Eagle wrote that Jackson "shines on the sincere ballads" such as "Cry" and "Speechless". Pop music critic Thor Christensen of the Dallas Morning News described the single as being the musician's "latest batch of inspirational cotton candy." Francisco Cangiano of University Wire noted that the overall good songs from Invincible are "Heartbreaker," "Cry" and "Speechless." Pamela Davis and Gina Vininetto of St. Petersburg Times called the song "hubris- filled" and said that it was full of Jackson's "freaky messiah-savior complex." Chart performance "Cry" was not released as a CD single in the United States, but it ranked at the bottom of Billboard music charts for three weeks within the country, peaking at number one at Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. "Cry" was a moderate commercial success worldwide. "Cry" debuted at number twenty five, its peak position, on December 22, 2001, on the UK Singles Chart. The single remained on the country's chart for four consecutive weeks from December 2001 to January 2002, before falling out of the top 100 positions. The track debuted at number thirty seven on December 12, and peaked at number thirty in the succeeding week on the French Singles Chart. The song debuted at its peak position, number forty three, on December 12, on the Australian Singles Chart. It only remained on the country's chart for one week. "Cry" did not chart on Belgian Ultratip Singles Chart, but did chart on the Belgian Wallonia music chart, debuting at number thirty seven on December 15, and peaking at number thirty one on January 12, 2002. "Cry" charted on the Swedish Singles Chart for five consecutive weeks. Having debuted at number fifty on December 21, and peaked at number forty eight the following week. The single spent the next four weeks fluctuating down the chart. The track peaked at number forty two on the Swiss Singles Chart, and remained on the country's chart for six weeks. The single's most commercially successful charting territory was Spain. Although the track only remained on the singles chart for two weeks, it peaked at number 6. The single's least successful chart territory was Austria. Having debuted on the country's singles chart at its peak