"
Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a song recorded by
Julie Covington for the 1976
concept album,
Evita, and was later included in the 1978
musical of the same name. The song was written and composed by
Andrew Lloyd Webber and
Tim Rice while they were researching about the life of Argentinian leader
Eva Perón. It appeared at the opening and near the end of the show, initially as the spirit of the dead Eva exhorting the people of Argentina not to mourn her, and finally during Eva's speech from the balcony of
Casa Rosada. Covington was signed by the songwriters for the track, based on her previous work in musicals.