# It's finally raining, help me put together a playlist. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657 "2010-10-19T14:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/21 "2010-10-19T16:03:50Z")
[Il pleure dans mon cœur](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhVyDr7CM9Y) - Debussy ([translation](http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16277)) [Fauré set the same text](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYZQOLlL8BI) Chopin’s 15th Prelude is known by its nickname - the [Raindrop Prelude](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_6APTb3RNQ) Benjamin Britten’s [Sea Interlude #4 - Storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X7JDvTarqQ) from the opera ‘Peter Grimes’, conducted by Leonard Bernstein ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/22 "2010-10-19T16:08:41Z")
[Drip Drop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn2Lvb9aKJA) (Dion and the Belmonts). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/23 "2010-10-19T16:41:50Z")
“Have You Ever Seen the Rain” - CCR, followed by “Who’ll Stop the Rain” when you’ve seen enough. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/24 "2010-10-19T16:58:14Z")
Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/25 "2010-10-19T17:01:39Z")
U2 - Summer Rain Bob Mould - Days of Rain Thom Yorke - And It Rained All Night Husker Du - Standing In the Rain Sevendust - Rain ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/26 "2010-10-19T17:16:19Z")
I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today – Bette Midler Kathy’s song (I hear the drizzle of the rain, like a memory it falls) – Simon and Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/27 "2010-10-19T18:42:16Z")
My favorite song by Patty Griffin, [Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbjE7NFmUI) …and in case you’re now thoroughly depressed, [some George Harrison](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDch761krEw). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/28 "2010-10-19T18:58:10Z")
Here are a few songs from my own rain list. Alabama Rain - Jim Croce Another Rainy Day in New York City - Chicago Rain on the Scarecrow - John Mellencamp Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell - ZZ Top Walk Between Raindrops - Donald Fagan Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins Showdown (It’s raining all over the world.) - ELO Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/29 "2010-10-19T19:25:51Z")
[“When The Rain Came Down”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ziLXJQPpF0) (NOT by Annie Lennox and Kate Bush btw. Don’t let the monster put you off. Guillermo del Toro liked it.) [Same song, live version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzcMmfGBjY) (so you can see it’s not Annie and Kate, and in case the monster puts you off) If you like it, you can [download it free](http://www.wretchawry.com/happy/samples/index.html) here, just scroll down. Another [rain song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaFnRI1CzHA), though much creepier. (Guillermo REALLY liked this monster) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/30 "2010-10-19T19:29:10Z")
You could play the entire cast recording of “110 in the Shade.” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/31 "2010-10-19T21:40:09Z")
[Rainy Night in Georgia](http://s0.ilike.com/play#Brook+Benton:Rainy+Night+In+Georgia:81222:s37975883.10375540.17980483.0.2.85%2Cstd_83084a46ca0843168e265e1db1a397ad) (Brook Benton). ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/32 "2010-10-19T21:40:50Z")
I was going to say _Alabama Rain_, but I see **Cochrane** beat me to it. _The Beauty of the Rain_, by Dar Williams? ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/33 "2010-10-19T21:42:42Z")
Feels Like Rain - John Hiatt ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/34 "2010-10-19T21:46:06Z")
Drip Drip Drop Little April Shower - Bambi Soundtrack Rain - Once on this Island Soundtrack Favorite Things - The Sound of Music Soundtrack ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/35 "2010-10-20T02:49:05Z")
“Hold Back the Rain” - Duran Duran ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/36 "2010-10-20T03:06:18Z")
Heather Nova “London Rain” Red Hot Chili Peppers “Naked in the Rain” Travis “Always Rain On Me” ([http://bottom-of-the-glass.blogspot.com/2010/09/shart-shut-yo-mouth.html](http://bottom-of-the-glass.blogspot.com/2010/09/shart-shut-yo-mouth.html)) Katy Rose “Watching The Rain” Revis “Caught in The Rain” Whiskeytown “Sit and Listen to the Rain” ([http://captainsdead.com/whiskeytowns-fcker-demos.html](http://captainsdead.com/whiskeytowns-fcker-demos.html)) ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/37 "2010-10-20T04:19:15Z")
I had no idea there were so many rain songs. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/38 "2010-10-20T04:21:18Z")
_Smokey Mountain Rain_ - Ronnie Milsap _Rain_ - Madonna _It Might As Well Rain Until September_ - Carole King ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/39 "2010-10-20T04:54:24Z")
> [@Teacake](#): > > I was going to say _Alabama Rain_, but I see **Cochrane** beat me to it. _The Beauty of the Rain_, by Dar Williams? Thanks for restationg though, I missed that one, & I love the song! I love a Rainy night – Eddie Rabbitt ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/40 "2010-10-20T04:56:28Z")
> [@Teacake](#): > > I was going to say _Alabama Rain_, but I see **Cochrane** beat me to it. _The Beauty of the Rain_, by Dar Williams? Thanks for restating though, I missed that one, & I love the song! I love a Rainy night – Eddie Rabbitt [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657.md?page=3)