# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Rahne\_McCloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rahne\_McCloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rahne_McCloud)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/41 "2010-10-20T05:47:16Z")
It’s Raining In My Heart - Dames At Sea (Broadway musical) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/42 "2010-10-20T13:32:53Z")
In the Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot Angel Eyes - Sting Why Does it Always Rain on Me - Travis Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/43 "2010-10-20T14:35:51Z")
“Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm” – American spiritual “I Wish It Would Rain” – Wreckless Eric “So Much Things to Say” – Bob Marley (_When the rain fall, it don’t fall on one man’s housetop…_) “Kaya” – Bob Marley (_Got to have kaya now, for the rain is falling… I feel so high, I even touch the sky, above the falling rain…_.) “MacArthur Park” – Jimmy Webb (_Someone left the cake out in the rain…_) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/44 "2010-10-20T14:59:17Z")
How could we all have forgotten “Singin’ in the Rain”? There’s also “The Rain in Spain” from _My Fair Lady,_ and “Soon It’s Gonna Rain” from _The Fantasticks_. “Walking in the Rain” (Ronettes) “Didn’t It Rain” (Mahalia Jackson) “Feels Like Rain” (John Hiatt) “Box of Rain” (Grateful Dead) “Rainmaker” (Traffic) “I Am the Mercury” by Jimmie Spheeris ends with a lovely coda of “Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain on the mountain”. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/45 "2010-10-20T16:09:44Z")
Oh—almost forgot “[Rainy Day In June](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcrhqmOM88&feature=related)” by The Kinks. If that doesn’t work for you because it’s currently October, not June, feel free to substitute Stevie Wonder’s “Summer Soft” > [@](#): > > Morning rain… > Gently plays her rythms on your window pane > Giving you no clue of when she plans to change > To bring rain or sunshine > > And so you wait to see what she’ll do > Is it sun or rain for you > But it breaks your heart in two > When you find it’s October ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/46 "2010-10-20T17:07:34Z")
Always found this one moving: [Dancing in the Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNkXPYUcM8) – Andrew McKnight ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/47 "2010-10-20T23:49:38Z")
“[Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO1LbkuPfqo)” - The Fortunes “[Somewhere Over The Rainbow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-LDea7SHY)” - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Can’t have a rainbow without rain. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kilmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/48 "2010-10-21T01:40:54Z")
REO Speedwagon – “Ridin’ the Storm Out” Don’t suppose you’re interested in Slayer’s “Rain in Blood” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/49 "2010-10-21T01:51:35Z")
From 1960 - Dee Clark - “Raindrops” (oldies radio stations used to play it, before 80’s songs became the The New Oldies '…it must be raindrops…so many raindrops…feels like RAAINDROPS…falling from my eye-eyes…). I like the cover art on the CD for ‘Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon’, and I may get it. Just because I like the idea of jazz for a rainy day. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/50 "2010-10-21T03:22:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Rainy Day Women #12 & 35_ - Bob Dylan Can’t believe I forgot Bob’s “Buckets of Rain” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/51 "2010-10-21T03:40:05Z")
Fleming & John - “Rain All Day” ---
**Author:** ![Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@Kim\_o\_the\_Concrete\_Jungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kim_o_the_Concrete_Jungle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/52 "2010-10-21T10:10:03Z")
Rain - The Cult Rain - The Beatles Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - The Inkspots Spring Rain - The Go Betweens ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/53 "2010-10-21T12:59:41Z")
Looking through the stack of 45’s in the back of my prehistoric cave…ah! Crying In The Rain, by the Everly Brothers! ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/54 "2010-10-21T14:28:51Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > Can’t believe I forgot Bob’s “Buckets of Rain” And I seem to recall him doing some little ditty called “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”… … also, can it be that we haven’t yet mentioned “Stormy Weather”? Keeps rainin’ all the time… ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/55 "2010-10-23T00:13:30Z")
Cracker - [Another song about the rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8zuQH27Qjk) Songs: Ohia - [Didn’t it Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyGmGRNO37Y) ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/56 "2010-10-23T03:33:35Z")
“Laughter in the Rain” (Paul Anka) ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/57 "2010-10-23T05:43:42Z")
[“Light Rain Blues”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbVYZOSzumE) – Taj Mahal ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/58 "2010-10-23T14:17:06Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I had no idea there were so many rain songs. There are. If I was in an English program, I’d write a paper on rain as a motif in Rock and Roll/Pop Music. As compared to say, the sea as the primary symbol of nature in Romantic Poetry. Couple more slight streches: “Stormy Monday” by a whole lot of people … and there’s a song about a guy who likes, among other things “being caught in the rain” (he’s also “not into champagne”). Not to spoil it, but turns out someone he knows also has similar likes and dislikes, including a particular rum and coconut mixed drink. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/59 "2010-10-24T06:53:22Z")
Raintown - Deacon Blue Happy When It Rains - The Jesus and Mary Chain ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657/60 "2010-10-25T21:34:20Z")
I totally forgot: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - [Tupelo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k9SS__N7oQ&ob=av3n) one bad ass rainstorm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-finally-raining-help-me-put-together-a-playlist/557657.md?page=4)