# Rain songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930 "2019-06-23T15:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/21 "2019-06-23T16:46:08Z")
The Cascades: [Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC2Fu20X_KY). Or, if your prefer, [the Dan Fogelberg version: Rhythm of the Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Pit2WJ6dI). ---
**Author:** ![UnwittingAmericans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d9b06d/32.png) [@UnwittingAmericans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwittingAmericans)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/22 "2019-06-23T16:46:14Z")
November Rain - Guns N’ Roses The Rain, The Park & Other Things - The Cowsills ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/23 "2019-06-23T16:48:59Z")
In the early morning rain. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/24 "2019-06-23T16:54:02Z")
[_Smoky Mountain Rain_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC6bo3XJnVQ) ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/25 "2019-06-23T16:57:03Z")
When will it rain. Jackyl [Jackyl - When Will It Rain - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U0fRwAbrHI) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/26 "2019-06-23T17:00:09Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > **Stevie Ray Vaughan** - “Texas Flood” Well, if flood songs count, there are hundreds of them in blues and folk: [When the Levee Breaks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swhEa8vuP6U) - Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie ([Led Zeppelin version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b97hqSDRspw)) [High Water Everywhere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=336dDZsU1Eg) - Charlie Patton [Louisiana 1927](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGs2iLoDUYE) - Randy Newman All these songs are about the 1927 Mississippi flood, and there are numerous more alone about that special flood. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/27 "2019-06-23T17:01:20Z")
[Temptations - How I wish it would rain.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM7BRP7uzFk) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/28 "2019-06-23T17:05:52Z")
Another: [Save It For A Rainy Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF6rlU-WdZs) - The Jayhawks ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/29 "2019-06-23T17:10:10Z")
When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, A foolish thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/30 "2019-06-23T17:12:33Z")
Missy Eliot’s [_The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHcyJPTTn9w). Which samples Ann Peebles’ _I Can’t Stand the 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:** [June 23, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/31 "2019-06-23T17:15:01Z")
Daniel Amos - [Grace Is the Smell of Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRTQraM_gXI) Bruce Hornsby and The Range - [Mandolin Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDgOwX72fLI) Sam Phillips - [Same Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezJKEWzSWYY) Rain - [Taste of Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMU3MEgu_FU) Eddie Rabbitt - [I Love a Rainy Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebt0BR5wHYs) Eurythmics - [Here Comes the Rain Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFnYcIqj6I) Fleming & John - [Rain All Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHBddWEYzzY) Madness - [In the Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muSFM-MYq_E) ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/32 "2019-06-23T17:15:19Z")
Love Reign O’er Me - The Who Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics Walking In The Rain - Johnnie Ray Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka Bus stop - The Hollies ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/33 "2019-06-23T17:22:37Z")
[Pennies From Heaven.](https://youtu.be/JxVXNWdHDq8) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/34 "2019-06-23T17:28:13Z")
Stephen Bishop – [Save it For A Rainy Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9wln55WDsc) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/35 "2019-06-23T17:31:02Z")
REM - [So. Central Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi0c4tHV8) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/36 "2019-06-23T17:41:08Z")
Classics IV – [Stormy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Sua_QTDs0) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/37 "2019-06-23T18:02:15Z")
[Let It Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M15y9NL3ANQ) - Eric Clapton ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/38 "2019-06-23T18:19:40Z")
**ZZ Top** - _Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell_ **Cowsills** - _The Rain, The Park & Other Things_ Truly an odd couple, there! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/39 "2019-06-23T18:26:57Z")
Another Randy Newman song: [I Think It’s Going To Rain Today](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Fn8VhkK5g) ETA: Best heard in the Dusty Springfield version: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHk5zs4ll44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHk5zs4ll44) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/40 "2019-06-23T18:33:50Z")
Enya: “[It’s in the Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__aCeZSxSmA)” When I googled for that link, I also found a more recent Enya song, “Echoes in Rain” but except for the title it’s not about rain at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930.md?page=3)