# 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:** 4
**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 24, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/61 "2019-06-24T13:54:34Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Davy Jones. [Rainy Jane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyrAvOoli2U) > > Melanie. [(Lay Down) Candles in the Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlp3wmE4bbI) > > Tanya Tucker. [The Rainmaker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIlEFK0KZ6s) > > nursery song: [The Eensie Beensie Spider Came Up the Waterspout](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZneDNS9rONQ) > [@ftg](#): > > Priscilla Ahn [_Rain_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9eZiQAxaHw). Bonus points: includes the lyrics to the children’s rhyme. Carly Simon has a version of [“Itsy Bitsy Spider”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iCR0BcvM54) that segues into a reprise of another song on that album. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/62 "2019-06-24T14:38:48Z")
Dylan, “Buckets of Rain” Jackson Browne, “You Love the Thunder (You love the rain)” Simple Minds, “Don’t You Forget About Me”: \*Will you stand above me? Look my way, never love me Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling Down, down, down Will you recognize me? Call my name or walk on by Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling Down, down, down, down\* ---
**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 24, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/63 "2019-06-24T15:02:08Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Dylan, “Buckets of Rain” And of course [A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5al0HmR4to). ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/64 "2019-06-24T15:09:32Z")
Sergio Mendes - “Constant Rain” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vbmIHlXSgEY/hqdefault.jpg "Sergio Mendes - Constant Rain (Chove Chuva)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbmIHlXSgEY) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/65 "2019-06-24T15:31:01Z")
[Johnny Cash - Five Feet High and Rising](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mf-BIZumaA) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/66 "2019-06-24T15:44:30Z")
[Hopi Rain Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi4mTKufky0) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/67 "2019-06-24T20:15:48Z")
Matthew Sweet - [Thunderstorm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwQWLWos74o) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/68 "2019-06-24T20:21:05Z")
One from my childhood: [It Sprinkled, It Rained and It Poured](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Q9xHjcv_g), a song about the Chemung River (NY) flood of 1972. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/69 "2019-06-24T20:51:07Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > [Johnny Cash - Five Feet High and Rising](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mf-BIZumaA) That should be on the all-time rain mix. According to Counting Crows, it’s [_Raining in Baltimore_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEnCxGh8kBg). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/70 "2019-06-24T21:45:53Z")
[Rainy Days and Mondays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjFoQxjgbrs), The Carpenters [The Rains Came](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KlLKuJpTgM), Sir Douglas Quintet Raining In My Heart, Buddy Holly ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/71 "2019-06-24T22:05:21Z")
Gotas de Lluvia (Drops of Rain) Grupo Niche [Grupo Niche Gotas De Lluvia - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjXU7I6aBpA&spfreload=10) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/72 "2019-06-24T22:06:05Z")
Carole King, “It Might as Well Rain until September”: :o ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/73 "2019-06-25T01:15:07Z")
[Baby The Rain Must Fall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJO8ZUVL1xs), Glenn Yarbrough ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/74 "2019-06-25T01:49:50Z")
Evanescence, [Listen to the Rain](https://youtu.be/KP0Ajx4SKMQ). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/75 "2019-06-25T09:25:18Z")
The Cascades, “Rhythm of the Rain” ---
**Author:** ![Moris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moris/32/2846_2.png) [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/76 "2019-06-25T10:54:29Z")
I’m surprised nobody mentioned these two yet: A-ha: [Crying in The Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-WPexVEujg) Uriah Heep: [Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrbgbL-iIOY) There’s also a band named [Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9iD_Kt2L_w) well worth checking, but different than one already mentioned in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/77 "2019-06-25T12:49:30Z")
Rainy Day, Dream Away - Jimi Hendrix Experience ---
**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 25, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/78 "2019-06-25T13:10:42Z")
> [@Moris](#): > > I’m surprised nobody mentioned these two yet: > > A-ha: [Crying in The Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-WPexVEujg) Which is an Everly Brothers cover: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V\_6qQEyCSv8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_6qQEyCSv8) ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/79 "2019-06-25T15:34:02Z")
“Rainy Day Song” - Neil Diamond (“On The Way To The Sky” album and, yes, I know that isn’t punctuated properly.) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930/80 "2019-06-25T19:22:43Z")
[Boston Rain Melody](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUQfvbBRnZs) by Steve Vai Beautiful instrumental. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rain-songs/835930.md?page=5)