# Songs about Rain **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 28, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868 "2024-04-28T17:34:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/81 "2024-04-29T23:34:38Z")
No one’s mentioned “Blame it on the Rain” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI5IA8assfk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI5IA8assfk) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/82 "2024-04-30T01:05:47Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9dZW1C3neao/maxresdefault.jpg "Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dZW1C3neao) And then there’s the incredibly dark and hard house version… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BZYmcGufFUw/maxresdefault.jpg "Sander Kleinenberg, Seb Fontaine, Timo Maas, Glustonbury Festival - Essential Mix [2004-06-27] bbcr1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZYmcGufFUw&t=205m20s) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/83 "2024-04-30T01:07:08Z")
Mandolin Rain (Bruce Hornsby and The Range) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bDgOwX72fLI/maxresdefault.jpg "Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDgOwX72fLI) Play In the Rin (Lindsey Buckingham) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DBOuyechlv0/maxresdefault.jpg "Play In The Rain (Full Version) - Lindsey Buckingham") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBOuyechlv0) Eleanor, It’s Raining Now (The Lost Dogs) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4bWiowNnXiM/hqdefault.jpg "The Lost Dogs - Elenore it's Raining Now") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bWiowNnXiM) And another that I couldn’t find online: August Rain (Murray Attaway) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/84 "2024-04-30T06:25:33Z")
**MacArthur Park** - Donna Summer [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/24jAy_T1U2k/maxresdefault.jpg "MacArthur Park") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24jAy_T1U2k) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/85 "2024-04-30T06:39:51Z")
The Alarm - [Rain In The Summertime](https://youtu.be/8D6pPgwafq0) Lone Justice - [Dixie Storms](https://youtu.be/7nFWR7Nt31k) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/86 "2024-04-30T06:44:19Z")
> [@ZamboniAce1000](#): > > “I Love a Rainy Night” ~ Eddie Rabbit “Driving My Life Away” also by Eddie Rabbitt > Well, the midnight headlight blind you on a rainy night > Steep grade up ahead, slow me down, makin’ no time > But I gotta keep rollin’ > Those windshield wipers slappin’ out a tempo > Keepin’ perfect rhythm with the song on the radio > But I gotta keep rollin’ ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/87 "2024-04-30T07:41:09Z")
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie and The Edwin Hawkins Singers: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MaiT8gATzxc/maxresdefault.jpg "LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain) FULL RECORDING Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers ('70)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaiT8gATzxc) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2024, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/88 "2024-04-30T10:39:29Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > **MacArthur Park** - Donna Summer If that counts, then surely so does **Jurassic Park** - Weird Al Yankovic [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gh4zvQfDhi0/maxresdefault.jpg ""Weird Al" Yankovic - Jurassic Park (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4zvQfDhi0&t=2) ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/89 "2024-04-30T10:47:45Z")
1923 Wendell Hall - It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5lMEYthXlQr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5lMEYthXlQr) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/90 "2024-04-30T10:51:01Z")
Rain, written by the Beatles, performed by the [Allman Brothers Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMuRO1S58Gs) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/91 "2024-04-30T11:28:55Z")
[The Rain In Spain - Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmADMB2utAo) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/92 "2024-04-30T12:32:48Z")
More Dave Matthews. Sorry. [**Gravedigger**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah0ooIwbkvY) (acoustic version, which I prefer) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/93 "2024-04-30T12:38:08Z")
Another flood song: Five Feet High And Rising - Johnny Cash [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BK7P4Sgomtw/maxresdefault.jpg "Five Feet High and Rising") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK7P4Sgomtw) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/94 "2024-04-30T12:57:25Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Five Feet High And Rising - Johnny Cash As a bonus, a curiosity: He did this song in German as “Wo ist Zuhause, Mama” (Where is home, Mama). The German lyrics have nothing to do with rain, though. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M5XQHmKIH1g/hqdefault.jpg "Johnny Cash-Wo Ist Zuhause,Mama") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5XQHmKIH1g) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/95 "2024-04-30T23:56:53Z")
A real oldie here. Loving Spoonful “You and Me and Rain of the Roof” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KmXy5RtUHo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KmXy5RtUHo) ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/96 "2024-05-01T02:11:54Z")
Well, I didn’t see T[he Cult’s Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD5b_0QB0wI) yet, so… Also, I didn’t see the song [“No Rain”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVPNONdF58) by “Blind Melon”… ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/97 "2024-05-01T11:26:31Z")
Derek Trucks Band - “Down In The Flood” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dt-_5Nct5HY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Derek Trucks Band - Down In The Flood (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt-_5Nct5HY) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/98 "2024-05-01T11:33:55Z")
That’s a Dylan cover (from the Basement Tapes). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-rain/1000868/99 "2024-05-01T11:40:12Z")
I didn’t realize it was a Dylan cover until it popped up on an old Finnegan and Wood album I was listening to a few years back. ETA: Link [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/r2enc9AzNmc/hqdefault.jpg "Finnegan & Wood:Down In The Flood.m4v") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2enc9AzNmc) ---
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