# Songs about...stormy weather **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713 "2009-09-11T18:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/21 "2009-09-11T21:41:21Z")
Mission In The Rain Looks Like Rain Box Of Rain ## Samba In The Rain All original Grateful Dead songs, written by various members of the band. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/22 "2009-09-11T22:05:04Z")
Jeff Lynne did a nice version of “Stormy Weather.” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sv48OwxXOTs/hqdefault.jpg "Jeff Lynne - ELO - Stormy Weather") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv48OwxXOTs) Willie Nelson/Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain (with some eye candy) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N6wBxQVBozI/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgSChDMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAplbek7RbJItHu9EenCO168e64RQ "Willie Nelson and Shania Twain, Blue eyes crying in the rain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6wBxQVBozI) Everly Brothers/Cryin’ in the Rain [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bz0Sscke9z4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-AoACoAKKAgwIABABGGUgTyhXMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAB37zNqSaVYJa42VTqL1YysaJGJw "Everly Brothers - Crying In The Rain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz0Sscke9z4) Peter Gabriel/Red Rain [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/15pIQhiGbx8/hqdefault.jpg "peter gabriel-red rain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15pIQhiGbx8) Peter Gabriel/Here Comes the Flood [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ww9JS8dJ9fY/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww9JS8dJ9fY) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/23 "2009-09-11T22:14:37Z")
Milli Vanilli- Blame it on the Rain! ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/24 "2009-09-11T22:18:13Z")
Tupelo by Nick Cave has some good storm imagery. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/25 "2009-09-11T22:21:35Z")
[Lou Christie - Lightnin’ Strikes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyRqdzF8swY) ETA: [Lou these days!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE9IHywAfVI&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/26 "2009-09-11T22:28:04Z")
Awww. I just did a play list about bad weather, but from the songs listed in the OP, I don’t think he’d like any of them. 'sides CCR (“who’ll stop the rain?”) and John Mellencamp (“rain on the scarecrow”), they’re all indie songs, not oldies. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/27 "2009-09-11T23:31:24Z")
[Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbjE7NFmUI), by Patty Griffin [Ready for the Storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j), by Dougie MacLean Rainy Night House, by Joni Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/28 "2009-09-11T23:45:02Z")
**I Wish It Would Rain** - The Temptations **Like The Rain** - Clint Black **Singin’ In The Rain** - Gene Kelly **Shelter from The Storm** - Bob Dylan **Two Sparrows in a Hurricane** - Tanya Tucker **Didn’t It Rain** - Teddy Huffam & The Gems ---
**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:** [September 12, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/29 "2009-09-12T00:12:01Z")
[Snow Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUeDGBtQNkE) - Trip Shakespeare ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/30 "2009-09-12T00:42:32Z")
“I Love a Rainy Night” Eddie Rabbitt. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/31 "2009-09-12T02:07:08Z")
Beautiful song by Happy Rhodes called “When the Rain Comes Down.” One of my favorites of hers. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/32 "2009-09-12T02:51:02Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Beautiful song by Happy Rhodes called “When the Rain Comes Down.” One of my favorites of hers. :eek: I wasn’t the first one to mention this?? _faint_ [Here’s the audio of the song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_tmRnK4yM) Let me know if you (the OP) want a download. It’s free and legal. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/33 "2009-09-12T02:52:24Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > :eek: I wasn’t the first one to mention this?? _faint_ > > [Here’s the audio of the song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_tmRnK4yM) Let me know if you (the OP) want a download. It’s free and legal. Right. “When the Rain \*CAME \*Down.” ---
**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:** [September 12, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/34 "2009-09-12T02:53:41Z")
See, I was so amazed that I didn’t even notice the title. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/35 "2009-09-12T03:02:07Z")
Rush - “[Jacob’s Ladder](http://www.lyricstime.com/rush-jacob-s-ladder-lyrics.html)” The lyrics are sparse because the piece was originally intended to be an instrumental that musically described a thunderstorm building, climaxing, and then breaking (and it does it remarkably well, I think). The lyrics were added as an afterthought to clarify things for the hoi polloi. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/36 "2009-09-12T03:06:50Z")
Ok, this song isn’t exactly about stormy weather…I mean, it is more used as a metaphore. But it is named ‘Quiet Storm’ and there is the sound of a thunderstorm throughout the song, and furthermore, it is one of my all time favorite hip hop songs. Mobb Deep’s [Quiet Storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvCp-N-9JEw&feature=related) ---
**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:** [September 12, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/37 "2009-09-12T04:30:39Z")
It’s Raining Men I Been in the Storm So Long Here’s That Rainy Day It’s Raining on Prom Night (from “Grease”) Soon It’s Gonna Rain (from “The Fantastiks”) ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/38 "2009-09-12T04:37:15Z")
Only Happy When It Rains-- Garbage The Rain Song-- Led Zeppelin Love Reign O’er Me-- The Who Raining in Baltimore-- The Counting Crows ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/39 "2009-09-12T04:42:15Z")
Rainy Dayz - Wu Tang. I swear to god I listen to more than just hip hop. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/40 "2009-09-12T05:00:20Z")
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