# Songs with storm sounds in them? (no nature soundtracks) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957 "2013-09-04T02:33:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/1 "2013-09-04T02:33:45Z")
\*What I’m not looking for: nature sounds CD tracks, with or without instrumental accompaniment \* There was a thunder storm last week while I was driving home, and it amused me some that my mixed CD on random landed on both **“Cadillac Dust” by Elliott Brood** and **“Polish Girl” covered by Emil & Friends** because both songs have thunder in them. This reminded me of **“Thunder Rolls” by Garth Brooks** , naturally. So now I’m wondering what other songs with vocals might have the sounds of rain and/or thunder in them. Got any recs? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/2 "2013-09-04T02:34:33Z")
“Love Reign O’er Me” by the Who. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/3 "2013-09-04T02:39:37Z")
I’m fairly certain it was Ozymandias on Jefferson Starship’s Spitfire LP that featured a thunderstorm. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/4 "2013-09-04T02:40:19Z")
“Riders on the Storm” by the Doors, natch. “Rain is Falling” by Electric Light Orchestra. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/5 "2013-09-04T02:43:52Z")
“Black Sabbath” by Black Sabbath (on _Black Sabbath_). ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/6 "2013-09-04T02:49:41Z")
“November Rain,” Guns n Roses. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/7 "2013-09-04T02:52:00Z")
“The Fall of the House of Usher”, The Alan Parsons Project. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/8 "2013-09-04T02:55:29Z")
_“It’s Raining”_ by Rick Derringer ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/9 "2013-09-04T03:04:27Z")
The Cascades, “Rhythm of the Rain.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/10 "2013-09-04T03:05:05Z")
“Piove” by Jovanotti. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/11 "2013-09-04T03:08:30Z")
“No Ha Parado de Llover,” by Maná. This one and the other one (“Piove”) are both terrific songs, IMHO. Seek 'em out, even if you don’t speak Spanish or Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/12 "2013-09-04T03:42:21Z")
Two favorites of mine, both with storm sounds at the beginning: Sting, “Fortress Around Your Heart” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7qcVtEy6G1Q/hqdefault.jpg "Sting "Fortress Around Your Heart"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qcVtEy6G1Q) Seal, “Love’s Divine” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ri1NlFTKCOM/hqdefault.jpg "Seal - Love's Divine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri1NlFTKCOM) ---
**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 4, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/13 "2013-09-04T04:20:10Z")
Not famous or anything, but [“Til The Dawn Breaks”](http://youtu.be/REjeEiTDi1A) has thunder claps at the very beginning and end. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/14 "2013-09-04T04:20:41Z")
_It’s Raining Men_ by the Weathergirls ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/15 "2013-09-04T04:25:10Z")
“[Like the Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gcds0xLgXA)”, by Clint Black. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/16 "2013-09-04T05:16:41Z")
I used to think “We Walk” by R.E.M. had thunder sounds, but Dopers corrected me: it’s billiard balls hitting each other, with the sound slowed down. Does a windstorm count? E.g., the end of Side 1, and the start of Side 2, of Jethro Tull’s magnum opus “Thick as a Brick.” ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/17 "2013-09-04T05:51:34Z")
_Wings for Marie Part II_ - Tool ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/18 "2013-09-04T06:13:06Z")
These guys were the headliners of a triple bill at my first concert. Bad Company~Burning Sky. Thunder intro and outro. Bonus: I found you kids a commercial-free version. 😃 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMgb-LlQZ1w) You’re welcome. Saucy ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/19 "2013-09-04T07:21:27Z")
“Dun Ringill,” by Jethro Tull, has rainstorm sounds. A lyric in it references the album it’s on: “Stormwatch.” ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957/20 "2013-09-04T07:25:41Z")
[“Walking in the Rain”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBBys5TLxCI) by the Ronettes [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-storm-sounds-in-them-no-nature-soundtracks/667957.md?page=2)