# Storm songs?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 19, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050 "2008-04-19T22:43:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/1 "2008-04-19T22:43:30Z")
I’m in the process (still) of designing my company’s website. Getting close.
I’d like to possibly add some music to the site, dealing with weather, storms, tornados, things of that ilk.
So far I’ve come up with Ella Fitzgerald and “Stormy Weather”
Jimi, and “In from the storm”
“Somewhere over the rainbow”
The song should either have lyrics relating to weather or using weather words. Songs with stormy sound effects (thunder, wind, etc) would work as well.
Even though Ella is talking about love, it’s still a good selection.
So, Dopers, any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/2 "2008-04-19T22:49:08Z")
How about [They Call the Wind Maria](http://youtube.com/watch?v=p5C4kdANSUw)?
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### Author:  [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/3 "2008-04-19T23:02:55Z")
“Riders on the Storm” by The Doors
“Shelter from the Storm” by Bob Dylan
“Rain” by The Beatles
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### Author:  [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/4 "2008-04-19T23:05:09Z")
I went browsing Youtube and found some old favourites. Yes, I like Scorpions and I’m not afraid to admit it.
A-ha: [Crying in the rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaeqC7Ytpp0) (It’s got thunder in it!)
The Cardigans: [You’re the storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxZ9_XlL19E)
Eurythmics: [Here comes the rain again](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PscogedAWTI)
Scorpions: [Rock you like a hurricane](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB8HudfbaTE)
The Cult: [Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2GtrGnAIRk)
The Doors: [Riders on the storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-2TNXqEP-Y)
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### Author:  [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/5 "2008-04-19T23:05:51Z")
Beethoven’s piano sonata no. 17.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/6 "2008-04-19T23:06:12Z")
_Everyone Knows It’s **Windy** _
😃 d&r
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/7 "2008-04-19T23:29:17Z")
Devo: **Hold Back The Rain**
Cole Porter: **Too Darn Hot**
Frank Sinatra: **The Summer Wind**
The Pogues: **Sunny Side Of The Street**
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### Author:  [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/8 "2008-04-19T23:30:36Z")
“Why Does It Always Rain On Me?” – Travis
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### Author:  [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/9 "2008-04-19T23:32:52Z")
_ **Galveston Flood** _ - Tony Rice
(a/k/a _ **Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm?** _ Under that title, it has been covered by Nanci Griffith and James Taylor)
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### Author:  [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/10 "2008-04-19T23:33:37Z")
It’s Gonna Be Like This all the Time- Andy White (starts with rain/thunder)
Kentucky Rain- Elvis Presley
Heavy Cloud, No Rain- Sting
Our Kind of Rain- Alex McMurray
The Rain Song- Continental Drifters/Bangles
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/11 "2008-04-19T23:36:31Z")
\*Thunder Road \* by Springsteen
_Thunder and Lightning Polka_ by Richard Strauss
_Who’ll Stop the Rain_, Creedence Clearwater
_Fire and Rain_, James Taylor
_Laughter in the Rain_, Neil Sedaka
_Shelter in the Rain_, Stevie Wonder
_Chain Lightning_, Steely Dan
_Lightning Strikes_, Lou Christie
_It’s Raining Men_, The Weather Girls
_Here Comes The Rain Again_, Eurythmics
_I Wish It Would Rain_, Temptations
_Let It Rain_, Clapton
_Mandolin Rain_, Bruce Hornsby
_The Rain, The Park And Other Things_. Cowsills
_Raindrops_, Dee Clark
_A Rainy Night In Georgia_, various artists
_Like a Hurricane_, Neil Young
_Blowing Up A Storm_, Woody Hermann
_Stormy_, Classics IV
_Dance Of The Storms_, Tchaikovsky
_Against the Wind_, BobSeger
_Blow Wind Blow_, Muddy Waters
_Blowin’ In The Wind_, Bob Dylan
_Candle In The Wind_, Elton John
_Catch The Wind_, various artists
_Dust In The Wind_, Kansas
_Snowbird_, Anne Murray
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### Author:  [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/12 "2008-04-19T23:40:35Z")
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 Movement IV: Storm and Tempest
Whenever I think of stormy music, that’s what comes to mind.
You can listen to a part of it [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLTIbJs3vQA). Wait until at least 30 seconds into it.
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### Author:  [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/13 "2008-04-19T23:43:18Z")
[Rainy Night in Georgia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-e698EWQUg&feature=related) - Brook Benton
[Have You Ever Seen the Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9_ipu9GKw) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
[My Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRwmgYEUr8) - The Temptations (“I got sunshine on a cloudy day…”)
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/14 "2008-04-19T23:45:13Z")
[QUOTE=fisha]
Songs with stormy sound effects (thunder, wind, etc) would work as well.
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**Sanctum Sanctorum** off The Damned’s _Phantasmagoria_ has about 1:40 instrumental intro with rain and thunder in it.
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### Author:  [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/15 "2008-04-19T23:46:34Z")
You guys are so great.
Keep them coming.
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### Author:  [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/16 "2008-04-19T23:47:31Z")
**Led Zeppelin** ’s The Rain Song
If you like country, there’s **Gary Allan** -Songs About Rain
Not \*really \*about storms, but… close enough: **Red Hot Chili Peppers** - Storm in a Teacup
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### Author:  [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/17 "2008-04-19T23:50:36Z")
[I Can’t Stand the Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CCrA5Lq5XU) - Ann Peebles
[Buckets of Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P8lVAk2HtM) - Bob Dylan
[I Can See Clearly Now (The Rain Is Gone)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HagzTRmUBIE) - Johnny Nash
[Crying in the Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjLFzTn2jo&feature=related) - The Everly Brothers
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### Author:  [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/18 "2008-04-19T23:50:37Z")
I hate myself for remembering this song, but…
_Like Two Sparrows in a Hurricane_
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### Author:  [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/19 "2008-04-19T23:59:30Z")
I know that you can’t use this song, but I can’t resist mentioning it. The Quiet Storm, by one of my favorite hip-hop groups, Mobb Deep. The song is full of violence and profanity, but it is one of my favorite songs by Mobb. The stormy opening is great, and the beat is like a steady, driving drumming on your window pain.
Anyway, of course you can’t use that song, but in a thread about stormy songs, I had to give it a shout out.
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### Author:  [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/20 "2008-04-20T00:10:25Z")
_ **Cruel Sun** _ - Rusted Root
[Thunder Rolls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAtkNanTH6Y&feature=related) - Garth Brooks
[Here Comes the Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuUhZxkr194) - The Beatles
[California Dreamin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wI6uAOHzvo) - The Mamas and the Papas (_All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray_…)
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