Crying in the Rain

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Crying in the Rain , also called Cryin 'In The Rain , is a song that was interpreted by the Everly Brothers in 1961 . The song was written by Carole King (music) in collaboration with Howard Greenfield (lyrics).

background

The song came about by chance through a partner swap at Aldon Music , where King and Greenfield were working at the time. Despite the commercial success of this production, this was the only song they wrote together. The recording for the single Crying in the Rain (B-side I'm not angry ; own composition under the pseudonym "Jimmy Howard") was made in 1961 by Warner Bros. Records . The song is almost two minutes long and has been covered by many interpreters, such as in 1990 by the Norwegian group a-ha , Art Garfunkel and James Taylor , in German under the titles, Back when the rain came ( Anne-Karin 1981), You should never see tears ( Karel Gott 1992) or rain in the night ( Connie Francis 1978) but also in French J'irai pleurer sous la pluie ( Richard Anthony 1962) or under the title Ik wil niet dat jij m ' n tranen ziet (Rudy Meyns 1995).

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1962 Crying in the Rain
 - - - UK6 (15 weeks)
UK 		US6 (13 weeks)
US
The Everly Brothers, appeared in numerous cover versions

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

content

The song tells of the suffering caused by a broken heart and begins with the words “ I'll never let you see, the way my broken heart is hurtin 'me, I've got my pride and I know how to hide, all my sorrow and pain ”(German:“ I'll never let you see how my broken heart hurts me, I have my pride and I know how to hide all the suffering and pain ”) and ends in the refrain“ I ' ll do my cryin 'in the rain ”(German:“ I will shed my tears in the rain ”). The second stanza tells how great love still is, so that one waits for the cloudy sky to mix tears with rain and to give in to the lasting pain of the heart, invisible to the other. This also ends with the refrain. The third stanza is stylistically different and describes the function of storm and rain, which cannot wash away the grief, but clarifies the feelings that the separation evokes and the desire to weep openly and not to show the great pain publicly. The fourth stanza is a kind of outlook for the future. Until the grief will be over at some point, and until you can finally go into the sun smiling again, “ Some day when my cryin's done, I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun… ” you won't show the other how very hurt and continue to cry secretly in the rain. It ends with a repeated repetition of the basic statement of the refrain “ I'll do my cryin 'in the rain ”.

literature

  • Howard Greenfield, Brian Wilson, Roger Christian, Carole King: Crying in the rain .: Little deuce coupe: (The red coupe) / Text and music: Brian Wilson: Roger Christian. Also playable for a small cast (combo) . In: SO, CO hit parade . No. 142 . Mellin, Munich 1991, OCLC 164876940 (scores).
  • James E. Perone: The Words and Music of Carole King . Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, Conn. 2006, ISBN 0-313-08046-1 , pp. 101 ( books.google.de - excerpt).
  • Jim Beviglia: The Everly Brothers, “Crying In The Rain” . In: American Songwriter . January 13, 2014 ( americansongwriter.com ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Single Stories: Everly Brothers, "Crying in the Rain". Rhino.com, November 14, 2017, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Jimmy Howard. Discogs, accessed December 3, 2018 .
  3. ↑ The Everly Brothers - Crying In The Rain / I'm Not Angry. Discogs, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  4. ^ A-ha - Crying In The Rain. Discogs, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Steffen Hung: Art Garfunkel & James Taylor - Crying In The Rain. hitparade.ch, accessed on December 2, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Karel Gott - You Should Never Seh'n The Tears (Crying In The Rain) - Album: In Eine Nacht Wie Heut '. Discogs, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  7. Jump up ↑ Crying In The Rain. Discogs, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Richard Anthony - J'irai Pleurer Sous La Pluie. Discogs, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Rudy Meyns. Discogs, accessed December 2, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Chartsurfer.de: Cryin 'In The Rain by The Everly Brothers. In: chartsurfer.de. Retrieved December 2, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Original versions of Crying in the Rain written by Carole King, Howard Greenfield. SecondHandSongs, accessed December 3, 2018 .