The Rain (song)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The Rain
  DE 3 December 8th, 1986 (18 weeks)
  AT 16 03/01/1987 (8 weeks)
  CH 12 02/01/1987 (8 weeks)
  UK 4th 11/15/1986 (14 weeks)
  US 9 09/13/1986 (19 weeks)

The Rain is a 1986 song by Oran "Juice" Jones , written by Vincent Bell and featured on the album Juice . For the production also recorded Russell Simmons and Vincent Bell responsible.

history

In the lyrics of the song, a man confronts his girlfriend with her infidelity from the perspective of the lyric self , as she was walking with another man in the rain and holding his hand, as is particularly emphasized in the chorus.

The Rain was released on September 12, 1986, reached number 1 on the US R&B charts and was awarded a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America . In addition, the song was nominated for two categories of the Grammy Awards ; it also corresponds to the music genres R&B and synth pop . In the VH1 list 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the '80s , the song reached number 63.

Cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart statistics for The Rain on chartsurfer.de
  2. ^ Translation of the text on Golyr.de