Songs about the RAIN?

With all this rain that us Californians are whining about, I started to think about songs that reference rain. I will start with an obvious one...
Rain - the Cult

Th Beatles

Rain King-Counting Crows

Living in Seattle I've thought about rain songs a lot and I have a shuffle playlist on my iTunes made up of rain and storm songs. Mosta the rain songs I've come acroass tend to be country. Here's the unedited (so yeah, there's some stuff it ain't cool to like) full meal deal:

Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain............Willie Nelson
Have You Ever Seen The Rain............Creedence Clearwater Revival
Steady As The Rain............Dolly Parton
Rainy Days And Mondays............Cracker
Comin' Down In The Rain............Nanci Griffith
She's My Kind Of Rain............Tim McGraw
Rainin' On The Mountain............Wes Tuttle
Stormy Weather............Keely Smith
Thunderstorms And Neon Signs............Wayne Hancock
Louisiana Rain............Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Weather Storm............Massive Attack
Every Time It Rains (Lord Don't It Pour)............George Strait
When It Rains, It Really Pours............Elvis
Fire And Rain............James Taylor
Who'll Stop The Rain............Creedence Clearwater Revival
A Better Rain............George Strait
Let It Rain............Mark Chesnutt
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall............Roxy Music
September In The Rain............Sam Donahue
Kentucky Rain............Elvis
We've Got A Good Fire Going............Don Williams
Rockin' With The Rhythm Of The Rain............The Judds
I Wish It Would Rain............Randy Travis
If It's Gonna Rain............George Strait
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain............Roy Acuff
Tears In The Rain............Tim McGraw
I Wish It Would Rain............The Temptations
Storms Never Last (Duet with Jesse Colter)............Waylon Jennings
Everytime That It Rains............Garth Brooks
Rain Song............Mosquitos
Fire And Rain............Willie Nelson
The Day The Rains Came............Merle Haggard
Here's That Rainy Day............Coleman Hawkins
A Rainy Sunday Night............Elmer Christian

Nice list Woof.....hard to think of additions...but...

Sir Douglas Quintet....When the Rains Came
Searchers....What Have They Done to The Rain

Here Comes That Rainy Day Feelin' Again The Fortunes

[ Edited by: congatiki 2010-01-22 15:13 ]

Another obvious one...

Purple Rain / Prince

It never rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond

I guess he lied.

Here Comes The Rain Again-The Eurythmics

I'm in Pittsburgh (and its raining) - The Outcasts

Roy Orbison-Blue Rain (Coming Down)

[ Edited by: Or Got Rum? 2010-01-22 16:12 ]

It's Raining Men--The Weather Girls

Rain Drops keep falling on my head, by BJ thomas,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYEvz0oniCM

But I prefer the Deadbolt Version, on the Bacharach tribute cd.
http://www.tonzr.com/Deadbolt/Raindrops-Keep-Falling-On-My-Head-Ringtone.html

:wink:
Jeff(btd)

God Of Thunder!
and Rock and Ro-o-ooooll!
KIZZ

Here ya go:

http://lyrics.filestube.com/look_for.html?q=rain&mode=2

On 2010-01-22 16:35, GROG wrote:
It's Raining Men--The Weather Girls

Heh heh. Didn't think about that one, nice. Except now that damn thing is
stuck in my head. As long as I don't sing it out loud I should be ok.

No love for Milli Vanilli, "Blame it on the Rain"?

rainy night in soho - the pogues

Buckets of Rain - Bob Dylan
Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bon Dylan
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit
Alabama Rain - Jim Croce
Only Happy When it Rains - Garbage
Rainy Night in Georgia - Ray Charles

Raining In My Heart - Buddy Holly

Alright, basically I just searched the Hakalugi Music Library for the words rain, rainbow, and storm. Obviously I can only (easily) do this with the digital portion of the Hakalugi Music Library, so non ripped cds, vinyl and cassettes are excluded. Sorry for duplicates of previously listed items.

Name - Artist

rainbow - the 13th sign
beautiful rain - afro celt sound system
fire in the rain - agent orange
i. her room is a rainy garden (wallpaper reverie theme) - the apples in stereo
storm in a bong bowl - astralasia
raindrops - axiom of choice
no rain - banco de gaia
mars rain - bernard, james
dry rain - the bevis frond
into the rainbow vein - boards of canada
storm trance - sheila chandra
rain - chapterhouse
raining tears of blood - chris and cosey
raining milk - chrome
amber rain - coil
weather storm - craig armstrong
rainbird - crash worship
rainforest ritual - crispy ambulance
chasin' rainbows - robert crumb ~ and his cheap suit serenaders
prayers for rain - the cure
the sun & the rainfall - depeche mode
the rain, rain, rain came down, down, down [critter country] - disneyland audio
rainbow caverns - disneyland audio
thoughts like rain - dj spooky
rainy day women 12 & 35 - bob dylan
beyond the rainbow - webley edwards
standin in the rain - electric light orchestra
rain - an emotional fish
thunderstorm (original hifi mix) - emperor sly
five stop mother superior rain - the flaming lips
rainin' babies - the flaming lips
rain reign - flour
rainstorm blues - flying saucer attack
red rain - peter gabriel
running to the rain - peter gabriel
the gentle rain - astrud gilberto
here's that rainy day - astrud gilberto
look to the rainbow - astrud gilberto
storm - godspeed you! black emperor
finley's rainbow (slow motion mix) - a guy called gerald
rainmaker's dream - haslinger, paul
delta rain dream - jon hassell
rain - jon hassell
brainstorm - hawkwind
acid rain - helios creed
one rainy wish - jimi hendrix
rainy day, dream away - jimi hendrix
still raining, still dreaming - jimi hendrix
rainbow - king kukulele and the friki tikis
make it rain (e-rain ambient edit) - the klf
fool in the rain - led zeppelin
the rain song - led zeppelin
raging storm - mad professor
summer storm - fred maher & robert quine
I see the rain - the marmalade
rainbow - the marmalade
weather storm - massive attack
rain in our room - russell mills
and now the rain sounds like life is falling down through it - roy montgomery
rain receding - roy montgomery
raindance - o yuki conjugate
waiting for rain - william orbit
over the rainbow - korla pandit
stormy weather - korla pandit
rain, sleet, snow - paul revere & the raiders
rain in the country - pink floyd
stormy weather - pixies
burning rainbows - rapoon
only happy when it rains (garbage cover) - richard cheese
she's a rainbow - the rolling stones
a hard rain's gonna fall (dylan cover) - roxy music
rain rain rain - roxy music
still falls the rain - roxy music
silver rain fell - scorn
Come Rain or Come Shine - frank sinatra
A Garden in the Rain - frank sinatra
rain - sky cries mary
Raincheck - Sonny Rollins
rainbow voice (david hykes & the harmonic choir) - michael stearns
I was a sunny rainphase - stereolab
rainbo conversation - stereolab
rain of earth - the stones throw singers
bitterne storm over minfield - sunroof!
rainbow mush - sunroof!
soft rain - system 7
rainforest - this heat
red rain - this mortal coil
rainbow on the river - tiny tim
wet rainbow - tipsy
rain - tones on tail
my head is my only house unless it rains (captain beefheart cover) - the tubes
life at rainbow's end (for all the tax exiles on main street) - ultravox
hey mr. rain (version one 1968) - the velvet underground
I hear the rain - violent femmes
it's gonna rain - violent femmes
ashes, the rain and I - joe walsh
red rain - the white stripes
there's a scent of rain in the air - wire ~ a. c. marias
be the rain - neil young
see the sky about to rain - neil young
Still the Storms - ziggy Marley
shout the storm - zoviet-france

On 2010-01-22 16:47, GROG wrote:
Here ya go:

http://lyrics.filestube.com/look_for.html?q=rain&mode=2

If you click on this link, it has 21 pages of songs with "rain" in them. Over 1,100 songs.

Two of my favorite "battle songs" of the 80's...

The Rain- Oran Juice Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb0cTItjDUw

Thunder and Lightning- Miss Thang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbSdaqWin84

I didn't see the title song to Singin' In The Rain by Gene Kelly either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7QL46cK7B8&feature=related

I Hear Thunder
and Lightning
The way you love me is Frightnin!
I'm gonna knock.....on WOOD!
BayBay!

Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
The Rain in Spain (My Fair Lady) - Julie Andrews

Riders on the Storm – the Doors

Can - She brings the Rain
Deep Purple - One more Rainy Day
Jane - Out in the Rain
Roxy Music - Rain Rain Rain