This has been one of the rainiest years I can remember and I'm no stranger to the rain, soaking, drenching, monsoon like rain. But rain is a good thing. So says Luke Bryan. If you want a quick list of rain songs, listen to Gary Allan's songs about rain. I like rain about every third day so I don't have to water the lawn so tell Jo Dee Messina to bring on the rain. Since I'm retired I don't mind it as much if it's raining on sunday. I love a rainy night unless I'm going out somewhere. I enjoy playing rain songs when I'm driving in the rain. The following list of country rain songs and artists are followed by names of the writer(s) in parenthesis, then the chart position, where applicable, and the year. Occasionally, I'll add a comment.
Singles:
Songs About Rain - Gary Allan (Liz Rose & Pat McLaughlin) #12 in '03. The song mentions "Rainy Night in Georgia", "Kentucky Rain", "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Early Morning Rain". The last song title made me think only of Willie Nelson when I first heard it. The writers may have intended it to cover two songs, Willie's and Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain".
Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley (Eddie Rabbitt & Dick Heard) #31 in 1970, (#16 on pop charts) Is it country or pop? Dick Heard produced the Nashville segments of Entertainment Tonight and Eddie Rabbitt needs no intro to country fans. Is that enough to consider it a country song?
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson (Fred Rose) #1 in 1975.
Lizzie & the Rain Man - Tanya Tucker (Kenny O'Dell & Larry Henley) #1 in 1975.
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt (David Malloy, Even Stevens & Eddie Rabbitt) #1 in 1980.
Smoky Mountain Rain - Ronnie Milsap (Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan) #1 in 1980.
I'm No Stranger to the Rain - Keith Whitley (Sonny Curtis & Ron Hellard) #1 in 1989. Sonny Curtis was the sole writer of "Love Is All Around", the theme to the 70's sitcom, the Mary Tyler Moore show.
I Sure Can Smell the Rain - Blackhawk (Walt Aldridge & John Jarrard) #9 in '94
Here Comes the Rain - The Mavericks (Kostas & Raul Malo) #22 in 1995
Like the Rain - Clint Black (Hayden Nicholas & Clint Black) #1 in 1996
Come Some Rainy Day - Wynonna (Billy Kirsch and Bat McGrath) #14 in 1998.
Bring On the Rain - Jo Dee Messina with Tim McGraw (Billy Montana & Helen Darling) #1 in '01.
Raining On Sunday - Keith Urban (Darrell Brown & Radney Foster) #3 in '03.
She's My Kind of Rain - Tim McGraw (Robin Lerner & Tommy Lee James) #2 in '03
Georgia Rain - Trisha Yearwood (Ed Hill & Karyn Rochelle) #15 in '05
Come on Rain - Steve Holy (Pat Bunch & Doug Johnson) #35 in '06
When It Rains - The Eli Young Band (James Jeffrey Young) #34 in '07. Good song except for disappointing last two lines of the second verse: "It's good to see the world in pain, when I take a walk outside".
Rain Is a Good Thing - Luke Bryan (Dallas Davidson & Luke Bryan) #1 in 2010
Let It Rain - David Nail (Jonathan Singleton & David Nail) it's currently on the charts, peak position has been around the #30 slot.
Album Tracks - I like these better than a lot of the singles.
Heart Full of Rain - Collin Raye (Hugh Prestwood)
Yesterday's Rain - Toby Keith (Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith)
Rain On The River - Lisa Brokop (Sam Hogin, Bob Regan & Lisa Brokop)
Rain On a Tin Roof - Julie Roberts (Chris Stapleton & Trent Willmon)
If It's Gonna Rain - Ronnie Milsap (Dean Dillon, Scotty Emerick & Donny Kees)
Wrong End of the Rainbow - Anne Murray (Milton Blackford & Richard Leigh) Is it country or pop?
Songs with rain in the lyrics but not in the title:
Just Like the Weather - Suzy Bogguss (Doug Crider & Suzy Bogguss) #5 in 1993
The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks (Pat Alger & Garth Brooks) #1 in '91
Which of your favorite country rain songs did I miss? A post about pop rain songs will follow shortly. Who does a better job on rain songs, country or pop songwriters and singers?
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