Sometimes, you just wish it was raining men. Sometimes, you want something that’s going to go down in history. Shane McGowan may have been singing about the lasting memories of meeting a lover in the rain back in 1985, but for millennials a ‘Rainy Night In Soho’ is probably the caption they use on Snapchat while waiting for an Uber. “ I set fire to the rain, watched it burn”, Adele croons on the ‘21’ track, despite that being impossible – even for our Adele. The US group’s breakout song might contain lyrics about the mundane of watching pools of rain form, but the the the resulting video was certainly not ordinary and introduced us to ‘Bee Girl’ – a cult legend. It may sound like grunge legends Garbage are pleased about a bit of a shower – but guitarist Butch Vig revealed that the song was actually a mockery of the scene of the time, and the assumption that alternative artists enjoyed misery for songwriting. There’s that rain again, here to put a downer on ya. Initial speculation around the song suggested that the “rain” was a metaphor for the Vietnam War, but years later John Fogerty revealed that the song was actually about the group’s unhappiness at the time, despite being top of the charts. Eventually BJ Thomas stepped up and it subsequently became a chart-topping hit.Ĭreedence Clearwater Revival – ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain?’ The Oscar winning Bacharach song is well known now, but before it featured in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid it was passed around to Ray Stevens and Bob Dylan, both of whom declined the chance to record it. Though Ray’s 1959 version is the most well-known, the loving ode was penned by Harold Arden over a decade before in 1946.īJ Thomas – ‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head’ “ The sun is out, the sky is blue, there’s not a cloud to spoil the view, but it’s raining, raining in my heart.” Oh, Buddy. While musically they were pushing the button – this is the first song to ever feature backward vocals – the lyrics don’t push the envelope quite so much, according to Lennon: “it’s about people moaning about the weather all the time.” Liam Gallagher is a big fan of this track – Oasis were originally called The Rain, before Noel hopped on board.Įver been as cheerful as Gene Kelly about getting caught in a downpour? No, us neither.

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