[12], Lyrically, Madonna compares rain with feelings of love. 37: 'The Rain Song' – Top 50 Led Zeppelin Songs", "Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy [Reissue]", The Playlist Special: Fifty Artists Pick Their Personal Top 10s, The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair, Led Zeppelin songs written or inspired by others, Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Rain_Song&oldid=1015678330, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 April 2021, at 21:17. "[8], In a retrospective review of Houses of the Holy (Deluxe Edition), Kristofer Lenz of Consequence of Sound gave "The Rain Song" a more positive review, describing the track as "one of the most sentimental tracks in Led Zeppelin’s catalog", along with calling it "patient and beautifully arranged". "Rain" is a pop and R&B ballad with influences from trip hop and new-age music. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons provided the minimalist black clothes in the video, while the ethereal white clothes was designed by Vivienne Westwood. CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (, Australian Recording Industry Association, Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me), "Martin's Comeback Struggle; 'Clearly' Deborah", "Madonna's 'Rain' established her as a sensual New Age goddess", "The 100 Greatest Madonna Songs: Critics' Picks", "Album Reviews â Spotlight: Madonna, Erotica", "Pop Singles: Reviews - Pick Of The Week", "The Definitive Ranking Of Madonna Singles", "Ranking All 57 of Madonna's Billboard Hits in Honor of Her 60th(!) Titled "The Rain Song (Mix Minus Piano)", it was recorded on 18 May 1972 at the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at Stargroves with engineer Eddie Kramer and mix engineer Keith Harwood. [7] Annie Zaleski from The A.V. (My God, there's no limit to this artist's depth! [39] It also became a top-ten hit on the RPM's Adult Contemporary chart, reaching number seven on October 23, 1993. [40] It became the 15th best-selling single of 1993 in Canada. Club stated that it established Madonna as "a sensual New Age goddess". Set to an instrumental version of the song, the interlude featured a choreography partially inspired in the classic Gene Kelly musical Singin' in the Rain. They organized their set list in this manner because Page used a Gibson EDS-1275 double-necked guitar for both songs: the top, 12-string neck for "The Song Remains the Same" and then switching to the bottom, 6-string neck for "The Rain Song". [23] Stephen Sears from music website Idolator called the song as "the album's sole expression of pure love", which "revisits the oceanic sonic landscape of her epic 1986 ballad "Live To Tell". However, despite the success of the track, the song is extremely emotional and very personal to Taylor. The video featured a pixie finding shade under a petal during a rainstorm and witnessing the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly. Richard Harrington from The Washington Post described "Rain" as "an optimistic Peter Gabriel-like ballad in which water is a metaphor for love ('Wash away my sorrow, take away my pain'). There's such tasteful, beautiful detail in the guitar, and a triumphant feel when the drums come in — it's sad and moody and strong, all at the same time. "The Rain Song" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, and the second track from their fifth album Houses of the Holy, released in 1973. A slow and seductive rhyme base surrounded by cascading, sparkling synths inspires a sweet and charming vocal. In his review of the concert in New York City, The New York Times's Jon Pareles felt that during the performance the music was reminiscent of "Motown, girl groups and James Brown. "[51] Jef Rouner from Houston Press called the video "one of Romanek's more light-hearted and definitely the most... purple of his work," as well as "a fascinating treatise on the act of creating a music video itself. A new Vista model, it was partly made up from the Pye Mobile Studio which had been used to record the group's 1970 Royal Albert Hall performance and The Who's Live at Leeds album. The song was remixed using elements of Eurythmics' 1984 hit "Here Comes the Rain Again" and featured the Japanese dancing duo Hamutsun Serve. Romanek and Madonna initially wanted to get Jean-Luc Godard or Federico Fellini to play the director in the video. [21] Troy J. Augusto from Cashbox commented, "Simple yet effective number sounds like a love-scene accompaniment from Beverly Hills 90210. Madonna has only performed the song during The Girlie Show World Tour in 1993, while a remixed version of the song was used as a video interlude during her 2008â09 Sticky & Sweet Tour. In a contemporary review for Houses of the Holy, Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Stone gave "The Rain Song" a negative review, describing this track and "No Quarter" as "nothing more than drawn-out vehicles for the further display of Jones' unknowledgeable use of mellotron and synthesizer. Reality kiddie singing competition Centerstage's first-ever grand finalist Rain Barquin continues to hone his talents by training and creating song covers ahead of the show's grand finals.. On his official YouTube channel, the Caloocan City's bet uploaded several song covers where he showcased his wide vocal range and superb style in singing. [4] In Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page, biographer Brad Tolinski quotes Page: George [Harrison] was talking to Bonzo one evening and said, 'The problem with you guys is that you never do ballads.' That would be a good day."[10]. [9] A key change happens towards the end from B♭ major to C major, followed by two spoken parts and a harmony alongside it. "[49] The director's primary inspiration came from watching a commercial by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, starring actress Catherine Deneuve. Styled in adult contemporary format, the song is more "friendly" in its sound than the other singles released from Erotica. She then appears in front of a background of bright lights, representing the sun-lit sky, and also in a scene of her kissing a man behind glass on which water falls. During Led Zeppelin concerts from late 1972 until 1975, the band played this song immediately following "The Song Remains the Same", presenting the songs in the same order as they appeared on the album. [4] The song served as the album's fourth single in the United States and Canada since the previous single, "Fever", was not commercially released there. [41], "Rain" also found commercial success on several countries outside North America. )"[22] Writing for The Huffington Post, Matthew Jacobs placed the track at number 43 of his list "The Definitive Ranking Of Madonna Singles" and felt the track was a departure from the previous "carnal" releases from Erotica; "It's not terribly distinctive from the other ballads Madonna released in the early '90s, but then there's the sultry chorus with the uplifting lilt 'Here comes the sun'". When used, the player strums a chord depending on how far the cursor is from the player. Because all the key words on this song like 'sunny', or 'rain', or 'I've seen', are very similar, Seen on that song 'Fire And Rain', too. [63], Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[69]. After the completion of filming A League of Their Own, Madonna began working on her fifth studio album Erotica with Shep Pettibone. "[13] According to Stephen Sears from music website Idolator, "the synths turbo-charge at 2:46 into a sleek middle eight that features dueling Madonnas reciting lines of poetry out of the left and right channels [play it on earbuds]. "[14] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine thought lyrically the ballads on Erotica to be primarily concerned with sex, saying that some might even view "Rain" as an extended metaphor for ejaculation, though he didn't subscribe to that knee-jerk interpretation.[15]. The look took inspirations from Paris in the 1940s, cabaret singer Ãdith Piaf and ingenues in general. [38] In Canada, "Rain" achieved its highest chart placement, peaking at number two on the weekly Top Singles chart compiled by RPM magazine on September 18, 1993. "Purple Rain" is a song by American musician Prince and his backing band the Revolution. [62] In 2016, Madonna's former backup singers Niki Haris and Donna De Lory covered "Rain" and released it as a digital single. [14], Chris Willman from Los Angeles Times criticized its lyrics, saying: "Despite having crafted some of the best singles of the '80s, and despite being a genuine wit, Madonna can tend toward terribly banal rhymes". [2] The video was later commercially available on Madonna's video albums The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) and Celebration: The Video Collection (2009). [2][50] It was ranked number 70 on Slant Magazine's "100 Greatest Music Videos" list. 'By sheer force of will / I'll raise you from the ground', she says softly, 'And without a sound, you'll appear and surrender to me, to love'. [3], "Rain" was released as the fifth single from Erotica on August 5, 1993. [2] Pettibone also sequenced, programmed, and played keyboards for the song. [31] While ranking Madonna's singles in honor of her 60th birthday, Jude Rogers from The Guardian placed the track at number 18 and called it "Erotica's most properly erogenous moment". He noted that the video "pushed the boundaries of telecine work at the time. Sal Cinquemani from the publication called it as one of Madonna's most beautiful music video and said, "The waterlogged clip was a simple and refreshing break from the singer's visually sex-drenched Erotica period." [25] Alan Jones from Music Week gave it 4 out of 5, noting it as "one of the less inspired tracks from Erotica". Madonna's voice was starting to get strong and she was into trying new things. "Rain" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released on 30 May 1966 as the B-side of their "Paperback Writer" single. Another musician involved was Tony Shimkin, who provided the drum programming. Their single release consists of the acoustic version and the Willie Ray Lewis remix version. [4], However, there is some disagreement about exactly what was said by whom.[2][5][6][7]. "Rain" is a song by American singer Madonna from her fifth studio album Erotica (1992). The accompanying music video, shot by director Mark Romanek, features Madonna singing the song against various backdrops on a set. [28] Arion Berger from Rolling Stone noted it as a "yearning ballad". Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Upon release, "Rain" received generally positive feedback. The rain song. [20] Scott Kearnan from website Boston.com felt that the song is an example of "what she lacks in [singing] technique she's always tried to make up for with earnestness". Birthday", "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles - Pick of the Week", "Recordings View; Selling Sex and (Oh, Yes) a Record", "Record Mirror Dance Update: Djdirectory", "Every one of Madonna's 78 singles â ranked! The coda has a different melody included with it, and the song ends in a group chorus without the harmonies. The Rain Song" was the only song from Houses of the Holy performed on the 1980 European tour. [29] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine wrote, "Madonna's rarely acknowledged harmonies glide atop the frosty beats, thunder-claps of percussion, and skyward drone of the sonorous 'Rain'". [24] Medium's Richard LaBeau deemed it "one of the best ballads of Madonnaâs career that never got the attention or respect it deserved (probably because it was released amidst the most controversial stage of her career)". Madonna introduced another completely new persona for the video. At times. [2], The video begins with Madonna in a studio, lying on a sofa with headphones on her ears composing a song, following a sequence in which she sings in front of a microphone, which alternates with those of her receiving instructions from the director. [57] The performance on the November 19, 1993 show at Sydney Cricket Ground was recorded and released on VHS and Laserdisc on April 26, 1994, as The Girlie Show: Live Down Under. [12] The song's arrangement captures turbulent elements associated with rain (such as thunder), orchestral stabs that invokes crisp lightning bolts, and a surging bridge segue driven by what sounds like electric guitar snarls. 0 shares. I said, 'I'll give him a ballad,' and I wrote 'Rain Song,' which appears on Houses of the Holy. [59][60] This performance was included on the Sticky & Sweet Tour live CD and DVD release, recorded during Madonna's shows in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in December 2008. [2], With a working title of "Slush", a reference to its easy listening simulated orchestral arrangement,[2] Page was able to bring in a completed arrangement of the melody, for which singer Robert Plant composed the words. [56] According to author Michelle Morgan, Kelly himself advised Madonna on some of the choreography. Lyrically the song likens rain to the empowering effect of love, and as with water's ability to clean and wash away pain. [15] Charles Aaron from Spin wrote that the song "works a timeless, wrenching scenario: Our heroine waits on a mountaintop for love to wash away her sorrow". [2] "The Rain Song" was the only song from Houses of the Holy performed on the 1980 European tour. From Wikipedia:"The Rain Song" is a ballad of over 7 minutes in length. Plant ranks his vocal performance on the track as one of his best. Additionally, the single also peaked at number 38 on the Rhythmic Top 40 and number 13 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales. He also praised her phrasing, saying that "Madonna sings like she believes in every word". George Harrison was reportedly the inspiration for "The Rain Song" when he made a comment to Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, about the fact that the group never wrote any ballads. "[52] Bryant Frazer from Studio Daily described it as a futuristic, overexposed look influenced by Japanese fashion imagery." It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, while becoming a top-ten hit in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The song is a power ballad that combines rock, R&B, gospel, and orchestral music. It was very Zen, very stripped away. [54], Madonna has performed the song during The Girlie Show World Tour in 1993, accompanied by back up singers Niki Haris and Donna De Lory. [26] Stephen Holden from The New York Times described it as "one happy, open-hearted love song". [11] A dark sounding C minor string and an echoing hi-hat accompanies Madonna's vocals, which are sung in her lowest register. [47] Other production crews include Krista Montagna as the producer, Harris Savides as the director of photography, Jon Peter Flack as the production designer, Robert Duffy as the editor, and David Bradshaw as the wardrobe stylist. "[9], Record producer Rick Rubin says, "I don't even know what kind of music this is ["The Rain Song"]. He noted that although Romanek expressed to create a video "devoid of nostalgia", instead the "Rain" clip "created a modern enigma [out of Madonna] who herself was no stranger to overexposure". [30] Alfred Soto from Stylus Magazine dismissed it as a "slushy rewrite of that year's 'This Used to Be My Playground', itself a slushy rewrite of Like a Prayer's 'Promise to Try'". [47] Romanek commented: "I came up with the basic idea of setting it in Tokyo and showing the film crew. According to Pettibone, these songs were essentially Madonna's stories and the things she wanted to say. [27] James Hamilton from Record Mirror called it a "sombre cooing ballad". [7] In the United Kingdom, the single included the 1986 track "Open Your Heart" which was being used in a Peugeot car commercial at the time. [1] "Rain" was written and produced together by Madonna and Pettibone. English Nursery Rhymes and Kids Video Songs: Watch popular children's rhyme 'Rain Rain Go Away' in English. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. She wore a wig which provides "a waif-like cap of short black hair with spiky bangs. Share; Tweet; Pin; Posted in Arts & Music. [49], The video premiered on June 21, 1993 on MTV, and later won two categories for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards. Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain. It defies classification. [16] Jose F. Promis from the same media credited the song in "paving the way for the "softer" Madonna to emerge in the mid-'90s". [17] In a separate review of the single on the magazine, another editor, Larry Flick wrote: A gorgeous, romantic moment from [Madonna]'s sorely underappreciated Erotica opus. ", Australian-charts.com â Madonna â Rain", "The immaculate guide to 50 years of Madonna", The Irish Charts â Search Results â Rain", "Madonna Offers Up New Video Compilation", "Review/Pop; From Madonna, a New Palatability but Still Spicy", "Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. Madonna was also seen reclining on a riveted aluminium chaise longue known as the Lockheed Lounge, designed by then unknown Marc Newson. Built around one of pop music's most timeless central lyrical images, it's got a depth of production and vocal nuance that suggests Madonna's spin on a great late-'80s Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis slow jam". I think when the songwriter, John, heard the song 'Fire And Rain', he started writing the song. [44] According to the Official Charts Company, "Rain" has sold 130,771 copies in the United Kingdom as of August 2008. "Rain" was one of the first songs developed for the album, alongside "Deeper and Deeper", "Erotica", and "Thief of Hearts", during the writing session in October and November 1991. She had initially written the song for a musical adaptation of the 1939 film, Wuthering Heights to be directed by Alek Keshishian. [58], Fifteen years later, "Rain" was used as a video interlude for Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour. [33] Rikky Rooksby, author of The Complete Guide to the Music of Madonna complimented the radio friendly sound of the song, but felt that the lyrics "had been used in countless songs", rendering them incoherent. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic called "Rain" among "Madonna's best and most accomplished music". Guitarist Jimmy Page originally constructed the melody of this song at his home in Plumpton, England, where he had recently installed a studio mixing console. [35][36] "Rain" was a considerable hit on Top 40 and adult contemporary radio stations, reaching number seven on both the Mainstream Top 40 and the Adult Contemporary charts. I could listen to this song all day. "The Rain Song" is a ballad of over seven minutes in length. He also pointed out that despite its innocent look, "it's difficult to separate the images from the song's double entendres. In this incarnation, Page again utilized the double-neck, the only known time he used that guitar solely for the 6-string portion without using the 12-string portion on a preceding song. "Singin' in the Rain" is a song with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown. [37] The song was eventually allocated the number 67 position on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart for 1993. 2 â Various Artists", "Discos más populares en Latinoamérica", Offiziellecharts.de â Madonna â Rain", "Ãslenski Listinn Topp 40 (12.04.1993 â 18.04.1993)", "Madonna Chart History (Adult Contemporary)", "ARIA Charts â End Of Year Charts â Top 50 Singles 1993", "1993 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles", "1993 The Year in Music, Special Double Issue", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rain_(Madonna_song)&oldid=1015178513, Song recordings produced by Madonna (entertainer), Song recordings produced by Shep Pettibone, CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes), Singlechart usages for Canadaadultcontemporary, Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary, Certification Table Entry usages for Australia, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments figures, Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom, Pages using certification Table Entry without certification, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments footnote, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Up Down Suite" (Non-album track) â 12:13, "Waiting" (Remix) (featuring Everlast) â 4:41, "Up Down Suite" (Previously unreleased) â 12:13, P. Dennis Mitchell â recording engineer, This page was last edited on 31 March 2021, at 01:18. "Rain" was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song was released on August 5, 1993 by Maverick Records as the album's fifth single internationally and the fourth single in North America. [60] In 2000, British gothic rock band Rosetta Stone covered "Rain" for Madonna's tribute album, Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. [18], In August 2018, Billboard picked it as the singer's 73rd greatest single, calling it "a top 20 hit of perfectly polished R&B co-produced by Shep Pettibone. [12], In the United States, "Rain" peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent a total of 20 weeks on the chart. [48] The video displays Madonna during a film shoot, with Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto playing the director alongside a Japanese film crew. The song was written and produced by Madonna and Shep Pettibone. "[55] During the bridge, they performed a fragment of Motown group The Temptations' 1971 hit "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)". Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain. Fire and Rain. Thomas in 1969. Often, the band would perform the song in the key of A major, a whole step up from the studio version (as heard on The Song Remains the Same). The Rain Song is a novelty instrument that has a 1*1/100 (1%) chance to be dropped by Flying Fish during rain. "[53] Rettenmund called the video a "masterpiece about art and artifice". "Rain" received positive response from music critics, who noted it as an exceptional ballad amongst the overtly sexual content on Erotica. She was this accessible, vulnerable creature surrounded by the high-tech and the global. [7], "Rain" is a pop and R&B ballad with influences from trip hop and new-age music. Published by susie. [9] Lenz further wrote that Plant's lyrics and vocals "infuse a sense of humanity, loss, and transcendence – a touch of emotional maturity. Haris recalled in Lucy O'Brien's book Madonna: Like an Icon, "that was the first time [on stage] we sat down together and felt our harmonies. [45] "Rain" also reached the top ten in Ireland, as well as the top twenty in New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland. [46], The music video for "Rain" was filmed by director Mark Romanek during May 16â19, 1993 at a Santa Monica Airport hangar in Santa Monica, California. [61] The following year, a hi-NRG/Eurodance cover by Who's That Girl! [7] According to the sheet music published by Alfred Music Publishing, the song is written in the key note of B♭ major. was released through Almighty Records. A pop and R&B ballad with influences from trip hop and new-age music, "Rain" features a more "friendly" composition than the other singles released from the album. [5] The single release featured a previously unreleased track, "Up Down Suite", which is a 12-minute dub version of "Goodbye to Innocence", an omitted track recorded during the Erotica sessions. [9][10] Styled in adult contemporary format, the song is more "friendly" in its sound than the other singles released from Erotica. [3] The song also features a Mellotron played by John Paul Jones to add to the orchestral effect, while Page plays a Danelectro guitar.[2]. Introduced by Doris Eaton Travis in The Hollywood Music Box Revue, then months later by Cliff Edwards and the Brox Sisters in The Hollywood Revue of 1929, the song was subsequently recorded by many contemporary artists.. Miss Ciccone almost sounds like Karen Carpenter, all tender and shy. It is the title track from the 1984 album of the same name, which in turn is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film of the same name starring Prince, and was released as the third single from the album. "[56] After the song was finished, an interlude, featuring a pierrot and several dancers dressed in black outfits and holding umbrellas began. The recording process was engineered by P. Dennis Mitchell and Robin Hancock, while the mixing was engineered by Goh Hotoda. "[49] She also removed her trademark mole and got her eyebrows back, which had been virtually invisible in her previous videos. The video ends with an air view of open umbrellas covering the entire floor. March 22, 2021 March 22, 2021 ~ susie. Page and Plant recorded a version of the song in 1994 but it was not originally released on their album No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded. For all live versions of the song, the orchestral string sounds were played by Jones on either the mellotron (1972–1975) or a Yamaha synthesizer (1979–1980), as Led Zeppelin never utilised a string section on-stage. [34] On its component chart, the song reached number 11 on the Hot 100 Airplay and number 31 on the Hot Singles Sales. [43] In the United Kingdom, the song was also a success, peaking at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. In this incarnation, Page again utilized the double-neck, the only known time he used that guitar solely for the 6-string portion without using the 12-string portion on a preceding song. All three of them appeared onstage wearing long black see-through robes. Because there was a big hit song called 'Rain Keep Fallin' On My Head' sung by B.J. It was later included on her ballad compilation album Something to Remember (1995). No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, List of cover versions of Led Zeppelin songs, "No. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for Revolver, although neither appear on that album. The song was dropped from the 1977 U.S. tour, but returned for Led Zeppelin's 1979 concerts in Copenhagen, Denmark and at the Knebworth Music Festival, as well as their European tour in 1980. In fact, you'll notice I even quote 'Something' in the song's first two chords. It was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 35,000 copies. [2] Chris Wade, author of The Music of Madonna felt that "Rain" was placed in the perfect sequence on Erotica, "to lift the album from its arguable slight drop in quality [with previous tracks 'Waiting' and 'Words']". The music video was praised by many critics for its innovation and cinematography. [32], Matthew Rettenmund, author of Encyclopedia Madonnica complimented the vocals on the song, calling them "elegantly layered... and an inventive, overlapping vocal rap that makes it a standout production". Like the other songs on Erotica, sexual contact is also a possible interpretation of the song. [42] The song remained her longest-charting single, staying in the charts for 20 weeks, until "Hung Up" (2005) remained on the charts for a total of 23 weeks. [13] Just as rain washes away dirt, love washes clean the sorrows of the past, leaving a person and their lover to focus on their feelings of the present moment. The song's tempo is set in a moderate pace, but not too fast and has a metronome of 92 beats per minute. "Rain" begins with Madonna singing "I feel it, it's coming", and followed by the chord progression of B♭sus2âE♭6/9âF in the chorus and later E♭âFâB♭ in the verse. In Australia, the song debuted at number 21 on the charts before rising and peaking at number five. A 30-second sample of "Rain" featuring the chorus with the lyrics "wash away my sorrow, take away my pain", referencing water as a metaphor for love. A different version of this song is featured on the second disc of the remastered 2CD deluxe edition of Houses of the Holy. Though not as lyrically daring as the previous "Bad Girl", this is a wonderfully constructed, memorable tune that deserves as much attention (and airplay) as it can garner. [19] Tony Power from Blender picked it as one of the stand-out tracks from Erotica. [6] This version of the single also included a Danny Saber remix of the album track "Waiting" which features a rap by Everlast. 2. James Taylor, an iconic American folk-rock artist and five-time Grammy award winner, released emotional track “Fire and Rain” in 1970 from his second album “Sweet Baby James”. [8] "Rain" was later included on Madonna's ballads compilation Something to Remember (1995) and has not appeared on any other compilation since. 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