Mandolin Rain
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| Single by Bruce Hornsby and the Range | ||||
| from the album The Way It Is | ||||
| B-side | "The Red Plains" | |||
| Released | January 1987 | |||
| Genre | Piano rock, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 5:19 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Bruce Hornsby John Hornsby |
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| Producer | Bruce Hornsby Elliot Scheiner |
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| Bruce Hornsby and the Range singles chronology | ||||
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"Mandolin Rain" is the third track of The Way It Is, the debut album and commercial zenith for Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The song, released in late 1986, was a #4 hit single for the band in March 1987, following on the success of their previous single, the #1 hit and title track of their debut album, "The Way It Is". It also reached #1 on the adult contemporary chart for three weeks,[1] and #2 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for two weeks, also in early 1987. The song even reached the Top 40 on the Country chart, hitting number 38.
The song was co-written by Bruce Hornsby and his brother John and featured Range member David Mansfield on the title instrument.
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[edit] In popular culture
- A cover was recorded by Pam Tillis on her 1995 album All of This Love.
- A minor-key bluegrass ballad of the song appears on the 2007 album Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby.
- The song was used in the 2009 movie, "Worlds Greatest Dad", with Robin Williams. Hornsby made a cameo appearance in the film and played an alternate acoustic version of the song, which had been previously arranged but never released until the film's soundtrack.
- Funk super-group Cameo occasionally performs the song while touring.
- American Idol eight season finalist Scott MacIntyre performed it with rave reviews.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 14 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 70 |
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[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 118.
| Preceded by "You Got It All" by The Jets |
Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single March 21, 1987 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship |
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