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 off 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 Hot 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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In popular culture [edit]
- 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.[citation needed]
- American Idol eight season finalist Scott MacIntyre performed it with rave reviews.
- Quietdrive recorded a cover on their album "Your Record/Our Spin".
Charts [edit]
| 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 Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 70 |
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References [edit]
- ^ 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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