Rain (Madonna song)

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"Rain"
Single by Madonna
from the album Erotica
B-side "Open Your Heart" (U.K.)
"Up Down Suite" (Previously Unreleased)
"Waiting" (Remix)
Released July 17, 1993 (1993-07-17)
Format 7", 12", cassette, CD
Recorded 1992
Genre Pop, New wave, New jack swing
Length 5:24
Label Maverick, Sire,
Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Madonna
Shep Pettibone
Producer Madonna
Shep Pettibone
Madonna singles chronology
"Fever"
(1993)		 "Rain"
(1993)		 "Bye Bye Baby"
(1993)
"Rain"
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"Rain" is a single by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was the fifth single release (fourth in U.S.) from her fifth studio album Erotica. It was released as the final American single on July 17, 1993 and on July 25, 1993 in the United Kingdom.

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[edit] Song information

Released in the summer of 1993, "Rain" received considerable airplay in the US and peaked at #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. This was a noticeable jump from the preceding single ("Bad Girl") which had peaked at #36. In Australia it was a big success, peaking within the top five, and is one of five Madonna songs that have spent twenty weeks or more on the charts. For the UK release, "Open Your Heart" was included as the b-side due to it being used in a Peugeot car commercial at the time. It peaked at number 7 on the charts, selling 130,771 copies.[citation needed]. With Rain Madonna achieved the accolade of most top 10 singles released by a female artist from one album, a feat she has since never accomplished. "Rain" is also featured on Something to Remember, Madonna's ballads collection, but not on 2001's GHV2 or 2009's Celebration.

The song was performed during the Girlie Show Tour in 1993, and was used as a video interlude remixed with The Eurythmics' "Here Comes The Rain Again" on her 2008 Sticky & Sweet Tour.

[edit] Music video

Madonna in the music video for "Rain".

The video, directed by Mark Romanek, was filmed from May 16-19 1993 at a Santa Monica Airport hangar in Santa Monica, California.[citation needed] Romanek and Madonna set the video to look like Ryuichi Sakamoto was directing it, giving it a backstage feel. The video won two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. On Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Music Videos it was ranked #70.[1]

  • Producer: Krista Montagna
  • Director of Photography: Harris Savides
  • Editors: John Murray, Jim Haygood
  • Production Company: Satellite Films
  • Props shown:

[edit] Tracklisting and formats

  • USA 7" Vinyl / Cassette / CD Single
  1. "Rain" (Radio Remix)
  2. "Waiting" (Album Version)
  • USA 12" Vinyl / Cassette Maxi / CD Maxi Single
  1. "Rain" (Radio Remix)
  2. "Waiting" (Remix)
  3. "Up Down Suite" (Previously Unreleased) ("Goodbye to Innocence" Extended Dub)
  4. "Rain" (Album Version)
  • UK 12" Vinyl / CD Single
  1. "Rain" (Radio Remix)
  2. "Open Your Heart" (Album Version)
  3. "Up Down Suite" (Previously Unreleased)
  • German CD Single
  1. "Rain" (Remix Edit, 4.17)
  2. "Fever" (Edit One, 4.03)
  3. "Rain" (Radio Remix, 4.33)
  4. "Up Down Suite" (Previously Unreleased, 12.13)
  • EP
  1. "Rain" (Radio Remix)
  2. "Waiting" (Remix)
  3. "Up Down Suite"
  4. "Rain" (Album Version)
  5. "Bad Girl" (Extended Mix)
  6. "Fever" (Extended 12")
  7. "Fever" (Shep's Remedy Club)
  8. "Fever" (Murk Boys Miami Dub)
  9. "Fever" (Oscar G's Dope Mix)
  10. "Rain" (Video Edit)

[edit] Official Versions

  1. "Rain" (Album Version) - 5:25
  2. "Rain" (Video Edit) - 4:31
  3. "Rain" (Radio Remix) - 4:33
  4. "Rain" (Remix Edit) - 4:17

[edit] Release history

Country Date
United States July 17, 1993 (1993-07-17)
United Kingdom July 25, 1993 (1993-07-25)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 24
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[3] 13
Canadian Singles Chart[4] 2
Dutch Top 40 36
German Singles Chart[5] 26
Irish Singles Chart[6] 7
Italian Singles Chart[7] 6
Japanese Oricon International Singles 2
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 16
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[9] 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales[10] 31
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 7
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 3
UK Singles Chart[11] 7 (130,771)
Preceded by
"What Is Love" by Haddaway		 Italian Singles Chart number-one single
September 19, 1993		 Succeeded by
"Gli Spari Sopra (Remix) / Delusa" by Vasco Rossi

[edit] Cover versions

  • The 2000 compilation Virgin Voices: A Tribute To Madonna, Vol. 2. contains a cover of the song by British gothic rock band Rosetta Stone.[12]
  • A hi-NRG/eurodance cover by Who's That Girl was released during the 2000s through Almighty Records. An audio sample can be heard on the official Almighty Records website.[13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 100 Greatest Music Videos. Slant Magazine. Accessdate: November 14, 2008
  2. ^ a b c d Hit Parade (1993). "Madonna — Rain (European Charts)". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=2659&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  3. ^ {{BRT TOP 30| url=http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/chart-list/130
  4. ^ Volume 58, No. 10, September 18, 1993
  5. ^ Charts-Surfer (1993). "German Singles Chart (Search)". charts-surfer.de. http://www.charts-surfer.de/. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  6. ^ "Irish Singles Chart (Search)". irishcharts.ie. July 29, 1993. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  7. ^ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/am.htm
  8. ^ a b Allmusic (1993). "Billboard Charts". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jvfyxqe5ldae~T51. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  9. ^ Billboard magazine (September 18, 1993). "Hot 100 Airplay". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=350&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+100+Airplay&ci=3015272&cdi=6751066&cid=09%2F18%2F1993. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  10. ^ Billboard magazine (September 4, 1993). "Hot Singles Sales". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=353&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Singles+Sales&ci=3015282&cdi=6751735&cid=09%2F04%2F1993. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  11. ^ Every Hit (1993). "UK Singles Chart (Search)". everyhit.com. http://www.everyhit.com/. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  12. ^ 2000 compilation Virgin Voices: A Tribute To Madonna, Vol. 2.
  13. ^ http://www.almightyrecords.com/product/ALMYCD035/

[edit] Footnotes

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