Raindancing

Raindancing
Studio album by Alison Moyet
Released	1987
Recorded	1986-1987
Genre	Pop
Length	39:22
Label	CBS/Columbia (re-released on CD in 1990 by Sony Music Entertainment and in 2000 by Sony-BMG)
Producer	Jimmy Iovine (tracks 1-6 & 8-10), Jess Bailey & Alison Moyet (track 7), Joseph Hughes & David Freeman (track 5), Jean Guiot (track 6)
Alison Moyet chronology
Alf (1984) Raindancing (1987) Hoodoo (1991)
Alternative cover
US edition

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Raindancing is the title of the second solo music recording/album of singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. The album includes four single releases; "Is This Love?" (co-written by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart under his 'Jean/Manu Guiot' pseudonym), "Weak in the Presence of Beauty", "Ordinary Girl" and "Sleep Like Breathing", a duet with David Freeman of the band The Lover Speaks. The US version of Raindancing was released with a different cover and the tracks in re-arranged order.
The non-album single "Love Letters" followed in late 1987.

Track listing

• All Songs Copyright Virgin Music Publishers Ltd, except where noted.

Side A:

1. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Rob Clarke, Michael Ward) - 3:45
2. "Ordinary Girl" (Jess Bailey, Rick Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:27
3. "You Got Me Wrong" (Moyet) - 4:04
4. "Without You" (Moyet) - 3:28
5. "Sleep Like Breathing" (Joseph Freeman, David Hughes; Copyright Warner Bros Music Ltd./Anxious Music/Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.) - 4:10

Side B:

1. "Is This Love?" (Jean Guiot, Moyet) - 4:00
2. "Blow Wind Blow" (Jess Bailey, Moyet) - 5:46
3. "Glorious Love" (Jess Bailey, Rick Driscoll, Moyet) - 4:22
4. "When I Say (No Giveaway)" (Jess Bailey, Rick Driscoll, Moyet) - 2:54
5. "Stay" (Jess Bailey, Rick Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:26

US Edition
Side A:

1. "Is This Love" (Guiot, Moyet) - 4:00
2. "Stay" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:26
3. "Glorious Love" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 4:22
4. "When I Say (No Giveaway)" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 2:54
5. "Blow Wind Blow" (Bailey, Moyet) - 5:46

Side B:

1. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Clarke, Ward) - 3:45
2. "Ordinary Girl" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:27
3. "You Got Me Wrong" (Moyet) - 4:04
4. "Without You" (Moyet) - 3:28
5. "Sleep Like Breathing" (Freeman, Hughes) - 4:10

Chart performance

Original 1987 release

Chart (1987)	Peak position	Total weeks
Austrian Albums Chart	23	2
Canadian Albums Chart	36	10
German Albums Chart	3
New Zealand Albums Chart	1	25
Norwegian Albums Chart	1	17
Swedish Albums Chart	4	6
Swiss Albums Chart	4	13
UK Albums Chart	2	52
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	94	17

1995 release

Chart (1995)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	98

Non-album tracks, the Raindancing era

• "Is This Love?" (Extended version a.k.a. L.A. Mix) - 5:23
• "Blow Wind Blow" (Long version) - 6:19
• "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Extended remix) - 6:00
• "To Work On You" - 4:13
• "Take My Imagination To Bed" - 3:42
• "Ordinary Girl" (Extended version) - 5:34
• "Ordinary Girl" (Remix) - 5:55
• "Palm of Your Hand (Cloak and Dagger)" - 3:54
• "Love Resurrection" (Live at Wembley Arena 13 May 1987) - 6:31
• "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (Live at Wembley Arena 13 May 1987) - 4:46
• "Love Letters" - 2:51
• "Love Letters" (Extended) - 3:29
• "This House" (Original version) - 5:55
• "Coventry Carol" - 3:24 (from Special Olympics benefit album A Very Special Christmas, 1987)

Production

• See InfoBox for full producer listing
• Associate Producer: Mike Shipley
• Recorded & Engineered By Joe Chiccarelli, John Fryer, Robert de la Garza & Mark Desisto
• Mixed By Jess Bailey, Alison Moyet, Scott Litt, Mike Shipley & Humberto Gatica
• Mastered By Vladimir "Vlado" Meller
• Richard Houghton - sleeve photography
• Rob O'Connor (Stylorouge) - design, art direction

External links

• Alison Moyet's official website
• Alison Moyet Forums