Rain (disambiguation)

Rain is a type of precipitation in which liquid drops of water fall toward the surface of the earth.

Rain, Rains, The Rain, or RAIN may also refer to:

Places

• Rain, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
• Rain, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
• Rain, Iran, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran
• Rain, Lucerne, Switzerland

United States

• Rain, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky
• Rains, South Carolina, an unincorporated community in Marion County, South Carolina
• Rains County, Texas, a county in East Texas

People

Given name

• Rain (entertainer) (born 1982), a South Korean pop artist and actor
• Rain (wrestler) (born 1981), Bonnie Maxon, an American wrestler
• Rain Phoenix (born 1972), American actress, musician, and singer
• Rain Raadik (born 1989), Estonian basketball player
• Rain Veideman (born 1991), Estonian basketball player
• Rain Vessenberg (born 1975), Estonian footballer

Surname

• Douglas Rain (born 1928), a Canadian actor and narrator
• Rains (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)

Brands and companies

• Rain, a brand of vodka produced by Buffalo Trace Distillery

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Rain (Mortal Kombat), a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting games
• Rain Mikamura, a character in Mobile Fighter G Gundam media
• John Rain, a character in novels by Barry Eisler
• Rain, a character in the Elfquest comic book series
• Rain, a horse in the film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
• Rain Ocampo, a character in the film Resident Evil
• Rain Hasumi, a character from Valkyrie Drive- Mermaid
• Rain (Nijika Karatachi) a character from Sword Art Online: Lost Song

Films

• Rain (1929 film), a Dutch short film by Joris Ivens
• The Rain (film), a 1976 Bangladeshi film
• Rain (1932 film), a drama starring Joan Crawford, based on the short story of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham
• Rain (2001 film), a New Zealand drama directed by Christine Jeffs
• Rain: The Terror Within..., a 2005 Bollywood erotic thriller film
• Rain (2006 film), a film starring Faye Dunaway, an adaptation of the V. C. Andrews novel
• Rain (2008 film), a Bahamian film starring C. C. H. Pounder
• Rain (2013 film), an adaptation of the video game called Heavy Rain
• Baran (film) (English: Rain), a 2001 Iranian film

Literature

• Rain (poetry collection), a 2009 book by Don Paterson
• "Rain" (short story) by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Rain, a 1922 play by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, adapted from Maugham's story
• Rain, a 1994 novel by Kirsty Gunn on which the 2001 film and 2001 Rosas dance company ballet is based
• Rain, a 2000 novel by V. C. Andrews
• The Rain, mystery novel by Keith Peterson
• The Rains, a 2016 zombie novel by Gregg Hurwitz

Music

Classical music

• Rain (opera), by Richard Owen based on Somerset Maugham's short story
• Rain, choral composition by Clare Maclean
• Rain, ballet with music by Steve Reich, created by the Rosas Company 2001
• "Rain, for xylophone and piano", by Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999)

Groups

• Rain (American band), a post-hardcore band
• Rain (British band), a rock band from Liverpool
• Rain (Japanese band), an instrumental rock band
• Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, a Beatles tribute band and show
• Rain, a late 1960s California-based group formed by members of The Dartells
• Rains (band), an American rock band formed in 2000
• The Rain (Basingstoke band), later Clark Springs, an indie band from Basingstoke, England
• The Rain (Manchester band), a band from Manchester, England, that eventually evolved into Oasis

Albums

• Rain (album), a 2008 album by Joe Jackson
• Rain (EP), a 2000 EP by 40 Below Summer, re-released in 2007
• The Rain (Ghazal album), album by Kayhan Kalhor and Ghazal
• The Rain (Z-Ro album), an album by Z-Ro and Chill
• The Rains EP, the first recording by supergroup Some Girls

Songs

• "Rain" (Beatles song), 1966
• "Rain" (Anthony Callea song), 2005
• "Rain" (Breaking Benjamin song), 2005
• "Rain" (Creed song), 2009
• "Rain" (The Cult song), 1985
• "Rain" (Dragon song), 1984
• "Rain" (Erasure song), 1997
• "Rain" (Guano Apes song), 1998
• "Rain" (Madonna song), 1993
• "Rain" (Man in the Wood song), 1989
• "Rain" (Mika song), 2009
• "Rain" (SWV song), 1997
• "Rain" (Soyou and Baekhyun song), 2017
• "Rain" (Status Quo song), 1976
• "Rain" (Taeyeon song), 2016
• "Rain" (The Script song), 2017
• "Rain" (Yui song), 2010
• "Rain", by Amaranthe from Amaranthe, 2011
• "Rain", by An Emotional Fish from Junk Puppets, 1993
• "Rain", by Anjulie from Anjulie, 2009
• "Rain", by Audiovent from Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris, 2002
• "Rain", by Bishop Allen from The Broken String, 2007
• "Rain", by Brainbug, 1998
• "Rain", by Chamillionaire from The Sound of Revenge, 2005
• "Rain", by The Chills from Brave Words, 1987
• "Rain", by Concrete Blonde from Mexican Moon, 1993
• "Rain", by The Corrs from In Blue, 2000
• "Rain", by DJ Muggs from Dust, 2003
• "Rain", by Dear Jayne, 2007
• "Rain", by Debbie Harry from Debravation, 1993
• "Rain", by Detroit Grand Pubahs from Funk All Y'all, 2001
• "Rain", by Emyli, 2003
• "Rain", by E-Type from Loud Pipes Save Lives, 2004
• "Rain", by Fool's Garden from Ready for the Real Life, 2005
• "Rain", by Gackt from Moon, 2002
• "Rain", by Glay from Hai to Diamond, 1994
• "Rain", by Heather Headley from In My Mind, 2006
• "Rain", by Hollywood Undead from Notes from the Underground
• "Rain", by José Feliciano, covered by Bruce Ruffin
• "Rain", by Keke Wyatt from Ke'Ke'
• "Rain", by Kiss from Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions, 1997
• "Rain", by Muse from Newton Abbot Demo, 1997
• "Rain", by Patty Griffin from 1000 Kisses, 2002
• "Rain", by Prism from Small Change, 1981
• "Rain", by Project Pitchfork from Black, 2013
• "Rain", by Samael from Passage, 1996
• "Rain", by Scream from Fumble, 1993
• "Rain", by The Seatbelts from Cowboy Bebop, 1998
• "Rain", by Shadow Gallery from Room V, 2005
• "Rain", by Siam Shade from Siam Shade II, 1995
• "Rain", by Simone Battle, 2008
• "Rain", by Terence Trent D'Arby from Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, 1987
• "Rain", by Trivium from Ascendancy, 2005
• "Rain", by Uriah Heep from The Magician's Birthday, 1972
• "Rain (Jacques)", by Stewart Copeland from The Stewart Copeland Anthology, 2007
• "Rain Song" (Taiji song), by Japanese rocker Taiji
• "The Rain Song", by Led Zeppelin
• "The Rain" (Oran "Juice" Jones song)
• "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", by Missy Elliott
• "The Rain", by Akon from Konvicted
• "The Rain", by Carlene Carter from Little Love Letters
• "The Rain", by DMX from Grand Champ
• "The Rain", by K-Os from Atlantis: Hymns for Disco
• "The Rain", by Kate Ryan from Stronger
• "The Rain", by Lou Rhodes from her album Bloom (Lou Rhodes album)
• "The Rain", by Montell Jordan from Montell Jordan
• "The Rain", by Peter Luts
• "The Rain", by Roxette from Tourism
• "The Rain", by Tech N9ne from Everready (The Religion)
• "The Rain", by Will Smith from Willennium

Television

• "Rain" (CSI: NY), a television episode of CSI: NY
• The Rain (TV series), a Danish Netflix television series
• Dozhd, a Russian independent television channel whose name is translated as Rain

Video games

• Rain (video game), a 2013 video game released on the PlayStation Network

Acronyms

• RAINN, Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Rain
• Raein, an Italian screamo band
• Raine (disambiguation)
• Rane (disambiguation)
• Rayne (disambiguation)
• Reign (disambiguation)
• Rein (disambiguation)