Like the Rain
"Like the Rain" | ||||
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Single by Clint Black | ||||
from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
B-side | "Desperado"[1] | |||
Released | September 2, 1996 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:23 (album version) 3:30 (single version) |
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Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Writer(s) | Clint Black Hayden Nicholas |
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Producer(s) | Clint Black James Stroud |
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Clint Black singles chronology | ||||
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"Like the Rain" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was recorded as one of several new tracks for his 1996 Greatest Hits package. Released in September 1996, the song became his 23rd chart single, and in October of that year, it became his tenth Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. It held that position for three weeks.[1] At the 1997 Grammy Awards, "Like the Rain" was nominated for the Best Male Country Vocal performance.[2] The song was written by Black and Hayden Nicholas.
Contents
Content
"Like the Rain" is a country ballad, backed mainly by acoustic guitar and piano, with heavy snare drum accents. The narrator tells of how he "never liked the rain" until he walked through it with his lover. In the chorus, he adds that he "can't believe [he] never liked the rain", and then elaborates that he is "falling for [her] now, just like the rain". The album version features the sounds of rain and thunder at the beginning and end. These sound effects were removed from the radio edit.
Black also re-recorded the song, at a slightly slower tempo, for his 2007 compilation The Love Songs.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably by saying that the song is a "moody offering with a driving melody and strong lyric." She goes on to say that Black "turns in his reliably potent vocal performance."[3]
Chart positions
"Like the Rain" debuted at number 42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 7, 1996.
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[4] | 47 |
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1996) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] | 24 |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 51 |
References
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- ↑ Billboard, September 14, 1996
- ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 9811." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 4, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9867." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 4, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Clint Black – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Clint Black.
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Preceded by | Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single October 26-November 9, 1996 |
Succeeded by "Lonely Too Long" by Patty Loveless |
RPM Top Country Tracks number-one single October 28-November 4, 1996 |
Succeeded by "Unbelievable Love" by Prairie Oyster |
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