100% Chance of Rain

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"100% Chance of Rain"
Single by Gary Morris
from the album Anything Goes
B-side "Back in Her Arms Again"
ReleasedDecember 1985
Recorded1985
Genre Soft rock
Length3:42
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Charlie Black and Austin Roberts
Producer(s) Jim Ed Norman
Gary Morris singles chronology
"Wildflower"
(1985)
"100% Chance of Rain"
(1985)
"Anything Goes"
(1986)

"100% Chance of Rain" is a song written by Charlie Black and Austin Roberts, and recorded by American country music artist Gary Morris. It was released in December 1985 as the third single from the album Anything Goes . The song was Morris' third number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

Contents

Background

This song displays a little more soft rock influence instead of country pop.

Chart performance

Chart (1985-1986)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 240.
  2. "Gary Morris Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.