Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song)

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"Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's song)"
Buddy Jewell - Help Pour Out The Rain.jpg
Single by Buddy Jewell
from the album Buddy Jewell
B-side "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" [1]
ReleasedMay 5, 2003
Genre Country
Length3:49
Label Columbia Nashville
Songwriter(s) Buddy Jewell
Producer(s) Clint Black
Buddy Jewell singles chronology
"Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's song)"
(2003)
"Sweet Southern Comfort"
(2003)

"Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song)" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Buddy Jewell. [2] It was released in May 2003 as the lead-off single from his self-titled debut album. It peaked at number 3 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was the highest-debuting single by a new country artist since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990. [3]

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Content

"Help Pour Out the Rain" is sub-titled "Lacey's Song" for Jewell's daughter. [4] In the song, the narrator and his daughter are riding in a car. The daughter asks him questions about what will happen when she dies and goes to Heaven. In the second verse, the narrator thanks God for his children and their innocence.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Jewell "incorporates several of the elements that always seem to strike a chord with country audiences - the wisdom of children, a glimpse of heaven, and a father's love." She goes on to say that the song is "enveloped in a pretty melody laced with a sweet, soaring fiddle." [5]

Music video

The music video for "Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song)" was filmed on May 26, 2003, and premiered on CMT on May 31, 2003, during CMT's Most Wanted Live. Jon Small and Don Lepore directed the video, and Dave Pritchard produced it.

Chart performance

"Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song)" debuted at number 44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 24, 2003.

Chart (2003)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 29

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 25

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