Let It Rain (East 17 song)

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"Let It Rain"
Let it rain.jpg
Single by East 17
from the album Steam
Released13 March 1995 (1995-03-13) [1]
Length3:32
Label London
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ian Curnow
  • Phil Harding
  • Rob Kean
East 17 singles chronology
"Stay Another Day"
(1994)		"Let It Rain"
(1995)		"Hold My Body Tight"
(1995)
Music video
"Let It Rain" on YouTube

"Let It Rain" is a song by English pop boy band East 17, released on 13 March 1995 by London Records as the fourth single from their second album, Steam (1994). It was written by Ian Curnow, Phil Harding and Rob Kean with bandmember Tony Mortimer, while Curnow, Harding and Kean produced the song. It reached number one in Lithuania and Israel, and the top 10 in Finland, Ireland and the UK. Additionally, it was a top-20 hit in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway.

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Critical reception

Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian named the song an "unpretentious dancefloor sparkler". [2] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote that "Let It Rain" "turns back to the harder dance sound that typifies much of their output and sounds in places like a distant relation of their first hit "House of Love" back in September 1992." [3] Dave Simpson from Melody Maker commented, "E17 go from strewth (poncy ballads) to strength. "Let It Rain" is their finest since "Everybody in the House of Love". An uplifting blend of euphoria, electronics and existential introspection, it's not that unlike mid-period ("Shellshock") New Order." [4] Another Melody Maker editor, Victoria Segal, noted its "hysteric gospel". [5]

Music Week gave it four out of five, calling it "a more upbeat, but equally commercial, follow-up to the band's Christmas number one is in remixed form, ensuring interest from even Steam -owning fans." The reviewer added, "It will no doubt be boosted by the lads' Brits performance last week." [6] Another Music Week editor, Alan Jones, deemed it "preposterous". [7] John Robinson from NME said, "Needless to say, East 17 instruct the heavens to open and pour love upon us." He added that it "duly arrives by way of a tumultuous chorus". [8] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update described it as a "'love rain down on me' chorused rap [track]". [9]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. It was later made available on YouTube in 2017 by London Records, and had generated more than 3.2 million views as of January 2023. [10]

Track listings

  1. "Let It Rain" (Thunder radio edit) – 3:32
  2. "Let It Rain" (J-Pac Sleeting edit) – 3:33
  1. "Let It Rain" (Thunder radio edit) – 3:32
  2. "Let It Rain" (Overworld Storm edit) – 3:46
  3. "Let It Rain" (J-Pac sleeting remix) – 5:35
  4. "Let It Rain" (Overworld Storm mix) – 6:40
  1. "Let It Rain" (City of Love club mix) – 6:33
  2. "Let It Rain" (City of Love instrumental mix) – 6:33
  3. "Let It Rain" (City of Love radio edit) – 3:34
  4. "Let It Rain" (Fritz 12-inch mix) – 4:39
  5. "Let It Rain" (Fritz edit) – 3:51

Credits

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [11] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [12] 31
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [13] 79
Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [14] 20
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [15] 21
Europe (European Dance Radio) [16] 24
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [17] [18] 10
France (SNEP) [19] 21
Germany (Official German Charts) [20] 26
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [21] 32
Ireland (IRMA) [22] 5
Israel (IBA) [23] 1
Lithuania (M-1) [24] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [25] 27
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [26] 16
Norway (VG-lista) [27] 18
Scotland (OCC) [28] 11
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [29] 33
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] 25
UK Singles (OCC) [31] 10
UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart ( Music Week ) [32] 3

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