Rain (The Cult song)

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"Rain"
Rain cult.jpg
Single by the Cult
from the album Love
Released27 September 1985
RecordedJuly 1985
Genre
Length3:55
Label Beggars Banquet
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Steve Brown
The Cult singles chronology
"She Sells Sanctuary"
(1985)
"Rain"
(1985)
"Revolution"
(1985)

"Rain" is a rock song by English band the Cult, which on release in 1985 reached number 17 in the United Kingdom's Singles Chart. It was the second single from the band's second long-player, Love (1985).

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Performance history

Despite the song's popularity with the band's audience, and it being one of its more commercially successful single releases, after performing it on 24 November 1989 at Wembley Arena Astbury asked the crowd: "So you like that one?", and after it cheered in response, he responded with "Well, personally I don't but there you are..." [1]

Alternative versions

An extended remix was recorded by the band titled "(Here Comes The) Rain".

Track listing

Vinyl 7-inch A Side : "Rain"
B Side : "Little Face"

Vinyl 12-inch A Side: "Rain", "Little Face"
B Side: "(Here Comes The) Rain"

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References

  1. Film of the concert, Wembley Arena, London, 24 November 1989, 53.50 mins. Published on Youtube. 2 April 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csniUmRrQMo