Rain or Shine (song)

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"Rain or Shine"
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Single by Five Star
from the album Silk & Steel
B-side "Summer Groove"
Released1 September 1986
Genre Pop
Length3:58
Label RCA, Tent
Songwriter(s) Billy Livsey, Pete Sinfield
Producer(s) Billy Livsey
Five Star singles chronology
"Find the Time"
(1986)		"Rain or Shine"
(1986)		"If I Say Yes"
(1986)

"Rain or Shine" is a song by British pop music group Five Star. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart to become the group's highest-charting single in the UK. "Rain or Shine" spent a total of 13 weeks inside the UK top 75, five of those in the top 10. [1]

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Background and writing

Doris Pearson said of making the song, "We had quite an ordeal recording that. The vocal, especially the lead vocal, wasn't happening. We tried a lot of things - moving around, taking the microphone out into the hallway - but I think it was just technique, she [Denise] was lacking at the time. It was tricky, but we got it done in the end. And they do say some of the trickiest ones are the ones that become a hit." [2]

Critical reception

Ro Newton of Smash Hits considered "Rain or Shine" as "so slow and doddery that even mouth-to-mouth resuscitation couldn't perk it up". [3]

Track listings

A. "Rain or Shine"
B. "Summer Groove"
A1. "Rain or Shine" (remix)
A2. "Rain or Shine" (dub)
B1. "Summer Groove"
B2. "Find the Time" (instrumental remix)

Charts

References

  1. 1 2 "Five Star: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Savage, Mark (9 October 2019). "Five Star: Making Rain or Shine was 'an ordeal', says Doris Pearson" . Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Newton, Ro (27 August – 9 September 1986). "Singles reviewed by Ro newton" (PDF). Smash Hits . Vol. 8, no. 18. p. 47. ISSN   0260-3004 . Retrieved 4 December 2023– via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ "5 Star – Rain or Shine" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "European Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media . Vol. 3, no. 40. 11 October 1986. p. 12.
  6. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Rain or Shine". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1986" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "5 Star – Rain or Shine" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "5 Star – Rain or Shine". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Top 100 Singles". Music Week . 24 January 1987. p. 24.
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