Rainin' in My Heart (song)

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"Rainin' in My Heart"
Single by Slim Harpo
from the album Slim Harpo Sings "Raining in My Heart..."
A-side "Don't Start Cryin' Now"
ReleasedJanuary 1961 (1961-01)
Genre Swamp blues
Length2:11
Label Excello
Songwriter(s)
  • Slim Harpo
  • Jerry West
Producer(s) J. D. "Jay" Miller
Slim Harpo singles chronology
"Blues Hang-Over"
(1960)		"Rainin' in My Heart"
(1961)		"I Love the Life I'm Living"
(1963)

"Rainin' in My Heart" is a song written by James Moore (aka Slim Harpo) and Jerry West (an alias used by J. D. "Jay" Miller) and performed by Harpo. It reached number 17 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 34 on the U.S. pop chart in 1961. [1] It was featured on his 1961 album Slim Harpo Sings "Raining in My Heart..." [2] It is not to be confused with the similarly titled Buddy Holly song, "Raining in My Heart".

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Note: Al Green co-wrote and recorded a song called "Rainin' in My Heart" on his 2003 album, I Can't Stop (and subsequently recorded as a duet with Willie Nelson on Nelson's 2004 album, Outlaws and Angels ). Certain song databases have mistakenly classified Green's song as a cover of Slim Harpo's "Rainin' in My Heart", written by James Moore (aka Slim Harpo) and Jerry West (aka J.D. Miller). The lyrics of the two songs are completely unrelated except for the title. [17]

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