Rainy Day People

"Rainy Day People"
Single by Gordon Lightfoot
from the album Cold on the Shoulder
B-side	"Cherokee Bend"
Released	March 1975
Genre	Folk
Length	2:48
Label	Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Gordon Lightfoot
Producer(s)	Lenny Waronker
Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology
"Carefree Highway" (1974) "Rainy Day People" (1975) "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976)

"Rainy Day People" is a song written and recorded by Gordon Lightfoot, released on his 1975 album, Cold on the Shoulder , and also as a single. "Rainy Day People" went to number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was Lightfoot's last of four songs to reach number one on the Easy Listening chart, spending one week at number one in May 1975. ^[1]

Personnel

• Gordon Lightfoot – vocal, acoustic guitar
• Terry Clements – acoustic guitar
• Red Shea – acoustic guitar
• Rick Haynes – bass
• Pee Wee Charles – pedal steel guitar
• Nick DeCaro – piano, string arrangement
• Jim Gordon – drums

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles [2]	10
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary [3]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4]	26
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [5]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles [6]	47

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.)

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 146.
2. "RPM Top Singles - Volume 23, No. 12". Library and Archives Canada . 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
3. "RPM Adult Contemporary - Volume 23, No. 13". Library and Archives Canada . 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
4. "Gordon Lightfoot Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved January 2, 2025.
5. "Gordon Lightfoot Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard . Retrieved January 2, 2025.
6. "Gordon Lightfoot Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved January 2, 2025.