Spring Rain (Bebu Silvetti song)

""Lluvia de primavera" "Spring Rain""
Single by Bebu Silvetti
B-side	"Travel Check" (original release) "Sortilegio" (1977 Spanish re-release)
Released	1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Easy Listening Disco
Length	3:08 (Original Version) (Mix used for the album "World Without Words" and the original 1975 single release) 5:56 (Tom Moulton mix) (Mix used in the album "Spring Rain" and the 1976 Maxi-Single released by Salsoul Records) 2:58 (Short version of the Tom Moulton mix) (Mix used in the 1977 re-release of the single)
Label	Hispavox (Spain)
Composer(s)	Bebu Silvetti

"Lluvia de primavera", released in America as "Spring Rain", is an instrumental composition by Bebu Silvetti. ^[1]

Chart performance

Two years after its release in 1975, the single spent fifteen weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100, ^[2] debuting at number 96 the week of January 22, 1977 and peaking at number 39 the week of March 19, 1977. ^{[3] [4]} It eventually joined the list of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States. In the US, on the National Disco Action Top 40 chart, "Spring Rain" went to #4. ^[5] "Spring Rain" was also a hit on the Easy Listening chart, peaking at #13. ^[6]

The single charted in South Africa in June 1977 at #4. The album version is longer than the original 1975 single version, which covered only the Hispavox A-side, with "Travel Check" on the B-side. In March 1977 Polydor Germany issued the album version split over 2 x 7" sides for discotheque use as "Spring Rain Part I / Part II".

TV themes

• The tune was used as the opening theme for Penn State Football TV Highlight Show from 1977.
• The tune was used as the theme of the short-lived 1978-79 syndicated game/talk hybrid show The Love Experts (hosted by Bill Cullen at the time), and the unsold 1978 pilot of Mind Readers (hosted by Geoff Edwards at the time).
• The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1980 pilot called Strictly Confidential ^[7] (hosted by Dick Clark at the time).
• The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1983 pilot called Famous Last Words... ^[8] (hosted by Geoff Edwards at the time).
• The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1984 pilot of Jackpot! (hosted by Nipsey Russell at the time).
• The Big Spin .

Popular culture

• The single has been reissued on many compilations, such as Salsoul Jam 2000.

Many radio stations used this instrumental piece as well as its B-side Traffic Check as a station or program jingle, or as a filler. ^{[9] [10]}

Samples

• "Spring Rain" has been sampled on songs including: Shangri-La (Denki Groove song), and Helter Stupid.

References

1. Billboard - 29 Dec 2001 - Page 15 " listeners worldwide may remember Silvetti as the pianist/author of "Spring Rain," a pop instrumental hit in the late 70s written ..."
2. Billboard Hot 100, Week of April 30, 1977 – Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
3. Billboard Hot 100, Week of January 22, 1977 – Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
4. Billboard Hot 100, Week of March 19, 1977 – Billboard.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 234.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 221.
7. Strictly Confidential Unsold Pilot 1980 incomplete
8. Famous Last Words...|Geoff Edwards Pilot
9. "Spring Rain (Bebu Silvetti) - Radiopedia".
10. Zeezender Discografie 5A. Soundscapes.