Tell It to the Rain

"Tell It to the Rain"
Single by The Four Seasons
from the album New Gold Hits
B-side	"Show Girl (from the album The 4 Seasons Entertain You)"
Released	November 1966 (1966-11) [1]
Recorded	November 1966
Genre	Blue-eyed soul [2] psychedelic pop [2]
Length	2:30
Label	Philips
Songwriter	Mike Petrillo-Chubby Cifelli [3]
Producer	Bob Crewe
The Four Seasons singles chronology
"I've Got You Under My Skin" (1966) "Tell It to the Rain" (1966) "Beggin'" (1967)

"Tell It to the Rain" is a song composed by Mike Petrillo and Chubby Cifelli and popularized by The Four Seasons in 1966 and early 1967. The single reached the #10 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. ^[4]

The song's arrangement includes a prominent 12-string electric guitar part, as well as sound effects and a crescendo of vocals toward the end.

Cash Box said the single is "loaded with the group’s usual effective sound and infectious arrangement." ^[5]

Chart history

Chart (1966–67)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles [6] *	60
UK Singles (OCC) [7]	37
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [8]	10
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [9]	12

(* - Canadian RPM chart data incomplete for early 1967)

References

1. The Four Seasons; Frankie Valli (1991), Greatest Hits, Volume 2, Internet Archive, Warner Special Products, retrieved 2023-01-30
2. A. Guarisco, Donald. "Tell It to the Rain review". Allmusic . Retrieved 11 November 2022.
3. "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 238.
5. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. December 3, 1966. p. 40. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
6. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966-12-26. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
7. "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1967-01-18. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
8. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
9. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 28, 1967