The Rains Came (song)

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"The Rains Came"
Single by Sir Douglas Quintet
B-side "Bacon Fat"
ReleasedDecember 1965
Genre Garage rock
Length2:13
Label Tribe
Songwriter(s) Huey P. Meaux
Producer(s) Huey P. Meaux
Sir Douglas Quintet singles chronology
"In Time"
(1965)
"The Rains Came"
(1965)
"Quarter to Three"
(1966)
"The Rains Came"
Single by Freddy Fender
from the album Rock 'n' Country
B-side "Sugar Coated Love"
Released1977
Genre Country
Length2:17
Label Dot
Songwriter(s) Huey P. Meaux
Producer(s) Huey P. Meaux
Freddy Fender singles chronology
"Living It Down"
(1976)
"The Rains Came"
(1977)
"If You Don't Love Me (Why Don't You Just Leave Me Alone)"
(1977)

"The Rains Came" is a song written by Huey P. Meaux and originally recorded by Big Sambo and the House Wreckers in 1962, reaching #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year.

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Sir Douglas Quintet covered the song as a single in late 1965. Their version reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1966.

Freddy Fender covered the song as the third single from his 1977 album Rock 'n' Country . His version was the most successful, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart [1] and reaching #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

Chart performance

Big Sambo

Chart (1966)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 74

Sir Douglas Quintet

Chart (1966)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 31
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [5] 19

Freddy Fender

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 4
Canada RPM Country Singles1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [7] 39

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