Fool in the Rain

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"Fool in the Rain"
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Japanese single picture sleeve
Single by Led Zeppelin
from the album In Through the Out Door
B-side "Hot Dog"
Released7 December 1979 (1979-12-07) (US)
RecordedNovember–December 1978
Studio Polar, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre
Length6:08
Label Swan Song
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin singles chronology
"Candy Store Rock"
(1976)		"Fool in the Rain"
(1979)		"Travelling Riverside Blues"
(1990)
Audio sample

"Fool in the Rain" is the third song on Led Zeppelin's 1979 album In Through the Out Door . It was the last single released in the US before they formally disbanded in 1980. The song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 16 February 1980.

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Composition

Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and vocalist Robert Plant were inspired by samba beats that played during the 1978 FIFA World Cup tournament in Argentina. [2] Biographer Dave Lewis commented:

Thus the idea emerged to layer on their own samba halfway through the hop-skip riff arrangement. Crazed as it sounds, it works beautifully right through JP's [Jones] street whistles to Bonzo's [drummer Bonham] delightfully constructed timpani crashes. [2]

Critical reception

While In Through The Out Door was not regarded with the same praise as Led Zeppelin's previous albums, "Fool in the Rain" still managed to garner positive reception. [3] [4] [5] [6] Scott Ludwig, writing for Courier News in 1980, highly praised Bonham's performance. [7] In a retrospective review, Andrew Doscas of PopMatters called it the "standout track", opining it was "the band’s last fun song" and "the only such found on In Through the Out Door". [4] Cash Box said it has "a zesty Latin-samba instrumental break, Page's sharp lead and rhythm guitar work and Plant’s high, tough vocals." [8]

Performances

"Fool in the Rain" was never performed live by Led Zeppelin. [2] However, band member Robert Plant teamed up with American rock band Pearl Jam in 2005 and performed the song live for the Hurricane Katrina benefit in Chicago's House of Blues. Pearl Jam originally did not plan it, but changed their itinerary after Hurricane Katrina went through New Orleans. All proceeds of the performance went to charities. [9]

Chart history

1980 singles charts
ChartPeakRef(s)
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 21 [10]
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles31 [11]
U.S. Record World The Singles Chart34 [12]
Canada RPM Top 100 Chart12 [13]
2007 digital charts
ChartPeakRef(s)
Canada Billboard Hot Digital Singles Chart69 [14]

Personnel

According to Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin: [15]

See also

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