Rain (Madonna song)

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"Rain"
Single by Madonna
from the album Erotica
B-side(s)	"Waiting" "Open Your Heart" (UK)
Released	July 1, 1993
Format	7", cassette, CD
Recorded	1992
Genre	Pop, Ballad
Length	5:24
Label	Maverick Records Sire Records Warner Bros. Records WEA International
Writer(s)	Madonna Shep Pettibone
Producer(s)	Madonna Shep Pettibone
Chart positions
#1 (Canada) #2 (Japan) #5 (Australia) #7 (UK) #14 (US) #15 (Europe)
Madonna singles chronology
"Fever" (1993)	"Rain" (1993)	"Bye Bye Baby" (1993)
Erotica track listing
"Words" (9)	"Rain" (10)	"Why's It So Hard" (11)
Something to Remember track listing
"One More Chance" (11)	"Rain" (12)	"Oh Father" (13)

"Rain" was the fifth (and final, in the US) single from Madonna's 1992 album Erotica.

Contents 1 Song information 1.1 Video 2 Tracklisting and formats 3 Versions 4 Chart performance 5 References

[edit] Song information

Released the summer of 1993, it peaked at a respectable #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, and received extensive airplay in the US. While some may have seen this chart position as a disappointment, it was a noticeable jump from the preceding single ("Bad Girl") which had peaked at #36, and was arguably the first step in Madonna's rebounding from the backlash of the Erotica period. Audio sample (help·info).

Internationally, the single was a major success, perhaps bouyed by The Girlie Show Tour which was running roughly concurrently with the single's rise up the charts. Though perceived by some fans as one of the Erotica album's most conservative moments, 'Rain' featured some interesting vocal work, particularly the overlapping of verses in the latter part of the song.

For the UK release "Open Your Heart" was included as the b-side due to it being used in a Renault car commercial at the time.

[edit] Video

The video, directed by Mark Romanek, was a lush video set on a sound stage. Madonna introduced her next short lived incarnation in the video; the gamine who appeared in the Fever video was back again, but this time she was black haired. The overall effect of the make up and video's styling evoked Japanese sensibilities, a cultural approach she would time and time again borrow and remodel as her own. The video won an MTV VMA for its technical brilliance.

[edit] Tracklisting and formats

• USA 7" Vinyl / Cassette / CD Single

1. "Rain" (Radio Remix)
2. "Waiting" (Album Version)

• USA 12" Vinyl / Cassette Maxi / CD Maxi Single

1. "Rain" (Radio Remix)
2. "Waiting" (Remix)
3. "Up Down Suite" (Previously Unreleased) ("Goodbye To Innocence" Extended Dub)
4. "Rain" (Album Version)

• UK 12" Vinyl / CD Single

1. "Rain" (Radio Remix)
2. "Open Your Heart" (Album Version)
3. "Up Down Suite" (Previously Unreleased)

• EP

1. Rain (Radio Remix)
2. Waiting (Remix)
3. Up Down Suite
4. Rain (Album Version)
5. Bad Girl (Extended Mix)
6. Fever (Extended 12")
7. Fever (Shep's Remedy Club)
8. Fever (Murk Boys Miami Dub)
9. Fever (Oscar G's Dope Mix)
10. Rain (Video Edit)

[edit] Versions

1. "Rain" (Album Version)
2. "Rain" (Edit)
3. "Rain" (Radio Remix)
4. "Rain" (Remix Edit)
5. "Rain" (Instrumental Remix)
6. "Rain" (Video Version)

[edit] Chart performance

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	"Rain"	Canada	1
1993	"Rain"	Japan	2
1993	"Rain"	Australia	5
1993	"Rain"	Austria	24
1993	"Rain"	Switzerland	11
1993	"Rain"	Sweden	16
1993	"Rain"	UK	7
1993	"Rain"	Billboard Hot 100	14
1993	"Rain"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	7
1993	"Rain"	Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	7
1993	"Rain"	Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	13
1993	"Rain"	Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	38

[edit] References

• Mad-eyes.net - "Rain" Single Page - last accessed on October 24, 2005