Blame It on the Rain

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“Blame It on the Rain”
“Blame It on the Rain” cover
Single by Milli Vanilli
from the album Girl You Know It's True
B-side "Dance with a Devil"
Released 1989
Format CD maxi
7" single
12" maxi
Length 4:26
Label Arista
Writer(s) Frank Farian, Diane Warren
Producer Frank Farian
Milli Vanilli singles chronology
"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
(1989)		 "Blame It on the Rain"
(1989)		 "All or Nothing"
(1990)

"Blame It on the Rain" is a song recorded by Milli Vanilli and written by hitmaker Diane Warren. It was their last Billboard Hot 100 number one hit (25 November & December 2, 1989) before their scandal broke out.

The song was re recorded by Sam Moore & Fantasia in August 2006 for Moore's star studded compilation album entitled Overnight Sensational. The remake was produced by Randy Jackson and released on Rhino Records.

In an episode of Full House, D.J. Tanner and Kimmy Gibbler are doing homework, and they sing this song. Michelle Tanner then walks in and sings "Rain, rain, go away..."

In their song "Blame it on Me," the Barenaked Ladies sing, "Milli Vanilli told you to blame it on the rain, [...] but if all else fails, you can blame it on me."

On May 15, 2008, contestent Diana Drake sang "Blame It on the Rain" on Don't Forget the Lyrics! for the $1,000,000 prize. She missed, and droped down to $100,000.

[edit] Track listings

CD-Maxi
  1. "Blame It on the Rain" (Club Mix) (7:02)
  2. "Money" (Remix) (4:10)
  3. "Baby Don't Forget My Number" (European Mix) (4:55)
7"-Single
  1. "Blame It on the Rain" (4:08)
  2. "Money" (Remix) (4:11)
12"-Maxi
  1. "Blame It on the Rain" (Club Mix) (7:15)
  2. "Money" (Remix) (Long Version) (5:17)
  3. "Blame It on the Rain" (Radio Version) (4:08)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1989)[1] [2] [3] [4] Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 5
Austrian Singles Chart 8
Dutch Singles Chart 2
German Singles Chart 3
Sweden Singles Chart 6
Swiss Singles Chart 22
UK Singles Chart 52
US Billboard Hot 100 1
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 13
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 14
US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 27
Preceded by
"When I See You Smile" by Bad English		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
November 25, 1989 - December 2, 1989		 Succeeded by
"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Blame It on the Rain", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
  2. ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
  3. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
  4. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved February 26, 2008)
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