I'll Take the Rain

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“I'll Take the Rain”
“I'll Take the Rain” cover
Single by R.E.M.
from the album Reveal
B-side "I've Been High"
Released November 20, 2001
Format 2-CD single set, CD
Genre Alternative rock
Length 5:51
Label Warner Brothers
Producer Pat McCarthy
R.E.M. singles chronology
"All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)"
(2001)		 "I'll Take the Rain"
(2001)		 "Bad Day"
(2003)

"I'll Take the Rain" is the third and final single released by R.E.M. from their twelfth studio album Reveal in 2001. The song reached only #44 on the UK Singles Charts and failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Excluding songs that failed to chart, this was the lowest chart in the UK for R.E.M. since "Find the River" in 1993.

The single's video, directed by David Weir, represents the first time the band has released an entirely animated music video. The clip is suitably moody to match the pace of the song, and follows the adventures of a crown-bearing dog and a living wooden cart (shown on the single cover) as he or she explores an island.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] CD: Warner W573CD (UK)

  1. "I'll Take the Rain"
  2. "I've Been High" (live video)1
  3. "She Just Wants To Be" (live)2

[edit] CD: Warner W573CDX (UK)

  1. "I'll Take the Rain"
  2. "32 Chord Song" 3
  3. "I've Been High" (live video)1

[edit] CD: Warner 9362-42416-2 (EU)

  1. "I'll Take the Rain"
  2. "She Just Wants To Be" (live)2
  3. "I've Been High" (live)1
  4. "I've Been High" (live video)1

[edit] Notes

1 Recorded at Channel V Studios, Sydney, Australia; May 31, 2001.
2 Recorded at the Museum of Television and Radio, New York City, New York; May 18, 2001.
3 Alternative version of "Summer Turns to High" from "Reveal".