Rain (Madonna song)

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“Rain”
Single by Madonna from the album Erotica
B-side	"Open Your Heart" (U.K.) "Up Down Suite" (Previously Unreleased) "Waiting" (Remix)
Released	July 17, 1993 (U.S.) July 25, 1993 (U.K.)
Format	7", cassette, CD
Recorded	1992
Genre	Pop, Ballad
Length	5:24
Label	Maverick, Sire, Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Madonna Shep Pettibone
Producer	Madonna Shep Pettibone
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.

[edit] Song information

Released in the summer of 1993, it peaked at a respectable #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, and received considerable 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 SEX 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.

It was not featured in GHV2, Madonna's second greatest hits collection, however it was featured as a track on Something to Remember, Madonna's ballads collection.

[edit] Music video

The video, directed by Mark Romanek, was a lush video set on a back stage which was filmed from May 16-19, 1993 at a Santa Monica Airport hangar in Santa Monica, California. Madonna introduced her next short-lived incarnation in the video; the gamine who appeared in the "Fever" video was back again, but this time her hair was dark.

The video was shot entirely on black & white film, and was later hand colored, which lends the impression that Madonna is wearing blue contact lenses, although she is not. The overall effect of the makeup 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 two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.

• Director: Mark Romanek
• Producer: Krista Montagna
• Director of Photography: Harris Savides
• Editors: John Murray, Jim Haygood
• Production Company: Satellite Films

[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) - 5:25
2. "Rain" (Edit)
3. "Rain" (Radio Remix) - 4:33
4. "Rain" (Remix Edit) - 4:17
5. "Rain" (Instrumental Remix)
6. "Rain" (Video Version)

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

• Music Video