Summer Rain (Belinda Carlisle song)
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| Single by Belinda Carlisle from the album Runaway Horses |
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| Released | April 2, 1990 (Australia) December 10, 1990 (UK) |
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| Format | CD, 7", 12" | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 5:25 | ||||
| Label | MCA, Virgin | ||||
| Writer(s) | Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal | ||||
| Producer | Rick Nowels | ||||
| Certification | Gold (ARIA) | ||||
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"Summer Rain" is a song written by Robbie Seidman and Maria Vidal, produced by Rick Nowels for Belinda Carlisle's third solo album Runaway Horses. It was released around the world in 1990 as the fourth song released from the album and was released as a CD single, 7" single and a 12" single.
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[edit] Chart performance
The song was released as the album's third single in Australia and made its debut in the charts on April 9, 1990 at number forty-two. After five weeks of being in the charts it made its way into the top ten at number ten then jumped four places to its peak position of six. It stayed at number six for three weeks then fell down the charts from then on spending sixteen weeks in the top fifty and twenty-two weeks in the top one hundred. The song became Carlisle's fourth top ten single in Australia and was the fortieth highest selling single in Australia for 1990[1].
The song was released in the United Kingdom at the end of 1990 and become Carlisle's fifth top thirty single there. It made its debut at forty-seven and stayed around that position until its fifth week where it jumped fifteen places to number twenty-five. The week after that it reached its peak position in the UK at number twenty-three then fell down the charts from then on, spending ten weeks in the top seventy-five. "Summer Rain" was the second last charting single in the United States, peaking at number thirty and staying in the charts for thirteen weeks.
[edit] Cover versions
"Summer Rain" was covered by Australian dance act Slinkee Minx in 2004 for their first album Electric Dreams (2007). It was the first song released from the album, and was released in Australia on August 9, 2004 as a CD single. The song was released under the record label Central Station and was produced by Mike Felks. Slinkee Minx's version of the song was a much remixed dancier version than Carlisle's and was received well.
The song made its debut on the singles chart at number five, hitting the top spot on the dance chart knocking off "Push Up" by the Freestylers. On its second week it fell out of the top ten to number eleven but jumped back into the top ten, staying there for four more weeks. It spent fifteen weeks in the top fifty and eighteen weeks in the top one hundred, becoming the sixty-first highest selling single in Australia for 2004[2] and was accredited gold by ARIA[3]. "Summer Rain" was released to clubs in more than fifty countries including the U.S., UK and Europe.
A more recent cover was made by German dance act Groove Coverage.
[edit] Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Summer Rain".
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[edit] Charts
| Chart (1990) 1 | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4] | 6 |
| Ireland Singles Chart[5] | 26 |
| UK Singles Chart[6] | 23 |
| Italy Singles Chart[7] | 25 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] | 30 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] | 29 |
| Chart (2004) 2 | Peak position |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4] | 5 |
| UK Commercial Club Chart[9] | 9 |
| UK Mainstream Dance Chart[9] | 3 |
- 1 Belinda Carlisle.
- 2 Slinkee Minx.
[edit] References
- ^ ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1990. ARIA Charts. Retrieved on May 26, 2007.
- ^ ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2004. ARIA Charts. Retrieved on May 26, 2007.
- ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2004 Singles. ARIA Charts. Retrieved on May 26, 2007.
- ^ a b Summer Rain Australian chart positions. Australian-charts. Retrieved March 22, 2007.
- ^ Ireland chart position. Irishcharts. Retrieved on May 8, 2007.
- ^ UK chart position. Polyhex. Retrieved on March 22, 2007.
- ^ ITA chart position. Polyhex. Retrieved on March 22, 2007.
- ^ a b "Belinda Carlisle - Artist Chart History". All Music Guide. Retrieved March 22, 2007.
- ^ a b "Slinkee Minx - Biography". Central Station. Retrieved July 26, 2007.
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