| "Let It Rain" | ||||
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| Single by David Nail | ||||
| from the album The Sound of a Million Dreams | ||||
| Released | February 7, 2011 | |||
| Format | Music download | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | David Nail Jonathan Singleton |
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| Producer | Chuck Ainlay Frank Liddell |
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"Let It Rain" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer David Nail. He released it in February 2011 as the first single from his second album, The Sound of a Million Dreams, for MCA Nashville. The album was released on November 15, 2011. The song is Nail's third Top 20, second Top 10 and first Top 5 hit on the Hot Country Songs charts.
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Co-writer Jonathan Singleton, who also co-wrote Nail's 2009 single "Red Light", told the website Taste of Country that he and Nail came up with the idea for the song while talking about movies that they enjoyed. They recalled a movie where "this guy cheats on his girlfriend, and he goes to her house and decides he’s going to sit on her porch until she lets him in." They said that they did not find the situation plausible and Singleton added, "If it was a southern girl or [David's wife] or my wife, the first thing they’d do is throw all our stuff on the porch with us." Instead of having the male narrator say "I deserve whatever I get, if she never talks to me again", Nail decided to have the character say "that I’m human just like everyone else and you mess up".[1] Sarah Buxton sings backing vocals on the song.[2]
In May 2011, Taylor Swift posted on Twitter that she liked the song.[3]
Sam Gazdziak of The 9513 gave the song a "thumbs up". He did not think that the song had "anything here to distinguish it as a country song" and thought that the song "does fall victim to the bombast", but praised Nail's voice and the details in the lyrics.[4] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock rated it three-and-a-half stars out of five, also saying that the lyrics had "interesting details" and describing Nail's voice as "strong [and] soulful", although he thought that the song's hook did not work because "there's no other 'rain' motif anywhere else".[5]
Nail debuted the video in April 2011, which Stephen Shepherd directed.[6] It features David Nail singing while the woman he was with the night before showers and changes. Nail also looks around in the hotel room and it appears he feels guilty about the night before.
| Chart (2011-12) | Peak position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 51 |
| Chart (2011) | Position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 51 |