| "Rain Is a Good Thing" | ||||
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| Single by Luke Bryan | ||||
| from the album Doin' My Thing | ||||
| Released | January 25, 2010 | |||
| Format | Music download | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Luke Bryan Dallas Davidson |
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| Producer | Jeff Stevens | |||
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"Rain Is a Good Thing" is a country music song written by Luke Bryan and Dallas Davidson recorded by Bryan for his second studio album Doin' My Thing. The song serves as the second single from the album, and was released on January 25, 2010. It debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts at #60 for the week of January 23, 2010,[1] and became his first Number One hit for the weeks of July 24 and 31, 2010.
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The song is an uptempo tune in which the narrator explains how rain can affect life by facilitating the growth of corn, which in turn is processed into whiskey, which in turn causes his significant other to "feel a little frisky."
Bryan told The Boot that he and co-writer Dallas Davidson "used to have the saying, 'Rain makes corn, and corn makes whiskey,' and it was just something we always said. If we were a little bummed out about the rain[…]we'd be like, 'Well, rain makes corn, and corn makes whiskey,' and that would kind of make us feel a little better about it[…]We didn't start with 'Rain Is a Good Thing' as a title and wrote to it. We just started with 'rain makes corn and corn makes whiskey' and we kind of arrived at 'Rain Is a Good Thing.'"[2]
The song is in the key of E Major, with Bryan's vocals ranging from B3 to G♯5.[3]
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock stated that the song "spins the old 'where I'm from' lyric into a much more pliable song chock full of that charm."[4] Jim Malec of the 9513 gave the song a thumbs up, describing the song as a "celebration of wetness as a catalyst for the cycle of life."[5]
The music video was released February 9, 2010 on iTunes and was directed by Shaun Silva. The video was filmed on October 5, 2009 at a concert at Hurricane Plantation in Claxton, Georgia.
The song debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts at #60 for the week of January 23, 2010. On the chart dated for July 24, 2010, it became Bryan's first Number One single on Hot Country Songs.
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] | 57 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 37 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 1 |
| Territory | Certifier | Certification |
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| United States | RIAA | Gold[9] |
| Preceded by "Water" by Brad Paisley |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single July 24-July 31, 2010 |
Succeeded by "Undo It" by Carrie Underwood |
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