Rainmaker (song)

"Rainmaker"
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Dance of Death
B-side "Dance of Death (orchestral version)"
"More Tea Vicar"
Released 24 November 2003
Genre Heavy metal
Length 3:48
Label EMI
Writer(s) Dave Murray
Steve Harris
Bruce Dickinson
Producer Steve Harris
Kevin Shirley
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Wildest Dreams"
(2003)		 "Rainmaker"
(2003)		 "The Number of the Beast"
(2005)

"Rainmaker" is the 37th single released by Iron Maiden. It is the second single from their 13th studio album Dance of Death. The song was largely written by long-time guitarist Dave Murray. The lyrics were inspired by vocalist Bruce Dickinson's comment that the intro riff made him think of raindrops. The song has no connection with the 1995 novel written by John Grisham of the same name.

The guitar solo in "Rainmaker" is played by Dave Murray.

The cover is a still taken from the music video directed by Howard Greenhalgh. This single also contains a double-sided poster.

"More Tea Vicar" is a recording of a jam session (similar to "Pass the Jam") with Bruce Dickinson trying his hand at rapping.

Contents

Track listing

CD

  1. "Rainmaker" (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Dave Murray) – 3:48
  2. "Dance of Death (orchestral version)" (Janick Gers, Harris) – 8:36
  3. "More Tea Vicar" – 4:40

Japanese CD Version

  1. "Rainmaker" (Dickinson, Harris, Murray) – 3:48
  2. "Dance of Death (orchestral version)" (Gers, Harris) – 8:36
  3. "More Tea Vicar" – 4:40
  4. "The Wicker Man (Live at Brixton Academy, London - 19-21 March 2002)" - 4:38
  5. "Children of the Damned (Live at Brixton Academy, London - 19-21 March 2002)" - 5:02

CD Extras:

  1. "Rainmaker" (Video) - 3:50
  2. "Wildest Dreams" (Video) - 3:39

DVD

  1. "Rainmaker" (video) (Dickinson, Harris, Murray) – 3:48
  2. "The Wicker Man (Live at Brixton Academy, London - 19-21 March 2002)" (Smith, Harris, Dickinson)
  3. "Children of the Damned (Live at Brixton Academy, London - 19-21 March 2002)" (Harris)
  4. "Rainmaker Video – The Making of"

7" Vinyl

  1. Rainmaker
  2. Dance of Death (orchestral version)

Pock It! Version

  1. "Rainmaker" (Dickinson, Harris, Murray) – 3:48
  2. "Dance of Death (orchestral version 2)" (Gers, Harris) – 8:37

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2003) Peak
position
French Singles Chart 71[1]
Finnish Singles Chart 3[2]
German Singles Chart 36[3]
Italian Singles Chart 13[4]
Swedish Singles Chart 35[5]
UK Singles Chart 13[6]
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 7[7]
Dutch Singles Chart 98[8]
Swiss Singles Chart 94[9]

External links

References

  1. ^ "French Singles Charts". http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  2. ^ "Iron Maiden- Finnish charts". http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  3. ^ "German Singles Charts". http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/IRON+MAIDEN/single?sort=entry. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  4. ^ "Italian Singles Charts". http://italiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  5. ^ "Iron Maiden- Swedish charts". http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden&titel=Brave+New+World&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  6. ^ "UK Singles Chart". http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=464. Retrieved 2011-09-26. 
  7. ^ "Allmusic singles". http://www.allmusic.com/artist/iron-maiden-p4560/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  8. ^ "Dutch Singles Charts". http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
  9. ^ "Dance of Death- Swiss charts". http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden&titel=Dance+Of+Death&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-18.