| "The Sun and the Rain" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Madness | ||||||||||
| from the album Keep Moving (US) Non-album single (UK) |
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| B-side | "Fireball XL5" | |||||||||
| Released | 29 October 1983 | |||||||||
| Format | vinyl record 7", 12" | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||||||||
| Genre | Ska/Pop | |||||||||
| Length | 3:30 | |||||||||
| Label | Stiff Records | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Mike Barson | |||||||||
| Producer | Clive Langer Alan Winstanley |
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"The Sun and the Rain" is a single by Madness. It was released in 1983 as a stand-alone single and in 1984 it was included on the American version of their album Keep Moving. The single spent 10 weeks in British charts peaking at number 5.
"The Sun and the Rain" is the last Madness single written solely by Mike Barson and their last top 10 hit before "Lovestruck" in 1999.
Some editions of the song have approximately ten seconds deleted from the ending.
The music video for the song showed Madness performing in a rainy street. Toward the end they are joined by a number of Madness fans who join in the dancing. There are also scenes showing the band as miniature devils, supposedly wreaking havoc inside Suggs' ear, and shots of Lee Thompson running around with a rocket strapped to his back, a reference to the single's b-side.
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