It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)

"It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Where the Fast Lane Ends
Released 1987
Genre Country
Length 3:58
Label MCA
Writer(s) Roger Murrah
Steve Dean
James Dean Hicks
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"You Made a Rock of a Rolling Stone"
(1986)
"It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)"
(1987)
"This Crazy Love"
(1987)

"It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)" is a song written by Roger Murrah, Steve Dean and James Dean Hicks, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in 1987 as the first single from the album Where the Fast Lane Ends. It was their fourteenth number-one country single. The single went to number one for one week, spending a total of fourteen weeks on the chart.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 252.
Preceded by
"Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You"
by The O'Kanes
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

May 30, 1987
Succeeded by
"I Will Be There"
by Dan Seals
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

June 6, 1987