Raincloud (song)

"Raincloud"

UK CD single #1
Single by Lighthouse Family
from the album Postcards from Heaven
B-side "From a Desert to a Beach"
Released 6 September 1997
Format CD, cassette[1]
Recorded Miraval and Sarm West
Genre Pop
Length 4:06
Label Wildcard / Polydor
Writer(s) Paul Tucker, Martin Brammer, Tunde Baiyewu[2]
Producer(s) Mike Peden
Lighthouse Family singles chronology
"Loving Every Minute"
(1996)		 "Raincloud"
(1997)		 "High"
(1997)
Alternative cover
UK CD single #2
Greatest Hits track listing
"High"
(3)		 "Raincloud"
(4)		 "Lost in Space"
(5)

"Raincloud" is a song by British group Lighthouse Family, released as the duo's first pop single for their second album Postcards from Heaven (1997). The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released as the second in September 1997 and reached the top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.

With "Raincloud", another song called "From a Desert to a Beach" was included. This song was not in any of the Lighthouse Family's albums apart from their remix album, Relaxed & Remixed.

Track listing and formats

# Title Length
UK CD single #1[3]
1. "Raincloud" (7" edit) 4:06
2. "Raincloud" (D'Influence Remix Edit) 4:27
3. "From a Desert to a Beach" 4:28
4. "Raincloud" (Basement Boys Paradox Vocal) 8:11
# Title Length
UK CD single #2[4]
1. "Raincloud" (7" edit) 4:05
2. "Raincloud" (Mark!'s Tribal Madness Vocal) 9:16
3. "Raincloud" (Mark!'s Tribal Madness Dub) 7:30
4. "Raincloud" (Basement Boys Paradox Dub) 6:42

Chart performance

When the Lighthouse Family released "Raincloud", they reached to #6 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1997. This meant that this was their second Top 10 hit and their first from their album "Postcards From Heaven". They were in the UK singles Chart for 7 weeks.

"Raincloud" was also a success in Australia following their #1 with High. It went to #29 in the Australia Singles Chart in November 1998 and were in the charts for 10 weeks. It also went to #47 in the French Singles Chart in January 1998 and #71 in the Dutch Singles Chart in December 1997.

The single "Raincloud" also went in the Eurochart Hot 100. The single peaked at #34 in October 1997. They stayed in the charts for 5 weeks.

Charts

Original release

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 34
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 6

Re-release

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 29
France (SNEP)[6] 47
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 70
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 71

References

  1. ↑ "Lighthouse Family". Web.archive.org. 2001-03-07. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  2. ↑ "Lighthouse Family - Raincloud (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  3. ↑ "Lighthouse Family - Raincloud (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  4. ↑ "Lighthouse Family - Raincloud (The Remixes) (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  5. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Lighthouse Family – Raincloud". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  6. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Lighthouse Family – Raincloud" (in French). Les classement single.
  7. ↑ "Musicline.de – Lighthouse Family Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lighthouse Family – Raincloud" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

External links

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