Mandolin Rain

"Mandolin Rain"
Single by Bruce Hornsby and the Range
from the album The Way It Is
B-side "The Red Plains"
Released January 6, 1987
Recorded 1985
Genre Soft rock
Length 5:19 (Album version)
3:50 (Single version)
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Bruce Hornsby
John Hornsby
Producer(s) Bruce Hornsby
Elliot Scheiner
Bruce Hornsby and the Range singles chronology
"On the Western Skyline"
(1986)		 "Mandolin Rain"
(1987)		 "Every Little Kiss"
(1987)

"On the Western Skyline"
(1986)		 "Mandolin Rain"
(1987)		 "Every Little Kiss"
(1987)

"Mandolin Rain" is the third track from The Way It Is, the debut album for Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The song, released in late 1986, was a #4 hit single for the band in March 1987, following on the success of their previous single, the #1 hit and title track of their debut album, "The Way It Is". It also reached #1 on the adult contemporary chart for three weeks,[1] and #2 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for two weeks, also in early 1987. The song reached the Top 40 on the Country chart, hitting number 38.

The song was co-written by Bruce Hornsby and his brother John and featured Range member David Mansfield on the title instrument. It appears to be partly inspired by the song "You Don't Miss Your Water" by William Bell due to it employing the same hook (heard at the beginning of both songs), and by a remarkably similar swing feel (albeit with different chords).

The song was used in the 2009 movie World's Greatest Dad, with Robin Williams. Hornsby made a cameo appearance in the film and played an alternate acoustic version of the song, which had been previously arranged but never released until the film's soundtrack.

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 14
Canada Adult Contemporary Tracks (RPM) 1
Canada Country Singles (RPM) 49
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 70
US Billboard Hot 100 4
US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart 1
US Billboard Hot Country Singles[2] 38

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 118.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.


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