Rain (Status Quo song)

"Rain"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Blue for You
B-side "You Lost the Love"
Released 6 February 1976 (1976-02-06)
Format 7"
Genre Rock, hard rock
Length 4:33
Label Vertigo
Songwriter(s) Rick Parfitt
Producer(s) Status Quo
Status Quo singles chronology
"Roll Over Lay Down"
(1975)		 "Rain"
(1976)		 "Mystery Song"
(1976)

"Roll Over Lay Down"
(1975)		 "Rain"
(1976)		 "Mystery Song"
(1976)

"Rain" is a single from British rock band Status Quo's album Blue for You.[1] It was written by Rick Parfitt.[2]

"Rain" was intended for Blue for You's predecessor On the Level – but, at the time of the recording sessions, Parfitt had not completed the song and so it was held over. It followed guitarist Francis Rossi's introduction to speed; "That's why songs like 'Rain' were so edgy and fast," he explained.[3]

The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album Aquostic (Stripped Bare). It was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance for the album at London's Roundhouse on 22 October, broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series.[4][5]

Track listing

  1. "Rain" (Parfitt) (4.33)
  2. "You Lost The Love" (Rossi/Young) (2.58)

Charts

Chart (1976)Position
UK Singles Chart7
Switzerland8
Netherlands5
Sweden9
Germany27
Belgium10
Norway12
Ireland14
Australia9
New Zealand8

References

  1. ↑ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Status Quo - Rain". 45cat.com. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Ling, Dave (January 2002). "Again again again…". Classic Rock #36. p. 71.
  4. ↑ "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Status Quo - Acoustic". Radio 2 In Concert. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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