Question:
What is the best song with the word "rain" in the title?

Also, what do you think is the best song to listen to while it is raining outside?

(although the answers to the poll have nothing to do with the latter question)

Choices:
"November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses
"Purple Rain" by Prince
"Rain" by the Beatles
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" by CCR
"A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan

 

I probably like "Who'll Stop the Rain" the best of the CCR "Rain" songs. No wait a minute, the best CCR "Rain" song is "Treefingers"!!! Yeah.

Good selections, all, yet I submit "Rain King" by the Counting Crows and "I Wish it Would Rain Down" by Phil Collins as my favorites. "Raining in Baltimore" by the Counting Crows is also a very good song.

"It's Raining Men"!

Just kidding. Another good one not on the poll is "Dry the Rain" by the Beta Band, famously used in the film High Fidelity. But, for my all time favorite, I'd have to go with "Purple Rain". That song is just incredible, especially the full 8 1/2 minute album version, not the single cut. It's probably among my favorite songs without "rain" in the title.

Songs: Ohia - "Didn't It Rain"

Easily.

"Dry the Rain" and "Rain Man" are definitely very good as well.

Some really good ones no one has mentioned"

Gordon Lightfoot - "Early Morning Rain"
Travis - "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?"
Grandaddy - "Protected From the Rain"
Neil Young - "See the Sky About To Rain"

"It's Raining Again" by Supertramp. I'm not a big Supertramp fan, but a friend of mine always used to sing this (while doing his worst Roger Hodgson imitation) just to annoy me whenever it rained.

Also, I'm not sure if it qualifies, but "Everyone Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)" by Guided By Voices. It has nothing to do with rain, nor is the title even sang in the song, but it's cool anyway.

"Another Fucking Song About the Rain" by Daniel Johnston & Jack Medicine.

I include it only for the title.

I'd vote for Dylan -- although I would actually vote for the superb Roxy Music cover of that song, one of the great cover versions ever, since it totally reinterprets the song and makes it something new.

I would also vote for he great soul track by Ann Peebles, "I Can't Stand the Rain".

And The Beta Band's astounding "Dry the Rain", as others have mentioned.

"Songs About Rain" by Gary Allan- Another relevant title.

Other good ones:
"Smoky Mountain Rain" by Ronnie Milsap
"No Rain" by Blind Melon
"I'm No Stranger To The Rain" by Keith Whitley (a classic!)

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Gordon Lightfoot - "Early Morning Rain"

This is a great song although I prefer the Peter, Paul, and Mary version due to the superb harmonies. I'll also add "Rain When I Die" by Alice in Chains and "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor.

gotta love "Rain on Tin" by Sonic Youth off of Murray Street. Such a damn good album, maybe my favorite of Sonic Youth's. Now compare that to the albums other bands are making twenty years into their career and it's even more impressive.

Raining Blood - Slayer

I'd go with "Red Rain" by Peter Gabriel. One of his all-time best songs. "Ocean Rain" by Echo and the Bunnymen and "Rainin' Babies" by the Flaming Lips are a couple more that come to mind.

From the poll I picked the CCR song.

Off poll, I like:
The Dramatics "In the Rain"
Tom Petty "Louisiana Rain"
Bob Dylan "Rainy Day Women No.12 & 35"
Elvis Presley "Kentucky Rain"
Albert Hammond "It Never Rains in Southern California"

But I prefer sunny songs.

The CCR song is the only one in the poll I've ever heard. I'm not gonna vote for it though.

Heh..I was about to mention the Who, but then I checked the album cover and saw it was 'Reign'. Those sneaky homonyms..

I'd probably vote for Dylan.

Although not my favorite, REM's "So. Central Rain" is another good one not yet mentioned.

Of the songs offered I picked "Purple Rain" because I like Prince alot...

One of my favorite rain songs not mentioned is "I Wish it Would Rain" by the Temptations.

Since "Blame it on the Rain" from Milli Vanilli isn't on the list, my next favorite on there is the Dylan tune.

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Originally posted by PRG:
Since "Blame it on the Rain" from Milli Vanilli isn't on the list...

Hell Yeah. Milli Vanilli! I'm changing my vote.