Single:
Rain entered the Australian singles chart* on 8 March 1976 and peaked at #40.
Album:
The song is on Blue for You which entered the Australian albums chart* on 1 March 1976 and peaked at #3.
Songwriter:
Rick Parfitt
Producer:
Status Quo
Record label of Australian release:
Vertigo
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Rain was intended for Blue for You‘s predecessor album 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.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_(Status_Quo_song)
Lyrics:
How can I see what I′m needing for
How can I give what I gave before
How can you tell me that you want me to stay
How can I stay when I’m trying to say
That I can′t live without the rain
Yes I can’t live without the rain
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