"Rain" is a single from British

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

band Status Quo's album ''

Blue for You ''Blue for You'' is the ninth studio album by English rock band Status Quo. It was released in March 1976, and is the last album until 1980's '' Just Supposin that they produced themselves, which resulted in subsequent albums having a not ...

''. It was written by

Rick Parfitt Richard John Parfitt, (12 October 1948 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known as a singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist with rock band Status Quo. Parfitt began his career in the early 1960s, playing in pubs and holiday ...

. "Rain" was intended for ''Blue for Yous 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 Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo. Early life Rossi was born ...

's introduction to

speed In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quantity ...

; "That's why songs like 'Rain' were so edgy and fast," he explained. 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 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content ...

as part of their ''In Concert'' series.

Track listing

# "Rain" (Parfitt) (4.33) # "You Lost the Love" (Rossi/Young) (2.58)

Charts

References

Status Quo (band) songs 1976 singles Songs written by Rick Parfitt {{1970s-UK-single-stub