"Rain Over Me" is a song by

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rapper

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from his sixth studio album, ''

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''. It features vocals from Puerto Rican-American singer

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. Both artists also co-wrote it, alongside

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, Bilal "The Chef" Hajji, AJ Janussi and Rachid "Rush" Aziz. It was also produced by RedOne, Rush and Jimmy Joker. It was released on June 10, 2011, as the third promotional single from the album and received a full release as the album's third official single on June 8, 2011. It charted at number 30 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song also became Pitbull's second number one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart as well his first number-one single on the

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. In addition, it is Marc Anthony's sixth number-one single on the Hot Latin Songs and twentieth number-one single on the Tropical Songs, reclaiming his position as having the artist with the most number-one Tropical Songs chart after a two-year tie with

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. The music video was directed by David Rosseau, who also directed a previous Pitbull single, "

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" in 2009. The song is featured on the dance rhythm game, ''

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''.

Background and composition

"Rain Over Me" is a dance song produced by

, David Rush and Jimmy Joker. It contains dramatic "disco-rave"

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. According to Robert Copsey of

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the song is "a step outside his itbull'susual robotic sound. Bill Lamb of

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noted that both Pitbull and Marc Anthony are of Latin Caribbean descent, referring to the song as a "superstar Latin Caribbean duet". This song also marks the second collaboration between the two artists, following their guest appearances on their 2010 single

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alongside hip hop group Crypress Hill.

Music video

The music video was released onto Pitbull's official

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channel on July 22, 2011. The video was directed by David Rousseau. It features both Pitbull and Marc Anthony in the desert along with actress

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, with many water effects. On April 13, 2020, the video surpassed the 1 billion views mark, thus making it in the first 200

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videos to reach this milestone. This is the third and second video to accomplish this feat for Pitbull and Marc Anthony in that order respectively.

Track listing

*Digital download #"Rain Over Me" – 3:51 *German maxi CD single #"Rain Over Me" (Album Version) *Other remixes #"Rain Over Me" (

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Remix) – 5:16 #"Rain Over Me" (Jorge Duran Remix) – 2:53 #"Rain Over Me" (

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Remix) — 6:15

Credits and personnel

– songwriter, vocals *

– songwriter, producer, instruments, programming and vocal editing *

– songwriter, lead vocals and backing vocals * Bilal "The Chef" Hajji – songwriter * AJ Janussi – songwriter, vocal editing and recording * Rachid "Rush" Aziz – songwriter producer, instruments and programming *Jimmy Joker – producer, instruments and programming *Trevor Muzzy – vocal editing, recording and mixing *Al Burna – Pitbull vocal recording *Tom Coyne – mastering Credits adapted from ''Planet Pit'' album liner notes.

Charts

Weekly Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* * {{Marc Anthony singles 2011 songs 2011 singles Pitbull (rapper) songs Marc Anthony songs Eurodance songs Number-one singles in Romania Number-one singles in Spain Song recordings produced by RedOne Songs written by Pitbull (rapper) Songs written by RedOne Songs written by Marc Anthony Songs written by Bilal Hajji Dance-pop songs Songs written by AJ Junior Male vocal duets