"Say It's Gonna Rain" is a song by American
dance-pop
Dance-pop is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit ra ...
group
Will to Power
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. The original version of the song appeared on their 1988
self-titled
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debut
album
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. The lead vocals on the track were sung by singer-songwriter Suzi Carr. A
12" single
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was released to
club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
* ...
s in 1988, and this remix became the first of two number-one songs for the band on the American
dance chart. The song spent two weeks at number-one on this chart in August and September 1988. The song also peaked at number 49 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in July 1988.
Hot 100 chart info
Billboard.com. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
Track listing
;US 12" single #1
; US 12" Single #2
Charts
See also
*List of number-one dance singles of 1988 (U.S.)
''Billboard'' magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance Music Club Play chart and the Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played sing ...
References
1988 singles
Will to Power (band) songs
1988 songs
Epic Records singles
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