Rain (Status Quo song)
| "Rain" | ||||
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| Single by Status Quo | ||||
| from the album Blue for You | ||||
| B-side | "You Lost the Love" | |||
| Released | 6 February 1976 | |||
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| Length | 4:33 | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rick Parfitt | |||
| Producer(s) | Status Quo | |||
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"Rain" is a single from British rock band Status Quo's album Blue for You. It was written by Rick Parfitt.
"Rain" was intended for Blue for You's 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's introduction to speed; "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 as part of their In Concert series.