72 Best Rain Songs – Songs With Rain in the Title
Last Updated: June 25, 2023 | Written by Matthew Campbell (Editor of My Wedding Songs and wedding DJ)
A great way to celebrate that it’s raining is with this list of rain songs. This is not your normal list of rain songs.
Each song listed below has the word rain in the song title. Yes, it does rain in Southern California and most rest of the world.
Each year in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania on July 29th, the city celebrates Rain Day!
When it is raining, you can go outside and dance in the rain to one or all of our rain songs listed below. Our top 10 rain songs were widely popular.
In addition, we cover many different music styles like country, rock, R&B, folk, hip-hop, and soul.
Top 20 Trending Rain Songs
- “Rain” by The Tesky Brothers (Blues – 2019)
- “Purple Rain” by Prince (R&B – 1984)
- “Rainbow” by Kacey Musgraves (Country – 2018)
- “RAIN” by Tony Ann (Classical – 2023)
- “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” by Credence Clearwater Revival (}Rock – 1971)
- “No Rain” by Blind Melon (Rock – 1992)
- “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses (Rock – 1991)
- “Rain On Me” by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (Pop – 2020)
- “Set Fire to the Rain” by Adele (Pop – 2011)
- “Rain Is A Good Thing” by Luke Bryan (Country – 2009)
- “It Will Rain” by Bruno Mars (Pop – 2011)
- “Midnight Rain” by Taylor Swift (Pop – 2022)
- “Candy Rain” by Soul For Real (R&B – 1995)
- “I Think I Like When It Rains” by WILLIS (Rock – 2017)
- “When It Rains It Pours” by Luke Combs (Country – 2017)
- “RAIN” by Ben Platt (Pop – 2019)
- “Rain” by Sleep Token (Metal – 2023)
- “Who’ll Stop The Rain” by Credence Clearwater Revival (Rock – 1970)
- “Rain” by SWV (R&B – 1997)
- “Fire And Rain” by James Taylor (Singer-Songwriter – 1976)
Popular Songs About Rain
Stop The Rain – Ed Sheeran
Released in 2021 on the album =
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Pretending that the weather is in your mind, you got no one to blame
But that’s just the way I feel
You cannot stop the rain
Whiskey And Rain – Michael Ray
Released in 2020 on the album Whiskey And Rain
Lryics Quote:
Hopped on that midnight train
‘Til the bottle runs out or the clouds roll away
It’s just whiskey and rain
Rain On Me – Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
Released in 2020 on the album Chromatica
Genre: Pop
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’d rather be dry, but at least I’m alive
Rain on me, rain, rain
Rain on me
Make It Rain – Pop Smoke feat. Rowdy Rebel
Released in 2020 on the album Make It Rain
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I make it rain on whoever (uh)
I make it rain, that woo weather (grrt, baow)
B***, I’m a dog, a blue devil
Out In the Rain – Cory Marks featuring Halestorm feat. Lzzy Hale of Halestorm
Released in 2020 on the album Who I Am
Lyics Quote:
Out in the rain, until your heart changes
I’ve made this weather, this weather my home
Out in the rain
I’m No Stranger To The Rain – Josh Turner
Released in 2020 on the album Country State Of Mind
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
To ride the wind and dance in a hurricane
I’m no stranger to the rain
Oh no, I’m no stranger to the rain
When It Rains It Pours – Luke Combs
Released in 2017 on the album This One’s for You
Lyrics Qutoe:
And I ain’t gotta see my
Ex-future-mother-in-law anymore
Oh Lord, when it rains it pours
Next, read songs about walking barefoot.
Acid Rain – Lorn
Released in 2015 on the album The Maze To Nowhere
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Hang tight
All you
Nothing like a big bad bridge
To go burnin’ through
Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) – Gary Allan
Released in 2013 on the album Set You Free
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Just like every dark night turns into day
Every heartache will fade away
Just like every storm runs, runs out of rain
It Will Rain – Bruno Mars
Released in 2011 on the album The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Soundtrack
Genre: R&B
Lryics Quote:
Just like the clouds
My eyes will do the same if you walk away
Every day, it’ll rain
Rain Over Me – Pitbull Featuring Marc Anthony
Released in 2011 on the album Global Warming
Genre: Hip Hop
Lryics Quote:
This ain’t a game you’ll see, you can put the blame on me
Dale muñequita, abre ahÃ, and let it rain over me
Chocolate Rain – Tay Zonday
Released in 2011 on the album Chocolate Rain 2.0
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Chocolate rain
Build a tent and say the world is dry
Chocolate rain
Zoom the camera out and see the lie
The Adventures Of The Rain Dance Maggie – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Released in 2011 on the album I’m With You
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
We’ve got to make it rain somehow
She told me to
And showed me what to do
She knows how to make it loud
Let It Rain – David Nail
Released in 2011 on the album The Sound of a Million Dreams
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Just let it come down on me, let it come down on me,
Every word, let it hurt, even more than I deserve, just let it come down on me,
Let it come down on me, let it rain
Set Fire To The Rain – Adele
Released in 2010 on the album 21
Genre: Soul
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
But I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour as I touched your face
Well, it burned while I cried
A Year Without Rain – Selena Gomez & The Scene
Released in 2010 on the album A Year Without Rain
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I need you by my side
Don’t know how I’ll survive
A day without you is like a year without rain
Rain – Creed
Released in 2009 on the album Full Circle
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
With every tomorrow comes another life
I feel it’s gonna rain for days and days
Rain – Mika
Released in 2009 on the album The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Caught in a trap I can’t look back
Baby, I hate days like this
When it rain rain rain, it rain rain rains
Rain Is A Good Thing – Luke Bryan
Released in 2009 on the album Doin’ My Thing
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
We hunt our hunnies down, we take them into town
Start washing all our worries down the drain
Rain is a good thing
Bring The Rain – MercyMe
Released in 2007 on the album Coming Up to Breathe
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
You who made a way for me
By suffering Your destiny
So tell me what’s a little rain
So I pray
Make It Rain – Fat Joe featuring Lil Wayne
Released in 2006 on the album Me, Myself & I
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I make it rain, I make it rain
I’m in this b**** with the Terror
Got a handful of stacks, better grab an umbrella
Stand In The Rain – Superchick
Released in 2006 on the album Beauty From Pain 1.1
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
You won’t drown
And one day, what’s lost can be found
You stand in the rain
Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Rod Stewart
Released in 2006 on the album Still the Same… Great Rock Classics of Our Time
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
It’ll rain a sunny day
I know
Shinin’ down like water
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
Rain Man – Eminem
Released in 2004 on the album Encore
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
My aim was not to become what I became with this level of fame
My soul is possessed by this devil
My new name is… Rain Man
Something Sexy About the Rain – Kenny Chesney
Released in 2004 on the album Be As You Are
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
But my heart won’t ever be the same
Even now, her love’s the reason
There’s somethin’ sexy ’bout the rain
Healing Rain – Michael W. Smith
Released in 2004 on the album Healing Rain
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
So let it fall and take us higher
Healing rain, I’m not afraid
To be washed in Heaven’s rain
Check out songs about the mornings.
She’s My Kind Of Rain – Tim McGraw
Released in 2003 on the album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti fallin’ down all night
She’s my kind of rain
Kiss The Rain – Yiruma
Released in 2003 on the album From the Yellow Room
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
But how can you love me
Like I loved you when
You can’t even look me straight in my eyes
Through The Rain – Mariah Carey
Released in 2002 on the album Charmbracelet
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I hold tighter to my faith
And I live one more day
And I make it through the rain
Kiss The Rain – Billie Myers
Released in 1997 on the album Growing, Pains
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Kiss the rain
Whenever you need me
Kiss the rain
Whenever I’m gone too long
Rain – SWV
Released in 1997 on the album Release Some Tension
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Rain down (on) on me
Let you’re love just shower me
Just rain on me
The Rain – Missy Elliott
Released in 1997 on the album Supa Dupa Fly
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I can’t stand the rain
Against my window, I can’t stand the rain
Like The Rain – Clint Black
Released in 1996 on the album Greatest Hits
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Like the rain, always calling for you, I’m falling for you now
Just like the rain, I have fallen for you
I’m falling for you now just like the rain
Only Happy When It Rains – Garbage
Released in 1995 on the album Garbage
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
You’ll get the message by the time I’m through
When I complain about me and you
I’m only happy when it rains
Candy Rain – Soul For Real
Released in 1995 on the album Candy Rain
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
My love (my love), do you ever dream of (do you ever dream)
Candy-coated raindrops? (Ooh-whoa, darling)
You’re the same, my candy rain
No Rain – Blind Melon
Released in 1993 on the album Blind Melon
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
And I don’t understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there’s no rain
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
Rain – Madonna
Released in 1992 on the album Erotica
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Rain
When your lips are burning mine
And you take the time to tell me how you feel
Queen of Rain – Roxette
Released in 1992 on the album Tourism
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
A time to kill the pain in life
Dream about the sun
You queen of rain
Sweet Sweet Rain – Gene Loves Jezebel
Released in 1992 on the album Heavenly Bodie
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Sweet sweet rain
Feel the rain on your face
Don’t be afraid, Darling
Don’t be afraid
November Rain – Guns N’ Roses
Released in 1991 on the album Use Your Illusion I
Genre: Rock
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Nothin’ lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it’s hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain
Can You Stop The Rain – Peabo Bryson
Released in 1991 on the album Can You Stop the Rain
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I can’t face another day
Baby, can you stop
Can you stop the rain?
Rain – Lynch Mob
Released in 1990 on the album Wicked Sensation
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Rain
As it pours in her world
Rain
Oh how she weeps without a sound
Crying in the Rain – A-Ha
Released in 1990 on the album East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
You’ll never know that I still love you so
Only heartaches remain
I’ll do my crying in the rain
I Wish It Would Rain Down – Phil Collins
Released in 1989 on the album …But Seriously
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Ooh, yes, I wish it would rain, rain down on me now
Ooh, girl, I wish it would rain down, down on me
Ooh, yes, I wish it would rain on me
Prayers for Rain – The Cure
Released in 1989 on the album Disintegration
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
A touch so plain, so stale it kills
You strangle me, entangle me
In hopelessness and prayers for rain
Blame It On The Rain – Milli Vanilli
Released in 1989 on the album Girl You Know It’s True
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Whatever you do, don’t put the blame on you
Blame it on the rain, yeah, yeah
You can blame it on the rain
I’m No Stranger To The Rain – Keith Whitley
Released in 1988 on the album Don’t Close Your Eyes
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’ll even come out even
While the rain beats a hole in the ground
And tonight, it’s really coming down
Metallic Rain – Vangelis
Released in 1988 on the album Direct
(Instrumental)
Mandolin Rain – Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Released in 1986 on the album The Way It Is
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away
Rain – The Cult
Released in 1985 on the album Love
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Here comes the rain
Here she comes again
Here comes the rain
I love the rain
Purple Rain – Prince
Released in 1984 on the album Purple Rain
Genre: R&B Rock
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Purple rain, purple rain
I only want to see you bathing
In the purple rain
Ocean Rain – Echo and the Bunnymen
Released in 1984 on the album Ocean Rain
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’m at sea again
And now your hurricanes have brought down this ocean rain
To bathe me again
Here Comes the Rain Again – Eurythmics
Released in 1984 on the album Touch
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Here comes the rain again
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion
Hold Back the Rain – Duran Duran
Released in 1982 on the album Rio
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane
(Hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please, hold back the rain
Smoky Mountain Rain – Ronnie Milsap
Released in 1980 on the album Greatest Hits
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Smoky Mountain rain
Keeps on falling
I keep on calling her name
Fool In The Rain – Led Zeppelin
Released in 1979 on the album In Through the Out Door
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Now I will stand in the rain on the corner
I watch the people go shuffling downtown
Another ten minutes no longer
After The Rain – The Angels
Released in 1978 on the album Face to Face
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Let them know you are strong
You will not be caught
The clouds will blow away
After the rain
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain – Willie Nelson
Released in 1975 on the album Red Headed Stranger
Genre: Country
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
We’ll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no partin’
Blue eyes crying in the rain
I Love a Rainy Night – Eddie Rabbitt
Released in 1975 on the album Eddie Rabbitt
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Well, I love a rainy night
It’s such a beautiful sight
I love to feel the rain
On my face
Laughter In The Rain – Neil Sedaka
Released in 1974 on the album Sedaka’s Back
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Ooh, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside
Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love – Love Unlimited
Released in 1972 on the album From a Girl’s Point of View We Give to You
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh, I can walk in the rain with the one I love
Feel so fine,
Walking in the rain with the one I love
All mine
It Never Rains In Southern California – Albert Hammond
Released in 1972 on the album It Never Rains in Southern California
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
It never rains in California
But girl, don’t they warn ya?
It pours, man, it pours
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? – Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)
Released in 1971 on the album Pendulum
Genre: Rock
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
Comin’ down on a sunny day
Put on your headphones and play songs about bridges.
Fire and Rain – James Taylor
Released in 1970 on the album Sweet Baby James
Genre: Folk
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
Kentucky Rain – Elvis Presley
Released in 1970 on the album Kentucky Rain
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
And up ahead’s another town that I’ll go walking through
With the rain in my shoes (rain in my shoes)
Searching for you
In the cold Kentucky rain
Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers
Released in 1968 on the album Realization
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Summer rain taps at my window
West wind soft as a sweet dream
My love, warm as the sunshine
I Wish It Would Rain – The Temptations
Released in 1967 on the album The Temptations Wish It Would Rain
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
People, this hurt I feel inside
Words, they, could never explain
I just wish it would rain
Rain – The Beatles
Released in 1966 on the album B-side of “Paperback Writer” single
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I can show you
That when it starts to rain (when the rain comes down)
Everything’s the same (when the rain comes down)
Walking The Streets In The Rain – Butch Moore
Released in 1965 on the album Eurovision Song Contest
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Till you bring back the sunshine again
Still, nobody knows I am crying
‘Cause I’m walking the streets in the rain
Don’t Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) – The Serendipity Singers
Released in 1964 on the album The Serendipity Singers
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don’t let the rain come down
My roof’s got a hole in it and I might drown
Oh, yes, my roof’s got a hole in it and I might drown
Rhythm Of The Rain – The Cascades
Released in 1963 on the album Rhythm Of The Rain
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Rain won’t you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow
Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow
Singin’ In The Rain – Gene Kelly
Released in 1952 on the album Singin’ in the Rain Musical
Genre: Vocal
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Come on with the rain, I’ve a smile on my face
I walk down the lane with a happy refrain
Just singin’, singin’ in the rain
Why Does It Always Rain On Me? Travis
Happy When It Rain- The Jesus And Mary Chain
U2- Summer Rain
Thank you Terrance for the song suggestions! These are great!
Don’t Let the Rain Come Down.
By The Serendipity Singers
Thank you for the suggestion Susan. We added your song and added a few more newer songs too.
and Only Happy When it Rains by Garbage…90’s classic!
Thank you SO much Nicole for this suggestion and SWV’s Rain. Bother are great songs and have been added to the list!
Walking The Streets In The Rain – Butch Moore. Ireland’s Eurovision entry 1965 – back when they wrote good songs.
Thank you for the song suggestions. It has been added to the list.
I may have missed it: ‘Rain’ by The Beatles (flipside of Paperback Writer)
Thank you for the song suggestion. It has been added to the list!
Thank you for putting this list together.
Hold Back the Rain – Duran Duran
Rain – The Cult
Sweet Sweet Rain – Gene Loves Jezebel
Prayers for Rain – The Cure
Ocean Rain – Echo and the Bunnymen
Thank you Jay for the compliment and the added suggestions. They have been added to the list!
We’ve Got A Good Fire Goin’ – Don Williams
Hi Teresa, thanks for the suggestion. However, it does not have rain in the title. We will definitely add it when we create a list of songs with fire in the title.
“Rain Man” by Eminem
Thank you! The song was added to our list!
‘I can’t stand the rain’ Tina Turner
Thanks Steve for the suggestion. We added it to the list!
An older country tune about soft rain in the mountains. Have no other info. Only heard tune twice.
Hi John. Thanks for the comment. I am not sure of the song you are referring to. The only one to come to mind is Ray Price – Soft Rain but it is not about rain in the mountains.
Summer Rain by Johnny Rivers
Thank you Salvador or the suggestion. We added it to the list.
Queen of rain Roxette
Crying in the rain A-ha
Raindrops Massive Attack
Thanks for the suggestions, Diego. I added the first two. “Raindrops” is actually “Teardrops”.
Metallic Rain by Vangelis
Thank you Crystal for the suggestion. We have added it to the list!
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA AND KENTUCKY RAIN
Thanks Claire for the suggestion. We will add it to the list!
Rain by Jose Feliciano
Perfect for wedding/engagement.
Thank you Dianne. We will add it to the list.
No mention of the Weather Girls’ “It”s Raining Men”!
Hi Ali. Thanks for the feedback. All of the songs listed are for “Rain” only. We will definitely add your song to a new “Raining” song list!
“I’m no stranger to the rain” by Keith Whitley
Thank you Teri. We will add it to our list!
I Love a Rainy Night Eddie Rabbitt
Hi Darcy. Thanks for the suggestion. A true classic country song. We will add it to the list.
Walking in the rain with the one I love. (Love unlimited)I want to go outside in the rain.(The Dramatics)Rainy night in Georgia. (
Brook Benton)
Thank you Mel’o for the suggestions!
The Angels -After The Rain
Thanks, Anthony. We will add it to the list.
Kiss The Rain – Bille Myers
Thanks James. Love the song! I am surprised it is not already on there, but I will be sure to add it!
rain by the lynch mob
Thanks John! We will add it to the list.
laughter in the rain – by Neil Sedaka
Thanks Carrie. We will definitely add it to the list.
I wish it would rain by the Temptations
Thanks Johnny. We will add it to the list!