Feelings of sadness and loneliness are often difficult to articulate, which is perhaps why so many songwriters have used the metaphor of rain to convey sentiments of depression, hopelessness, or sometimes even joy in the face of hardship.
1.Creedence Clearwater Revival’s famous song asks “Have you ever seen the rain coming down on a Sunny day"
2. Gordon Lightfoot wrote the oft-recorded folk song "Early Morning Rain
3. Eddie Rabbit says he loves Thunder, Lightening and The taste of rain in his 1981 hit "I Love a Rainy Night
4. “I hear the drizzle of the rain / Like a memory it falls / Soft and warming continuing / Tapping on my roof and walls,” sang Simon and Garfunkel in a song named for Kathy
5. The song “Singin’ in the Rain” was written in the late 1920s, and it was featured in an early musical film called "The Hollywood Revue of 1929."
6.The songs "Purple Rain" and "Red Rain" were performed, respectively, by Prince and Peter Gabriel
7. The Beatles say 'I dont mind" wet stuff in their 1966 song “Rain
8. country singer Gary Allan mentioned "Rainy Night In Georgia"and "Kentucky Rain""Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again","Blue Eyes Cryin" in the "Early Morning Rain" in his “Songs About Rain"
9. “Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind. It’s gonna be a bright, bright sun-shiny day” is a cheerful lyric from
"I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash
10. In their 1984 song “Here Comes the Rain Again,” the group Eurythmics compares rain to a memory, a new emotion and a tragedy
