Can You Stop the Rain

This article is about the song. For the album, see Can You Stop the Rain (album).
"Can You Stop the Rain"
Single by Peabo Bryson
from the album Can You Stop the Rain
ReleasedMay 4, 1991
Length5:34
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Walter Afanasieff
Peabo Bryson singles chronology
"Lover's Paradise"
(1990) 		"Can You Stop the Rain"
(1991) 		"Closer Than Close"
(1991)

"Can You Stop the Rain" is a song by American singer Peabo Bryson, taken from his fifteenth studio album of the same name (1991). It was written by John Bettis and Walter Afanasieff, while production was helmed by the latter. Released as the album's lead single, the song spent two weeks at number one on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked at number fifty-two on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It also reached number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 90.