Like the Rain

"Like the Rain"
Single by Clint Black
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side"Desperado"[1]
ReleasedSeptember 2, 1996
GenreCountry
Length4:22 (album version)
3:30 (single version)
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Clint Black
Hayden Nicholas
Producer(s)Clint Black
James Stroud
Clint Black singles chronology
"Life Gets Away"
(1995) 		"Like the Rain"
(1996) 		"Half Way Up"
(1996)

"Like the Rain" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in September 1996 as the first single from his Greatest Hits compilation album. The song became his 23rd chart single, and in October of that year, it became his tenth Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. It held that position for three weeks.[1] At the 1997 Grammy Awards, "Like the Rain" was nominated for the Best Male Country Vocal performance.[2] The song was written by Black and Hayden Nicholas.

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Ferman, Dave (1997-02-26). "A Texas-size group of Texans are up for Grammys". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 2008-10-06.