Rain (Status Quo song)

"Rain"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Blue for You
B-side"You Lost the Love"
Released6 February 1976 (1976-02-06)
Genre
Length4:33
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Rick Parfitt
Producer(s)Status Quo
Status Quo singles chronology
"Roll Over Lay Down"
(1975) 		"Rain"
(1976) 		"Mystery Song"
(1976)

"Rain" is a single from British rock band Status Quo's album Blue for You.[1] It was written by Rick Parfitt.[2]

"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.[3]

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.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. ^ "Status Quo - Rain". 45cat.com. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  3. ^ Ling, Dave (January 2002). "Again again again…". Classic Rock #36. p. 71.
  4. ^ "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Status Quo - Acoustic". Radio 2 In Concert. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.