The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
Single by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
from the album Supa Dupa Fly
Released	May 20, 1997 (1997-05-20) (radio airplay) July 2, 1997 (1997-07-02) (CD single)
Recorded	1996–1997[1]
Studio	Master Sound (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
Genre	Alternative hip hop, psychedelic rap, trip hop
Length	4:10 (album version) 3:59 (radio edit)
Label	Goldmind Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Don Bryant Melissa Elliott Bernard "Bernie" Miller Timothy Mosley Ann Peebles
Producer(s)	Timbaland
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott singles chronology
"Can We" (1997) "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (1997) "Not Tonight (Remix)" (1997)
Music video
"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" on YouTube

"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" is the debut solo single by American rapper Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott. It was written and composed by Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller, Elliott, and producer Timbaland for her debut album Supa Dupa Fly (1997) and contains a sample of Ann Peebles' 1973 single "I Can't Stand the Rain", whose lyrics serve as the chorus.

The song was released to US radio stations on May 20, 1997, and the Hype Williams-directed video was released to video shows starting June 3, 1997.^[2] The song entered the Hot R&B Airplay chart in mid-June, and peaked at number 6 the week of August 9, 1997. It peaked at number 51 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart the following week. It was released as the album's lead single on July 2, 1997, and reached the top twenty in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The song's moans are used as a sample in Method Man & Redman's "The ?"^{[citation needed]}