Rain King

"Rain King"
Single by Counting Crows
from the album August and Everything After
B-side"Anna Begins" (live)
ReleasedOctober 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)[1]
Length4:16
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)T-Bone Burnett
Counting Crows singles chronology
"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"
(1994)
"Rain King"
(1994)
"A Murder of One"
(1995)

"Rain King" is a single by the rock band Counting Crows. It was released as the band's fourth single (and third single from their debut album). The title is a reference to Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King. "Rain King" peaked at number 66 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, number 18 in Canada, and number four in Iceland. In April 2022, American Songwriter ranked the song at number eight on their list of "The Top 10 Counting Crows Songs".[2]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. October 1, 1994. p. 27.
  2. ^ Uitti, Jacob (April 29, 2022). "The Top 10 Counting Crows Songs". American Songwriter. Retrieved April 30, 2022.