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| Single by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande | ||||
| from the album Chromatica | ||||
| Released | May 22, 2020 | |||
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| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
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"Rain on Me" is a song by American singers Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande from Gaga's sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020). They co-wrote it with Nija Charles, Rami Yacoub, Tchami, Boys Noize and its producers, BloodPop and Burns. An upbeat house, dance-pop and disco song, the track features a synth-disco beat and funk guitars. It explores resilience in defiance of the hardships in life.
"Rain on Me" was released by Interscope Records as the album's second single on May 22, 2020. Music critics lauded the singers' vocals as well as the song's message. Upon entering at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, the track became Gaga's fifth and Grande's fourth number-one single in the United States. It marked the first all-female collaboration to debut atop the chart and made Grande the first artist to have four songs debut at the top spot. On Spotify, "Rain on Me" was the seventh most streamed song of summer 2020 and the most streamed song by a female artist globally during the season.[1] Additionally, "Rain on Me" topped the charts in Canada, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Scotland, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
The accompanying music video was directed by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, and features Gaga and Grande dancing inside a giant arena during a rainstorm, with daggers falling from the sky. "Rain on Me" was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards, winning for Song of the Year and two more other awards while being nominated for Video of the Year. The duo gave a performance of "Rain on Me" at the VMA show, while Gaga performed the song solo on The Chromatica Ball tour (2022). "Rain on Me" was further promoted with the release of mock news broadcasts in partnership with The Weather Channel in which Gaga and Grande both appeared. The song won the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, being the first female collaboration in history to win.[2]
- ^ Skinner, Tom (August 25, 2020). "Spotify reveals the most streamed songs of the summer". NME. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ Ismael Ruiz, Matthew (March 14, 2021). "Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande Win Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at 2021 Grammys". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021.