Tell It to the Rain

"Tell It to the Rain"
Single by The Four Seasons
from the album New Gold Hits
B-side"Show Girl (from the album The 4 Seasons Entertain You)"
ReleasedNovember 1966 (1966-11)[1]
RecordedNovember 1966
Genre
Length2:30
LabelPhilips
Songwriter(s)Mike Petrillo-Chubby Cifelli[3]
Producer(s)Bob Crewe
The Four Seasons singles chronology
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
(1966) 		"Tell It to the Rain"
(1966) 		"Beggin'"
(1967)

"Tell It to the Rain" is a song composed by Mike Petrillo and Chubby Cifelli and popularized by The Four Seasons in 1966 and early 1967. The single reached the #10 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[4]

The song's arrangement includes a prominent 12-string electric guitar part, as well as sound effects and a crescendo of vocals toward the end.

Cash Box said the single is "loaded with the group’s usual effective sound and infectious arrangement."[5]

  1. ^ The Four Seasons; Frankie Valli (1991), Greatest Hits, Volume 2, Internet Archive, Warner Special Products, retrieved 2023-01-30
  2. ^ a b A. Guarisco, Donald. "Tell It to the Rain review". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 238.
  5. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. December 3, 1966. p. 40. Retrieved 2022-01-12.