The Sun and the Rain

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"The Sun and the Rain"
Single by Madness
from the album Keep Moving (US) Non-album single (UK)
B-side	"Fireball XL5" / "Time For Tea" (USA/Canada)
Released	29 October 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Ska, Soul, Sophisti-pop
Length	3:28 / 3:18 (USA/Canada)
Label	Stiff Records
Songwriter(s)	Mike Barson
Producer(s)	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Madness singles chronology
"Wings of a Dove" (1983) "The Sun and the Rain" (1983) "Michael Caine" (1984)

"The Sun and the Rain" is a single by Madness. It was released in 1983 as a stand-alone single and in 1984 it was included on the American/Canadian version of their album Keep Moving. The single spent 10 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 5. The song was also their last to ever enter the USA Billboard Hot 100 Charts, peaking as high as No. 72 on that following chart in 1984.

"The Sun and the Rain" was the last Madness single written solely by Mike Barson until 2009's "Sugar and Spice". It was also the last original release of theirs to reach the UK top 10 until "Lovestruck" in 1999.