I tweeted a five year old collection of rain songs earlier on this rainy Saturday, and I wish I hadn't. A playlist this important needs to be fresh.
Here's a fresh filter in my iTunes of all songs with the word rain in the title. I had to manually remove all my train and brain songs.
- After the Rain - Blue Rodeo
- Amazon Rain - Paul Janz
- Another Rainy Day In New York City - Chicago
- Black Rain - Soundgarden
- Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson
- Box Of Rain - Grateful Dead
- Carl Thomas: Summer Rain - DJ Jazzy Jeff & Mick Boogie
- Come Rain Or Come Shine - Frank Sinatra
- Come Rain or Come Shine - Ray Charles
- The Crying Rain - Emm Gryner
- Didn't It Rain - The Band
- Didn't it Rain - Louis Armstrong
- Don't Rain On My Parade - Glee Cast
- Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
- Easy As The Rain - The Little Willies
- Entranced By The Rain - James Heatherington
- Every Morning [Raindropz Remix] - Basshunter
- Every Time it Rains - Nazareth
- Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
- Fire and Rain - James Taylor
- Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin
- Go Ahead in the Rain - A Tribe Called Quest
- Happy When It Rains - The Jesus And Mary Chain
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain? - Spin Doctors
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
- Hey Mr. Rain [Version I] - The Velvet Underground
- Hey Mr. Rain [Version II] - The Velvet Underground
- I Can't Stand The Rain - The Commitments
- I Can't Stand The Rain - Tina Turner
- I Think It's Going to Rain Today - Randy Newman
- (I Want To Be) The Rainmaker - The Band
- I Wish It Would Rain Down - Phil Collins
- In The Rain - The Dramatics
- It's Gonna Rain - Steve Reich
- It's Raining on Prom Night - Cindy Bullens
- It Can't Rain All The Time - Jane Siberry
- It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond
- Keeps On Rainin' - Billie Holiday
- Kiss the Rain - Billie Myers
- Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
- Let It Rain - Cypress Hill
- Little Black Rain Cloud - Disney
- Little Rain (For Clyde) - Tom Waits
- Make It Rain - The KLF
- Naked In The Rain - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The Naked Rain - The Waltons
- Neon Rainbow - The Box Tops
- No Rain - Blind Melon
- Nothing Like the Rain - 2 Unlimited
- November Rain - Guns N' Roses
- Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
- Only Happy When It Rains (Garbage) - Richard Cheese
- Over The Rainbow - Glee Cast
- Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
- Over The Rainbow - Ray Charles
- Purple Rain - Prince
- Rain - Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats
- Rain - The Cult
- Rain - Guano Apes
- The Rain - k-os
- Rain-O - Chilliwack
- The Rain Came Down - Steve Earle
- Rain Dance - The Guess Who
- Rain King - Counting Crows
- Rain Man - Eminem
- Rain On Your Parade - Duffy
- The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
- Rain Street - The Pogues
- Rain When I Die - Alice In Chains
- Rain Will Fall - I Mother Earth
- Rain, Rain, Rain - Rheostatics
- The Rain, The Park & Other Things - The Cowsills
- The Rainbow - Ween
- Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
- Rainbows All Over Your Blues - John Sebastian
- Raindrop - Tripping Daisy
- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas
- Rainfall - The Vines
- Rainin' In My Hart - Slim Harpo
- Raining In Baltimore - Counting Crows
- Raining In My Heart - Buddy Holly
- Raining In My Heart - Leo Sayer
- Raining Like Magic - Raffi
- Raining Men - Rihanna
- Raining On Our Love - Shania Twain
- Raining Revolution - Arrested Development
- Rainman - Jamie Foxx
- The Rains Came - Doug Sahm and The Sir Douglas Quintet
- Rainshine - Bran Van 3000
- Rainy Day People - Gordon Lightfoot
- Rainy Day Woman #12 And 35 - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
- Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 - Bob Dylan
- Rainy Days And Mondays - Carpenters
- Rainy Dayz - Raekwon
- Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton
- Rainy Night in Georgia - Ray Charles
- Rainy Night in Soho - The Pogues
- Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
- Red Rain - The White Stripes
- Remember When It Rained - Josh Groban
- Rider in the Rain - Randy Newman
- Right As Rain - Adele
- Right As Rain - The Band
- Rusted From The Rain - Billy Talent
- Sad Sad Rain - Platinum Blonde
- Saddle In The Rain - John Prine
- See The Sky About To Rain - Neil Young
- She Gathers Rain - Collective Soul
- She Talks To Rainbows - The Ramones
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Jeff Beck
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
- Standing In The Rain - Billy Talent
- Steel Rain - Chris Cornell
- Summer Rain - Carl Thomas
- Summer Rain - U2
- Tears and Rain - James Blunt
- Tomato In The Rain - Kaiser Chiefs
- A Walk In The Irish Rain - The Irish Descendants
- When It Rains - Kid Rock
- Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Why Does It Always Rain On Me? - Travis
- Wilma's Rainbow - Helmet
- Yesterday I Heard The Rain (Esta Tarde Vi Llover) - Tony Bennett
- Rainmaker - Sparklehorse
- Black Rainbows - Type O Negative
If you have a rain song that I don't have, let me know in the comments.
