4 More Songs with Rain in the Title feat. Billie Meyers, Whitesnake, Garbage, and Warrant. This is a sequel to 4 Songs with Rain in the Title feat. Travis, Guns N’ Roses, The Weather Girls & Whitesnake.
The 4 featured here are Whitesnake’s Summer Rain, Billie Myers’ Kiss the Rain, Garbage’s Only Happy When It Rains and Warrant’s Let it Rain.
In these songs, with the exception of Summer Rain, rain was used to create a pessimistic atmosphere to represent or accompany pain, difficulty and/or heartbreak. Summer Rain is a romantic song that sets a lighter mood.
Whitesnake: Summer Rain
Summer Rain is featured on the band’s 10th studio album Good to Be Bad released in 2008. All of the songs were written and co-produced by singer David Coverdale and Doug Aldrich. The album peaked at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart.
Whitesnake was formed in the late 70s by English David Coverdale and despite changes in the line-up, Coverdale has remained the constant member. But funnily enough, the 1997 album Restless Heart was labeled “David Coverdale and Whitesnake” .
Summer Rain Lyrics Excerpt:
Lately I’ve been thinking
Even tho’ I’m miles away
I can feel your love around me
You’re with me every day
And of all the roads I’ve traveled
All that I’ve been thro’
No matter where life takes me
I’m never far from youYou warm me like the morning sun
With you my life has just begunLove comes over me
Falling like summer rain
Like summer rain
Pour your love on me
Feeling like summer rain
Like summer rain
Garbage: Only Happy When It Rains
Only Happy When It Rains is featured in the first Garbage album- typically called Garbage- that was released in 1995. The song was written by Garbage members (Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, Butch Vig). The band members and the fans love it if it rains at a concert while they are playing this song.
The lyrics represent a masochistic state of mind as the singer is only happy when things are tough and complicated.
Formed in 1994, Garbage is an alternative/electronic rock band.
Only Happy When It Rains Lyrics Excerpt:
I’m only happy when it rains
I’m only happy when it’s complicated
And though I know you can’t appreciate it
I’m only happy when it rains
You know I love it when the news is bad
And why it feels so good to feel so sad
I’m only happy when it rains
Pour your misery down, pour your misery down on me
Pour your misery down, pour your misery down on me
I’m only happy when it rains
I feel good when things are going wrong
I only listen to the sad sad songs
I’m only happy when it rains
Warrant: Let It Rain
Warrant’s 3rd album released in 1992. Dog Eat Dog is more hard rock/modern rock than glam. Warrant remains to be best remembered with their song Cherry Pie, which is also the name of their second album, released in 1990. While Dog Eat Dog saw number 25 on Billboard 200, Cherry Pie had reached number 7.
Cherry Pie remains their best selling album to date. Despite some member changes, the band has been together since 1984.
Let It Rain Lyrics Excerpt:
I can’t get up the nerve to call you,but I want to call so bad
To find out, who’s holding on to
The most beautiful thing I ever hadBabe I guess I never really took the time
To show how much I careLet it rain (rain)
Let it rain down on me
Hide these tears I’m crying
So no one can see
That I’m still not over you
But if you’re over me
Let it rain (rain)
Let it rain down on meWe used to lay together like spoons
It was the only way I could sleep
And this pillow is a poor subsitute
For your body next to meI reach to pull you closer
And remember you’re not thereThe rain is not so bad after all
It camouflages every tear that falls
It cleanses me of all the blame
I’ve put upon myself
I hear your married now
Well I hope he treats you well
Oh let it rain. . .
Billie Meyers: Kiss the Rain
English singer/songwriter Billy Meyers released her single Kiss the Rain in 1997. The song was written by Billie Meyers, Desmond Child (who also collaborated with Bon Jovi and Kiss on several occasions) and Eric Bazillian.
Kiss the Rain ended up being a worldwide hit. It is from her first album Growing, Pains. Since then, she has released two more albums Vertigo (in 2000) and Tea & Sympathy in 2009. Her albums’ genre is a mixture of rock, pop and jazz.
Kiss the Rain Lyrics Excerpt:
Hello
Can you hear me?
Am I gettin’ through to you?
Hello
Is it late there?
There’s a laughter on the line
Are you sure you’re there alone?
Cause I’m
Tryin’ to explain
Somethin’s wrong
Ya just don’t sound the same
Why don’t you
Why don’t you
Go outside
Go outside
Kiss the rain
Whenever you need me
Kiss the rain
Whenever I’m gone, too long.
If your lips
Feel lonely and thirsty
Kiss the rain
And wait for the dawn.
Keep in mind
We’re under the same sky
And the nights
As empty for me, as for you
If ya feel
You can’t wait till morinin’
Kiss the rain
From all these songs, Garbage’s “Only Happy When It Rains” is the best by far.