Top 25 rain songs of all time (in honor of another wet Colonial)
It’ll take more than a May shower to dampen our mood. As we wait out the start of play at the Dean & DeLuca Invitational in Fort Worth, we bring you a reprised countdown of our Top 25 Rain Songs of All Time (first authored during the 2007 Colonial monsoon.) If we missed your favorite, add it in the comments.
25) Ain’t No Sunshine -- Bill Withers
24) Let It Rain - Eric Clapton.
23) A Hard Rain's a-gonna Fall - Joan Baez
22) Rain, Rain Go Away -- Kids everywhere
21) Rainy Day Women #12, 35 -- Bob Dylan
20) Here Comes the Rain Again -- Eurythmics
19) Blame It on the Rain -- Milli Vanilli
18) Kentucky Rain -- Elvis (in honor of two-time champ Kenny Perry).
17) Only Happy When It Rains -- Garbage
16) Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain -- Hank Williams
15) Laughter in the Rain -- Neil Sedaka
16) I Love a Rainy Night -- Eddie Rabbit
15) I Wish it Would Rain -- The Temptations
14) The Early Morning Rain -- Gordon Lightfoot
13) Rainy Night in Georgia -- Randy Crawford
12) It's Raining Men -- The Weathergirls
11) It's Raining Again -- Supertramp
10) Singing in the Rain -- Gene Kelly
9) Riders on the Storm -- The Doors
8) It Never Rains in Southern California (but, man, it pours in Fort Worth) -- Albert Hammond
7) Mandolin Rain -- Bruce Hornsby
6) Rainy Days and Mondays -- The Carpenters
5) Love, Reign, O'er Me -- The Who (OK, I admit it, I alway thought they were singin' about rain.)
4) The Rain Song - Led Zepplin
3) Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head -- B.J. Thomas
2) Who'll Stop the Rain -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
1) Purple Rain -- Prince (RIP)
This story was originally published May 27, 2016 at 12:08 PM with the headline "Top 25 rain songs of all time (in honor of another wet Colonial)."