The top songs about rain

Proving the UK's obsession with the weather, check out over 100 songs about rain have charted in the Top 40.

Obsession with the weather is a uniquely British phenomenon. As well as reportedly checking the forecast eight times a week on average, it's also a fail-safe social prop for making small talk. Given its mood-reflecting qualities (pathetic fallacy is the technical term), it's also a popular subject in songs.

This week sees UK rappers Aitch, AJ Tracey and Tay Keith score a Top 5 debut with their collaboration Rain, while Niall Horan has gone all-out on his weather-themed second album, called Heartbreak Weather.

In the 68 years of the Official Singles Chart, 102 songs with 'Rain' in their title have charted inside the Top 40. Of those, just four have reached Number 1; the most recent is a cover of Singin' In The Rain by British producer Mint Royale, which topped the chart for two weeks in 2005. It's not the first time the timeless classic has appeared in the chart: the cast of Glee covered it in a mashup with Rihanna's Umbrella, reaching Number 22 in 2011, and a hi-energy rendition by Sheila and B Devotion reached Number 11 in 1978.

Another popular 'rain' song is camp classic It's Raining Men, first released by The Weather Girls, where it reached Number 2 in 1984. Geri Halliwell's cover - which featured in Bridget Jones's Diary - took it all the way to Number 1 in 2001. The original re-entered the Top 40 at Number 31 in 2014 after becoming an unlikely protest song in the wake of a UKIP councillor's comments on gay marriage.

Elsewhere, other big 'rain' songs include Adele's Set Fire To The Rain, a Number 11 hit in 2011, and Kiss The Rain, a transatlantic one-hit wonder for British singer-songwriter Billie Myers in 1998, reaching Number 4. The first ever 'rain' themed song to reach the charts, Rain Rain Rain by Frankie Laine and The Four Lads, was a Top 10 hit, reaching Number 8 in 1954.

We've limited our list below specifically to songs with 'rain' in the title, but if we were to extend to weather themed songs, some of the big hits include Crowded House's 1992 Number 7 hit Weather With You, Rihanna's 10-week chart-topper Umbrella, and Blame It On The Weatherman by Irish girl group B*Witched.

View the full list of every 'Rain' song that has reached the Official Singles Chart Top 40 below:

TITLE	ARTIST	PEAK	YEAR
RAIN	AITCH/AJ TRACEY/TAY KEITH	3	2020
RAIN	SCRIPT	15	2017
MAKE IT RAIN	ED SHEERAN	38	2014
SET FIRE TO THE RAIN	ADELE	11	2011
IT WILL RAIN	BRUNO MARS	14	2011
LET IT RAIN	TINCHY STRYDER FT FIONA	14	2011
SINGING IN THE RAIN/UMBRELLA	GLEE CAST FT GWYNETH PALTROW	22	2011
RAIN OVER ME	PITBULL FT MARC ANTHONY	28	2011
I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN	JOHN BARROWMAN	14	2009
RAINDROPS	BASEMENT JAXX	21	2009
PLEASE DON'T STOP THE RAIN	JAMES MORRISON	33	2009
RAINDROPS (ENCORE UNE FOIS)	SASH FT STUNT	9	2008
RAIN ON YOUR PARADE	DUFFY	15	2008
RAIN DOWN LOVE	FREEMAONS FT SIEDAH GARRETT	12	2007
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN	MINT ROYALE	1	2005
RAIN FALL DOWN	ROLLING STONES	33	2005
EARLY MORNING RAIN	PAUL WELLER	40	2005
ENGLISH SUMMER RAIN	PLACEBO	23	2004
WASH IN THE RAIN	BEES	31	2004
RAIN DOWN ON ME	KANE	38	2004
RAIN ON ME	ASHANTI	19	2003
JUSTIFY THE RAIN	COSMIC ROUGH RIDERS	39	2003
THROUGH THE RAIN	MARIAH CAREY	8	2002
RAINY DAYZ	MARY J BLIGE FT JA RULE	17	2002
THE DAY IT RAINED FOREVER	AURORA	29	2002
IT'S RAINING MEN	GERI HALLIWELL	1	2001
AFTER THE RAIN HAS FALLEN	STING	31	2000
WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME?	TRAVIS	10	1999
EVERYTIME IT RAINS	ACE OF BASE	22	1999
KISS THE RAIN	BILLIE MYERS	4	1998
IT'S RAINING MEN… THE SEQUEL	MARTHA WASH FT RUPAUL	21	1998
NAKED IN THE RAIN '98	BLUE PEARL	22	1998
RAINCLOUD	LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY	6	1997
THE RAIN (SUPER DUPA FLY)	MISSY ELLIOTT	16	1997
CRYING IN THE RAIN	CULTURE BEAT	29	1996
THE SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN	BERRI	4	1995
LET IT RAIN	EAST 17	10	1995
ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS	GARBAGE	29	1995
COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN	WENDY MOTEN	8	1994
THE SUNHINE AFTER THE RAIN	NEW ATLANTIC/U4EA FT BERRI	26	1994
WHO LET IN THE RAIN	CYNDI LAUPER	32	1994
IT KEEPS RAINING' (TEARS FROM MY EYES)	BITTY MCLEAN	2	1993
RAIN	MADONNA	7	1993
NO RAIN	BLIND MELON	17	1993
NOVEMBER RAIN	GUNS N' ROSES	4	1992
QUEEN OF RAIN	ROXETTE	28	1992
SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (1991)	ZOE	4	1991
NAKED IN THE RAIN	BLUE PEARL	4	1990
I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN	PHIL COLLINS	7	1990
CRYING IN THE RAIN	A-HA	13	1990
RHYTHM OF THE RAIN	JASON DONOVAN	9	1990
SUMMER RAIN	BELINDA CARLISLE	23	1990
RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME	THE ALARM	18	1987
HAPPYWHEN IT RAINS	THE JESUS AND THE MARY CHAIN	25	1987
OUTSIDE IN THE RAIN	GWEN GUTHRIE	37	1987
RAIN OR SHINE	FIVE STAR	2	1986
THE RAIN	ORAN JUICE JONES	4	1986
PURPLE RAIN	PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION	6	1984
HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN	EURYTHMICS	8	1984
IT'S RAINING MEN	WEATHER GIRLS	2, 31	1983, 2001
THE SUN AND THE RAIN	MADNESS	5	1983
WALKING IN THE RAIN	MODERN ROMANCE	7	1983
HOLD ME TIGHTER IN THE RAIN	BILLY GRIFFIN	17	1983
IT'S RAINING AGAIN	SUPERTRAMP	26	1982
IT'S RAINING	SHAKIN' STEVENS	10	1981
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA	RANDY CRAWFORD	18	1981
I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN	BARRY MANILOW	37	1981
EUROPE (AFTER THE RAIN)	JOHN FOXX	40	1981
I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN	UB40	6	1980
IT'S RAINING	DARTS	2	1978
I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN	ERUPTON	5	1978
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN	SHEILA AND B DEVOTION	11	1978
RAINING IN MY HEART	LEO SAYER	21	1978
RAINING THROUGH MY SUNSHINE	REAL THING	40	1978
SUNSHINE AFTER THE RAIN	ELKIE BROOKS	10	1977
RAIN	STATUS QUO	7	1976
LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN	NEIL SEDAKA	15	1974
I WISH IT WOULD RAIN	THE FACES	8	1973
A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL	BRYAN FERRY	10	1973
WALKING IN THE RAIN	THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY	10	1973
WALKIN' IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE	LOVE UNLIMITED	14	1972
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN?	CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL	36	1971
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING' ON MY HEAD	SACHA DISTEL	10	1970
KENTUCKY RAIN	ELVIS PRESLEY	21	1970
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD	BJ THOMAS	38	1970
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD	BOBBIE GENTRY	40	1970
FLOWERS IN THE RAIN	THE MOVE	2	1967
WALKING IN THE RAIN	WALKER BROTHERS	26	1967
TELL IT TO THE RAIN	THE FOUR SEASONS	37	1967
RAINY DAY WOMEN NOS 12 AND 35	BOB DYLAN	7	1966
RHAPSODY IN THE RAIN	LOU CHRISTIE	37	1966
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THE RAIN	THE SEARCHERS	13	1964
DON'T LET THE RAIN COME DOWN	RONNIE HILTON	21	1964
RHYTHM OF THE RAIN	CASCADES	5	1963
IT MIGHT AS WELL RAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER	CAROLE KING	3	1962
CRYIN' IN THE RAIN	THE EVERLEY BROTHERS	6	1962
SWINGING IN THE RAIN	NORMAN VAUGHAN	34	1962
SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN	DINAH WASHINGTON	35	1961
WITH THE WIND AND THE RAIN IN YOUR HAIR	PAT BOONE	21	1959
THE DAY THE RAINS CAME	JANE MORGAN	1	1958
JUST WALKIN' IN THE RAIN	JOHNNIE RAY	1	1956
RAIN RAIN RAIN	FRANKIE LAINE AND THE FOUR LADS	8	1954