Rain Rain Go Away (Bobby Vinton song)

"Rain Rain Go Away"
Single by Bobby Vinton
from the album Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones
B-side "Over and Over"
Released August 1962
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Pop music
Length 2:55
Label Epic Records
Writer(s) Gloria Shayne Baker & Noël Regney[1]
Bobby Vinton singles chronology
"I Love You The Way You Are"
(1962)		 "Rain Rain Go Away"
(1962)		 "Let's Kiss and Make Up"
(1962)

"Rain Rain Go Away" is a song released by Bobby Vinton in August 1962.[2] The song is sung from the perspective of a man who is wishing his childhood sweetheart sunshine after she asks to be set free so that she can marry another.[3][4]

The song spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12,[5] while reaching No. 4 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[6][7] No. 11 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[8] and No. 10 in Israel.[9]

Chart performance

Chart (1962) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 12
US Billboard Pop-Standard Singles 4
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 11
Israel - Kol Yisrael[9] 10

References

  1. ↑ Rain, Rain, Go Away - By: Bobby Vinton, MusicVF.com. Accessed October 17, 2015
  2. ↑ "Vinton Record Cracks Mill-5, Matching Ray", Billboard, August 18, 1962. p. 1. Accessed October 17, 2015
  3. ↑ Bobby Vinton "Rain Rain Go Away" OldieLyrics. Accessed October 17, 2015
  4. ↑ "Spotlight Singles of the Week: Singles Review", Billboard, August 18, 1962. p. 29. Accessed October 17, 2015
  5. ↑ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 17, 2015
  6. ↑ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed October 17, 2015
  7. ↑ "Easy Listening", Billboard, October 6, 1962. p. 25. Accessed October 17, 2015
  8. ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade", CHUM, Week of October 01, 1962
  9. 1 2 "Hits of the World", Billboard, November 17, 1962. p. 28. Accessed October 17, 2015
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