"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (or "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today") is a song by Randy Newman. It appears on his 1968 debut album Randy Newman, in The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 (2003), and in Newman's official and bootleg live albums. It is one of his most covered songs.
Despite the many covers, it charted only twice, once in Canada in 1970 for Tom Northcott and in the UK in 1980 for UB40. The UB40 single was a double A-side with "My Way of Thinking", which was the first-named track and received most of the radio airplay. However, the German single (which appeared later) had "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" as the A-side.
A few lines from the song are heard in Childhood's End (2015).
Julius La Rosa, on a September 1966 single; reportedly the first released version of the song
Judy Collins, on the November 1966 album In My Life
Eric Burdon and The Animals, on the 1967 album Eric Is Here
Bobby Darin, on the 1967 album Inside Out
Chris Barber & His Band, on the 1968 album Battersea Rain Dance
The Ian Campbell Folk Group, on the 1968 album The Circle Game
Bud Dashiell, on the 1968 album I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Claudine Longet, on the 1968 album Colours
Ricky Nelson, on the 1968 album Perspective
Dusty Springfield, on the 1968 album Dusty... Definitely
Jack Jones, on the 1969 album L.A. Break Down
Peggy Lee, on the 1969 album A Natural Woman
Leonard Nimoy, on the 1969 album The Touch of Leonard Nimoy
Nina Simone, on the 1969 album Nina Simone and Piano (and on various compilations such as The Very Best of Nina Simone (2006))
Herman van Veen, on the 1969 album Morgen (as "Ik denk dat niemand mij morgen mist", Dutch translation by Herman van Veen)
Tom Northcott, on the album Upside Downside. Released as a single in 1970, it hit #46 on the Canadian pop charts.
Grady Tate, on the 1970 album After the Long Drive Home
Helen Reddy, on the 1970 album Helen Reddy
Neil Diamond, on the 1971 album Stones
The Sandpipers, on the 1971 album A Gift of Song
Dave Van Ronk, on the 1971 album Van Ronk
Maxine Weldon, on the 1971 album Chilly Wind
Kenny Burrell, on the 1972 album 'Round Midnight
Cass Elliot, on the 1972 album Cass Elliot
Françoise Hardy, on the 1972 album If You Listen
Houston Person, on the 1972 album Broken Windows, Empty Hallways
Melanie, on the 1974 album Madrugada
Joe Cocker, on the 1975 album Jamaica Say You Will
Cleo Laine, on the 1975 album Born on a Friday
UB40, on their 1980 album Signing Off. Also on a "double A-side" charting single (UK #6) released before the album.
Tony Rice, on the 1983 album Cold on the Shoulder
Barbara Dickson, on the 1987 album After Dark
Bette Midler, on the 1988 Beaches soundtrack
David Lasley, on the 1989 (Japan)/1990 album Soldiers on the Moon
Carol Kidd, on the 1990 album The Night We Called It a Day
Manfred Mann, on the 1997 album The Ascent of Mann (unreleased track recorded in the period 1966–8)
Sidsel Endresen, on the 1999 album Nightsong
Larry Goldings, on the 1999 album Moonbird
Maggie Reilly, on the 2000 album Starcrossed
Chris Farlowe, on the 2001 Glory Bound album; also on his 2006 Hungary for the Blues live album
Jools Holland and David Gray, on the 2003 Jools Holland Jack O The Green: Small World Big Band Friends 3 album
Katie Melua, on her 2003 debut album Call Off the Search
Joel Grey, on the 2004 album The Magic of Joel Grey
Blackmore's Night, on the 2005 album Castles and Dreams and on the 2013 album Dancer and the Moon
Norah Jones, on the 2005 Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert live album
Curtis Stigers, on the 2005 album I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Lori Cullen, on the 2006 album Calling for Rain
Audra McDonald, on the 2006 album Build a Bridge
Roseanna Vitro, on the 2006 album Live At The Kennedy Center
David Gray, on the 2007 album A Thousand Miles Behind
Madeleine Peyroux, on the 2007 album Give Us Your Poor: 17 New Recordings To Help End Homelessness
Julie Christensen, on the 2008 album Where the Fireworks Are
Jack L, on the 2008 album Burn On
Irma Thomas, on the 2008 album Simply Grand
Mark Karan, on the 2009 album Walk Through the Fire (as "Think It's Gonna Rain")
Val Kilmer, on the 2009 second edition of his Sessions with Mick album
Rob Paparozzi, on the 2009 album Etruscan Soul
Paul Carrack with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, on the 2010 album A Different Hat
Frida Boccara, on the 2010 compilation album Les Grandes Années – 1972–1988
Hanne Boel with Carsten Dahl, on her 2010 album I Think It's Going to Rain
Peter Gabriel, on his 2010 album Scratch My Back
Victoria Vox, as part of a project to play 52 covers in 2011, on CastTV
Marit Larsen, during the 2012 memorial concert for the 2011 Norway attacks, live at Rådhusplassen in Oslo
Barbra Streisand, on the 2012 album Release Me, recorded in 1970, accompanied by Randy Newman at the piano
Laura Osnes, on her first solo album Dream A Little Dream: Live At The Café Carlyle, recorded during her June 2012 engagement at the Café Carlyle in New York City
Tom Odell, on his 2013 album Long Way Down
The Idea of North, on their 2013 album Smile
Storm Large, on her 2014 album Le Bonheur
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., on their 2014 mixtape Produce Volume 1
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