Released February 1972 Genre Soul Label Volt/Stax | Format 7" single Length 5:08
3:15 (edit) | |
B-side "(Gimme Some) Good Soul Music" | ||
"In the Rain" is a 1972 soul single by American vocal group The Dramatics. Released from their debut album Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get it reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent four weeks at number one on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. It sold over one million copies, and is the group's biggest hit. Billboard ranked it as the No. 53 song for 1972.
The song was written by Tony Hester and was released in February 1972. The song is noted for the use of the sound of rain and thunder, first heard before the song's introduction, as well as throughout the instrumental and chorus sections of the song.
Keith Sweat covered the song on his 1987 album Make It Last Forever.
R&B group Xscape also covered the song in 1997 from the soundtrack, Love Jones starring Larenz Tate and Nia Long.
Smooth Jazz artist Boney James covered the song featuring Dwele on the Shine album in 2006.