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In musical contexts, the word “rain” is used to express a wide range of feelings and emotions. In different genres, singers and songwriters have showcased a plethora of sentiments associated with rain. While in certain songs, the expression of the word rain conveys the literal meaning, in most songs the term is used to outline a deeper message metaphorically. Certain songs with “rain” in the title showcase a sense of mysticism and intrigue that take listeners on a nostalgic journey of contemplation.

What Does Rain Symbolize in Songs?

Songs with the word rain symbolize different meanings connected to the world around us. Singers and songwriters often sketch a thoughtful perspective of life with their lyrics. A number of songs about rain are an expression of ideas that come to life from personal experience. The connotation of the term rain is often used by musicians to showcase an abstract meaning or intension through a lyrical perspective. In certain songs, the word rain is creatively used as a metaphor or phrase to explain the human condition. While concepts in rain songs may be varied, the core elements in these songs symbolize or represent

• Birth
• Rebirth
• Emotion
• Growth
• Conflict
• Morality
• Relationships
• Grief
• Romance
• Aspiration
• Forgiveness
• Guilt
• Tears
• Loneliness
• Death
• Fun
• Misery
• Pride
• Cleansing
• Love
• Rejection
• Despair
• Sadness
• Purity
• Angst

The list below showcases an epic collection of rock songs, pop songs, R&B songs, soul songs, country songs, folk songs, hip-hop songs, rap songs, funk songs, alternative songs, indie songs, heavy metal songs, disco songs, electropop songs, jazz songs, dance songs, and blues songs that have the word rain in their title. If you have a view, opinion, song suggestion, or rainy moment to share, let us know in the comments section.

Top 10 Best Songs With "Rain" in the Title

1. “Rain on Me”—Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande
2. “Have You Ever Seen The Rain”—Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. “November Rain”—Guns N’ Roses
4. “Purple Rain”—Prince
5. “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head”—BJ Thomas
6. “Singin’ in the Rain—Gene Kelly
7. “No Rain”—Blind Melon
8. “The Rain Song”—Led Zeppelin
9. “She’s My Kind of Rain”—Tim McGraw
10. “Through The Rain”—Mariah Carey

#11—20

11. “Rain”—The Beatles

12. “Here Comes the Rain Again”—Eurythmics

13. “Songs about Rain”—Gary Allan

14. “Fire and Rain”—James Taylor

15. “Set Fire to the Rain”—Adele

16. “Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35—Bob Dylan

17. “Let It Rain”—Eric Clapton

18. “Why Does It Always Rain”—Travis

19. “Rhythm of the Rain”—The Cascades

20. “Blame It on the Rain”—Milli Vanilli

#21—40

21. “Early Morning Rain”—Gordan Lightfoot

22. “Who’ll Stop the Rain”—Creedence Clearwater Revival

23. “I Wish It Would Rain”—The Temptations

24. “Raining In My Heart”—Buddy Holly

25. “I Made It Through The Rain”—Barry Manilow

26. “It Never Rains in Southern California”—Hammond

27. “Kentucky Rain”—Elvis Presley

28. “It Will Rain”—Bruno Mars

29. “Summer Rain”—Belinda Carlisle

30. “Crying in the Rain”—Whitesnake

31. “It’s Raining Again”—Supertramp

32. “Rainy Night in Georgia”—Brook Benton

33. “I Wish It Would Rain Down”—Phil Collins

34. “Only Happy When It Rains”—Garbage

35. “Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain”—Willie Nelson

36. “Come Rain or Come Shine”—Ray Charles

37. “A Rainy Night in Soho—The Pogues

38. “Buckets of Rain”—Bob Dylan

39. “Raindrops”—Basement Jaxx

40. “Smokey Mountain Rain”—Ronnie Milsap

#41—60

41. “Crying In the Rain”—Everly Brothers

42. “Rainy Days and Mondays”—The Carpenters

43. “Fool In the Rain”—Led Zeppelin

44. “I Can’t Stand the Rain”—Tina Turner

45. “Rain Fall Down”—The Rolling Stones

46. “Can You Stand the Rain”—New Edition

47. “Rusted From the Rain”—Billy Talent

48. “Prayers for Rain”—The Cure

49. “Raining on Sunday”—Keith Urban

50. “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie—Red Hot Chili Peppers

51. “When It Rains”—Kid Rock

52. “Rain”—SWV

53. “Date with the Rain”—Eddie Kendricks

54. “Rainy Day Woman”—Waylon Jennings

55. “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”—Bob Dylan

56. “The Rain, The Park and Other Things”—The Cowsills

57. “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)”—Gary Allan

58. “Riders on the Storm”—The Doors

59. “Hard Rain Don't Last”—Danny Worley

60. “Candy Rain—Soul for Real

#61—80

61. “Rain”—Missy Elliot

62. “I'm No Stranger to the Rain”—Keith Whitley

63. “It’s Raining Men”—The Weather Girls

64. “Rainin' You”—Brad Paisley

65. “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again”—The Fortunes

66. “Rainmaker”—Harry Nilsson

67. “Alabama Rain”—Jim Croce

68. “Falling Rain Blues”—Lonnie Johnson

69. “Rain”—Patty Griffin

70. “Feels Like Rain”—John Hiatt

71. “A Year Without Rain”—Selena Gomez & the Scene

72. “Come In With the Rain”—Taylor Swift

73. “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today—Randy Newman

74. “Rain on Me”—Ashanti

75. “Please Don’t Stop the Rain”—James Morrison

76. “Rains of Castamere”—Jackie Evancho

77. “Into Each Life some Rain Must Fall”—Ella Fitzgerald and the Inkpots

78. “Bring on the Rain”—Jo Dee Messina

79. “I Sure Can Smell the Rain”—Blackhawk

80. “Jimmie Standing in the Rain”—Elvis Costello

#81—100

81. “Rain in the Summertime”—The Alarm

82. “Baby , The Rain Must Fall”—Glenn Yarbrough

83. “A Better Rain”—George Strait

84. “Sunshine After The Rain”—Elkie Brooks

85. “’Rain of the Roof”—The Lovin’ Spoonful

86. “Box of Rain”—Grateful Dead

87. “Rainy Night House”—Joni Mitchell

88. “Laughter in the Rain”—Neil Sedaka

89. “When It Rains It Pours”—Luke Combs

90. “Rain”—Mika

91. “Mandolin Rain”—Bruce Hornsby & the Range

92. “Rockin With the Rhythm of the Rain”—The Judds

93. “There’s Something Sexy about the Rain”—Kenny Chesney

94. “I Love A Rainy Night—Eddie Rabbit

95. “Kiss Me in the Rain”—Barbara Streisand

96. “Rain on Your Parade”—Duffy

97. “Black Rain”—Soundgarden

98. “Come Some Rainy Day”—Wynonna Judd

99. “When It Rains”—Eli Young Band

100. “Rain Dogs”—Tom Waits

Other Notable Songs With Rain in the Title

• “Let It Rain”—Jason Michael Carroll
• “Rain at the Drive-In”—NRBQ
• “No More Rain”—Kylie Minogue
• “So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)”—R.E.M.
• “Hail, Rain or Sunshine”—The Script
• “I Can't Stand the Rain”—Ann Peebles
• “Make It Rain”—Colbie Caillat
• “Save It for a Rainy Day”—The Jayhawks
• “Fall Like Rain”—Eric Clapton
• “Rain Over Me”—Pitbull featuring Marc Anthony
• “Let It Rain”—Michael W. Smith
• “Every Time That It Rains”—Garth Brooks
• “Rain”—Uriah Heep
• “Let It Rain”—David Nail
• “Is It Raining At Your House”—Brad Paisley
• “Healing Rain”—Michael W. Smith
• “Raindrops”—Dee Clark
• “Summer Rain”—Johnny Rivers
• “Rain, Rain, Go Away”—Bobby Vinton
• “When It Rains”—Paramore
• “Rain”—Madonna
• “Black Rain”—Ozzy Osbourne
• “The Rain”—Oran “Juice” Jones
• “Make It Rain”—Ed Sheeran
• “Raining Blood”—Slayer
• “Let It Rain”—Mark Chestnutt
• “Kiss the Rain”—Billie Meyers
• “Can You Stop the Rain”—Peabo Bryson
• “I Wish I Were the Rain”—SHeDAISY
• “Rain”—Creed
• “After The Rain”—Nelson
• “Walking in the Rain”—Modern Romance
• “Save It for a Rainy Day”—Stephen Bishop
• “One More Rainy Day”—Deep Purple

• “Summer’s Rain”—Gutter Ballet
• “In The Rain”—The Dramatics
• “Come Rain or Come Shine”—Margaret Whiting
• “Dance in the Rain”—Jana Kramer
• “I Am the Rain”—Pete Doherty
• “Summer's Rain”—Savatage
• “Bring the Rain”—MercyMe
• “Praying for Rain”—Don Henley
• “Rain”—Lynch Mob
• “After the Rain”—Angels
• “Between the Raindrops”—Lifehouse (featuring Natasha Bedingfield)
• “Sweet Sweet Rain”—Gene Loves Jezebel
• “Rain Man”—Eminem
• “Ocean Rain”—Echo and the Bunnymen
• “The Permanent Rain”—The Dangerous Summer
• “Rain”—Trivium
• “New York Raining”—Charles Hamilton featuring Rita Ora
• “Standing In The Rain”—Billy Talent
• “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)”—Melanie
• “Hard Rain”—Lykke Li
• “Standing in the Rain”—Action Bronson & Dan Auerbach
• “Pray for Rain”—Massive Attack
• “Little Bit of Rain”—Martina McBride
• “Bad Rain”—Slash
• “Diamonds Made from Rain”—Eric Clapton
• “California Rain”—The Madden Brothers
• “Summer Rain”—Matthew Morrison
• “Changing the Rain”—The Horrors
• “Thunder in the Rain”—Kane Brown
• “Fire and Rain”—Mat Kearney
• “Rains Came”—Shelby Lynne
• “Falling Like Rain”—Tina Turner
• “Let It Rain”—Kris Allen
• “Red Rain”—Peter Gabriel

• “Flowers in the Rain”—The Move
• “Louisiana Rain”—Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• “You Make the Rain Fall”—Kevin Rudolf featuring Flo Rida
• “Rain on Me”—Cyndi Lauper
• “Just the Rain”—Lonestar
• “Red Earth & Pouring Rain”—Bear's Den
• “Make It Rain”—Travis Porter
• “Still Raining, Still Dreaming”—Jimi Hendrix
• “Paris in the Rain”—Lauv
• “Rhapsody in the Rain”—Lou Christie
• “See the Sky About To Rain”—Neil Young
• “Rainy Days”—Boogie featuring Eminem
• “Never Seen the Rain”—Tones and I
• “(Walking) In the Rain”—The Ronettes
• “Rain”—Dragon
• “After the Rain Has Fallen”—Sting
• “Sunday Rain”—Foo Fighters
• “Come In From the Rain”—Wishbone Ash
• “Did You Hear the Rain?”—George Ezra
• “Rain”—Aitch and AJ Tracey
• “Baby, the Rain Must Fall”—BlackHawk
• “Dance in the Rain”—Megadeth
• “Rain”—The Script
• “Sitting in the Rain”—Radio Stars
• “Rain in the Valley”—The Steel Wheels
• “If Rain Is What You Want”—Slipknot
• “When The Rain Begins To Fall”—Jermaine Jackson
• “Save It for a Rainy Day”—Kenny Chesney
• “Rain from Heaven”—Eric Paslay
• “Driving Rain”—Slash featuring Myles Kennedy
• “Standing in the Rain”—John Paul Jones
• “Rainy Dayz”—Mary J. Blige
• “Yesterday's Rain”—Gary Allan
• “Standing in the Rain”—Al Green
• “London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)—Heather Nova

• “Queen of Rain”—Roxette
• “Raining all the Time”—Kill Hannah
• “Bel Air Rain”—Lindsay Buckingham
• “Tomato in the Rain”—Kaiser Chefs
• “Who Let in the Rain”—Cyndi Lauper
• “Rain in May”—Max Werner
• “Kissin’ in the Rain”—Toby Keith
• “Come In From the Rain”—Melissa Manchester
• “Raining On Our Love”—Shania Twain
• “Georgia Rain”—Trisha Yearwood
• “Rain or Shine”—Vonda Shepard
• “Stand in the Rain”—Superchick
• “Echoes of Rain”—Enya
• “Rainy Day, Dream Away”—Jimi Hendrix
• “Outside the Rain”—Stevie Nicks
• “Rain When I Die”—Alice In Chains
• “I Hope It Rains”—Jana Kramer
• “Rain, Rain”—Cher
• “Tinsel Town in the Rain”—The Blue Nile
• “Rainy Streets”—Blue in Green
• “A Little Bit of Rain”—Fred Neil
• “Rain”—Breaking Benjamin
• “Let it Rain”—Tracy Chapman
• “Rainy Jane”—Davy Jones
• “The Rain”—Yusuf Islam
• “Rain King”—The Counting Crowes
• “Metallic Rain”—Vangelis
• “Rain Is A Good Thing”—Luke Bryan
• “Chocolate Rain”—Tay Zonday
• “Kiss the Rain”—Yiruma
• “Rain”—The Cult
• “Make it Rain”—Fat Joe featuring Lil Wayne
• “What Have They Done To the Rain”—Joan Baez
• “Like the Rain”—Clint Black

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