| "Rain"
(Lennon [and McCartney]) [2:58] |
Recorded EMI Recording Studios, London
Studio Three, 14 April 1966: vocals, drums, bass, and guitar
Studio Two, 16 April 1966: vocals, tape overdub, and bass |
| Released 10 June 1966 (Parlophone R5452) with "Paperback Writer." |
| The Beatles: John Lennon
(lead vocals and guitar), Paul McCartney (bass and vocals), George
Harrison (guitar and vocals), Ringo Starr (drums). |
| Produced by George Martin
with Geoff Emerick, engineer. |
|
| The Beatles. 1988. Past
Masters [2:3]. London: EMI Records Ltd. [Apple Records CDP 7
90044 2]. |
| Notes and Quotes |
|
Section |
Time |
Meas. |
Description |
Text |
|
intro |
|
|
Drums,
guitar, tambourine, and bass. |
— |
| A |
verse |
|
|
Double-tracked
solo voice over ensemble. |
a |
| A |
verse |
|
|
As
above with responding chorus. |
b |
| B |
refrain |
|
|
Two-part
harmony. (Lennon with himself.) Triplet bass. |
c |
| A |
verse |
|
|
As
above with responding chorus. Tambourine doubles. |
d |
| B |
refrain |
|
|
As
in refrain above. |
c |
| B |
verse |
|
|
As
in verses above. |
e |
| B' |
alt
refrain |
|
|
Refrain
instrumental material with stop and start. |
— |
|
coda |
|
|
Backward
vocal spliced into recording of verse material. |
f |
| Text |
|
| If
the rain comes, they run and hide their heads, they might as well be dead.
If the rain comes. If the rain comes. |
a |
When
the sun shines, they slip into the shade and sip their lemonade.
When
the sun shines. When the Sun shines |
b |
| Rain.
I don't mind. Shine. The weather's fine. |
c |
| I
can show you that when it starts to rain, ev'rythings the same. I can
show you. I can show you. |
d |
| Can
you hear me? That when it rains and shines, it's just a state of mind.
Can you hear me? Can you hear me? |
e |
| .sdaeh rieht edih dna nur yeht ,semoc niar eht fi ,...niar ,...senihs nus eht nehW |
f |