Rain Is a Good Thing
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"Rain Is a Good Thing" is a country music
song written by Luke Bryan
and Dallas Davidson
recorded by Bryan for his second studio album Doin' My Thing
. The song serves as the second single from the album, and was released on January 25, 2010. It debuted on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs
charts at #60 for the week of January 23, 2010, and became his first Number One hit for the weeks of July 24 and 31, 2010.
Bryan told The Boot that he and co-writer Dallas Davidson
"used to have the saying, 'Rain makes corn, and corn makes whiskey,' and it was just something we always said. If we were a little bummed out about the rain[…]we'd be like, 'Well, rain makes corn, and corn makes whiskey,' and that would kind of make us feel a little better about it[…]We didn't start with 'Rain Is a Good Thing' as a title and wrote to it. We just started with 'rain makes corn and corn makes whiskey' and we kind of arrived at 'Rain Is a Good Thing.'"
The song is in the key of E Major
, with Bryan's vocals ranging from B3 to G♯5.
and was directed by Shaun Silva. The video was filmed on October 5, 2009 at a concert at Hurricane Plantation in Claxton, Georgia
.
Hot Country Songs
charts at #60 for the week of January 23, 2010. On the chart dated for July 24, 2010, it became Bryan's first Number One single on Hot Country Songs.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
song written by Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan
Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan is an American country singer who debuted in 2007 with the single "All My Friends Say", a Top 5 single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His debut album, I'll Stay Me, was released on Capitol Records in 2007. This album also produced chart singles in "We Rode in...
and Dallas Davidson
Dallas Davidson
Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer-songwriter.Davidson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 and joined Broadcast Music Incorporated for performing rights representation and signed a publishing deal with Big Borassa Music, which is administered worldwide by Third Tier Music.Trace...
recorded by Bryan for his second studio album Doin' My Thing
Doin' My Thing
Doin' My Thing is the second studio album by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It was released on October 6, 2009 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "Do I," which peaked at number 2 on the U.S...
. The song serves as the second single from the album, and was released on January 25, 2010. It debuted on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts at #60 for the week of January 23, 2010, and became his first Number One hit for the weeks of July 24 and 31, 2010.
Content
The song is an uptempo tune in which the narrator explains how rain can affect life by facilitating the growth of corn, which in turn is processed into whiskey, which in turn causes his significant other to "feel a little frisky."Bryan told The Boot that he and co-writer Dallas Davidson
Dallas Davidson
Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer-songwriter.Davidson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 and joined Broadcast Music Incorporated for performing rights representation and signed a publishing deal with Big Borassa Music, which is administered worldwide by Third Tier Music.Trace...
"used to have the saying, 'Rain makes corn, and corn makes whiskey,' and it was just something we always said. If we were a little bummed out about the rain[…]we'd be like, 'Well, rain makes corn, and corn makes whiskey,' and that would kind of make us feel a little better about it[…]We didn't start with 'Rain Is a Good Thing' as a title and wrote to it. We just started with 'rain makes corn and corn makes whiskey' and we kind of arrived at 'Rain Is a Good Thing.'"
The song is in the key of E Major
E major
E major is a major scale based on E, with the pitches E, F, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has four sharps .Its relative minor is C-sharp minor, and its parallel minor is E minor....
, with Bryan's vocals ranging from B3 to G♯5.
Critical reception
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock stated that the song "spins the old 'where I'm from' lyric into a much more pliable song chock full of that charm." Jim Malec of the 9513 gave the song a thumbs up, describing the song as a "celebration of wetness as a catalyst for the cycle of life."Music video
The music video was released February 9, 2010 on iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and was directed by Shaun Silva. The video was filmed on October 5, 2009 at a concert at Hurricane Plantation in Claxton, Georgia
Claxton, Georgia
Claxton is a city in Evans County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,276 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Evans County.-History:...
.
Chart performance
The song debuted on the BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts at #60 for the week of January 23, 2010. On the chart dated for July 24, 2010, it became Bryan's first Number One single on Hot Country Songs.
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|
Certifications
| Territory | Certifier | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| United States | RIAA Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... |
Gold |