"I Wish It Would Rain"
Single by The Temptations
from the album The Temptations Wish It Would Rain
B-side"I Truly, Truly Believe"
ReleasedDecember 21, 1967
RecordedHitsville USA (Studio A); April 22 and August 31, 1967
GenreSoul
Length2:49
LabelGordy
G 7068
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Norman Whitfield
The Temptations singles chronology
"(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need"
(1967)
"I Wish It Would Rain"
(1967)
"I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)"
(1968)

"I Wish It Would Rain" is a 1967 song recorded by the Temptations for the Motown label (under the "Gordy" imprint) and produced by Norman Whitfield.

Release

Issued with the Melvin Franklin-led "I Truly, Truly Believe" as its B-side, "I Wish It Would Rain" peaked for three weeks in February and March 1968 at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and at the number-one position on the Billboard R&B singles chart.[1][2][3] The single was the focal point of the Temptations' 1968 album The Temptations Wish It Would Rain.

Billboard described the single as an "easy beat blues rocker" that "will soar to the top in short order."[4] Cash Box said that "touches of Bacarachian style add a refreshingly new dimension to the terrific sound of the Temptations" and that "hard percussion and coasting strings give a solidity and gentleness to the soul vocal."[5]

Personnel

Cover versions

"I Wish It Would Rain" has been covered by a number of artists, including:

Notes

  1. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 7. Nielsen Company. 1968. p. 56. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 8. Nielsen Company. 1968. p. 58. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  3. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 9. Nielsen Company. 1968. p. 54. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  4. "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. January 6, 1968. p. 52. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  5. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 6, 1968. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 330.
  7. "Jon Stevens Band". Saxton. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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