"Silvery Rain"
Cover of the single released in Belgium
Single by Cliff Richard
B-side"Annabella Umbrella"
"Time Flies"
Released26 March 1971 (1971-03-26)
Recorded17 November 1970[1]
StudioEMI Studios, London
GenrePop
Length3:46
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Hank Marvin
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"Sunny Honey Girl"
(1971)		 "Silvery Rain"
(1971)		 "Flying Machine"
(1971)

"Silvery Rain" is a song composed by Hank Marvin and first released by Marvin, Welch & Farrar on their eponymous debut album in February 1971. It was also recorded by Cliff Richard, who released it as a single in March 1971. His version peaked at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Cliff Richard version

Release

"Silvery Rain" was released with two B-sides. The first, "Annabella Umbrella", was written by Valerie Avon and Harold Spiro and features an accompaniment by the Nick Ingam Orchestra. The second, "Time Flies", was written by Brian Bennett and Mike Hawker.[3]

"Silvery Rain" has been described as a being a "social comment on the problems of pesticides and poisons". Derek Johnson for New Musical Express described it as "one of the least commercial and uncharacteristic he has ever recorded".[1]

Track listing

7": Columbia / DB 8774

  1. "Silvery Rain" – 3:46
  2. "Annabella Umbrella" – 2:49
  3. "Time Flies" – 2:54

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Denmark (IFPI)[4] 18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[5] 17
Netherlands (Single Tip)[6] 10
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 27

Other versions

References

  1. 1 2 "Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Silvery Rain)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.
  2. 1 2 "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  3. ↑ "Cliff Richard - Silvery Rain". 45cat. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  4. ↑ "Hitlisten". Ekstra Bladet. 8 July 1971. p. 43.
  5. ↑ "Cliff Richard - Silvery Rain". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  6. ↑ "Cliff Richard – Silvery Rain". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  7. ↑ "Olivia* - Physical". Discogs. 1981. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
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