Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)

"There's a Kind of Hush"
Single by Herman's Hermits
from the album Blaze
B-side	"Moonshine Man"
Released	June 1967
Format	7" single
Genre	Pop
Length	2:12
Writer(s)	Kenny Young
Producer	Mickie Most
Herman's Hermits singles chronology
"There's a Kind of Hush" (1967) "Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)" (1967) "Museum" (1967)

"Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)" is the title of a 1967 hit single by Herman's Hermits.

The song was written by Brill Building songsmith Kenny Young who himself made the original recording of the song - as "Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Gonna Melt)" - leading a session group credited as the Seagulls. This version broke in the Miami area in December 1967 and was consequently picked up for national release by Date Records failing to garner enough regional attention to reach the Billboard Hot 100.

Herman's Hermits - who had scored a 1965 hit with Kenny Young's "Just a Little Bit Better" - recorded "Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)" for single release in June 1967; the followup to the million-seller "There's a Kind of Hush", "Don't Go Out Into the Rain..." just reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a #18 peak evidencing the eclipsing of the "British Invasion" acts with the shift in the American musical focus punctuated by the "Summer of Love".

The Herman's Hermits version of "Don't Go Out Into the Rain..." was not released as a single in the UK. David Garrick had a September 1967 UK single release of the song - as "Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Gonna Melt, Sugar)" and while this failed to chart domestically it gave Garrick an international hit in early 1968 charting in Germany (#26) and the Netherlands (#22). In Malaysia, Garrick's "Don't Go Out Into the Rain..." single rose as high as #4 in February 1968 and was then superseded by a version by the Swinging Blue Jeans which reached #1.

The song was also recorded in 1967 by Finnish singer Johnny - as "Ala Pelkaa" - and in Swedish as "Du ska bara tro på hälften" by the Hootenanny Singers; Swedish group the Fabulous Four also recorded the song in its original English. The Groovie Ghoulies remade "Don't Go Out Into the Rain" for their 1989 album Appetite for Adrenochrome.

Sources

• Billboard magazine
• ARSA[1]
• Kenny Young Interview[2]