Fool in the Rain

Infobox Single
Name = Fool in the Rain


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Artist = Led Zeppelin
from Album = In Through the Out Door
B-side = "Hot Dog"
Released = 1979
Format = 45 RPM
Recorded = November–December 1978
Genre = Rock
Length = 6:12
Label = Swan Song Records
Writer = Jones/Page/Plant
Producer = Jimmy Page
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Candy Store Rock" / "Royal Orleans"
(1976)
This single = "Fool in the Rain" / "Hot Dog"
(1979)
Next single =
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = In Through the Out Door
Type = studio
prev_track = "South Bound Saurez"
prev_no = 2
this_track = "Fool in the Rain"
track_no = 3
next_track = "Hot Dog"
next_no = 4Audiosample
Background = #E6E8FA
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = Led Zeppelin Fool in the Rain.ogg

"Fool in the Rain" is a song on English rock band Led Zeppelin's 1979 album, "In Through the Out Door". It was their final song ever to make the American pop singles charts during the band's tenure, reaching #21 [ [http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=141 Inductee Timeline] , Rock and Roll Hall of Fame] on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980.

Overview

The song exhibits a Latin feel. Drummer John Bonham plays a New Orleans-style shuffle beat, along with a samba-style breakdown. A master drum track shows that the samba breakdown (2:25) was recorded separately.

Bass player John Paul Jones and vocalist Robert Plant got the idea for the samba beat from watching the 1978 FIFA World Cup tournament in Argentina.Dave Lewis (1994), "The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin", Omnibus Press, ISBN 0-7119-3528-9.] Guitarist Jimmy Page used an MXR Blue Box effect pedal during the solo to produce the octave sound.

Lyrically, the song is about a man who is supposed to meet a woman on a certain corner. When the woman doesn't appear, he is filled with grief at being stood up. By the final verse, he wonders whether he'd been waiting for her on the "wrong" corner, making him the eponymous "Fool in the Rain."

This song was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts because the group didn't think the sound came off well.Fact|date=August 2008 The piano was quite necessary in the song, but with John Paul Jones on piano there could be no bass. There is also a twelve-string guitar line at one point in the song and the guitar solo that has to be pulled off. However, on October 5 2005, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant performed the song with Pearl Jam at a Hurricane Katrina benefit show.

Other versions

* The song has been performed or covered by several other bands, including The Great Scott, O.A.R. with Robert Randolph, and Dave Matthews and Umphrey's McGee, both in live performances.
* Mexican rockers Maná recorded this for the Spanish language market edition of the Tribute album "Encominum". It's the only officially-released Led Zeppelin cover song in Spanish and is called "Tonto En La Lluvia".

External links

* "http://www.songfacts.com"
* "http://www.theskyiscrape.com/website/wikijam/index.php/2005-10-05"

References