Rain (Erasure song)

Infobox Single
Name = Rain


Artist = Erasure
from Album = Cowboy
B-side = "First Contact"
Released = 1997
Format = 12" Single
CD Single
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Synth pop
Length = 04:11
Label = Mute Records (UK),
Maverick Records (US)
Writer = Vince Clarke,
Andy Bell
Producer = Gareth Jones,
Neil McLellan
Chart position = —
Last single = "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (1997)
This single = "Rain" (1997)
Next single = "Freedom" (2000)

"Rain" is a song by British synth pop duo Erasure. It appears on their eighth studio album "Cowboy". The song was released in the UK by Mute Records as the album's third single, although with multiple remixes, bonus material and an extended playing time, the "Rain" release could be considered an EP. The release is titled as "Rain Plus" and was ineligible for the UK singles chart at the time due to its track count and length.

"Rain Plus" was not released in the United States and did not chart in Germany.

Track listings

CD Single #1 (INT884697-2)

# Rain (Al Stone Mix)
# Rain (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Mix)
# In My Arms (Dekkard's Dub)
# First Contact (Vocal Mix)

CD Single #2 (INT884760-2)

# Rain (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Dub)
# Rain (Blue Amazon Twisted Circles Mix)
# Sometimes (John "00" Fleming's Full Vocal Club Mix)
# First Contact (Instrumental Mix)

12" single (12LPMUTE208)

# "Rain" (Blue Amazon Twisted Circles Mix)
# "In My Arms" (Dekkard Dub)
# "Sometimes" (John "00" Fleming's Full Vocal Club Mix)
# "Sometimes" (John "00" Fleming's 'Give it Some Welly' Dub Mix)
# "Rain" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Mix)
# "Rain" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Dub)
# "First Contact" (Instrumental Mix)
# "In My Arms" (BBE Mix)

CD EP (CDLPMUTE208)

# "Rain" (Al Stone Mix)
# "In My Arms" (BBE Mix)
# "First Contact" (Vocal Mix) (Clarke, Bell, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow, Jones)
# "Rain" (Live in San Francisco)
# "Sometimes" (Live in Oxford)
# "Love to Hate You" (Live in Oxford)
# "Rain" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Mix)
# "Sometimes" (John "00" Fleming's Full Vocal Club Mix)
# "In My Arms" (Dekkard Vocal)
# "Rain" (Blue Amazon Twisted Circles Mix)
# "First Contact" (Instrumental Mix) [hidden track]