The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

Single infobox |
Name = The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Artist = Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
from Album = Supa Dupa Fly
Released = 1997
Format = CD single
12-inch single
Recorded = 1996/1997
Genre = Hip hop, pop rap
Length = 3:59 (radio edit)
4:10 (album version)
Label = The Goldmind/Elektra
Writer = Don Bryant, Missy Elliott, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles, Timbaland
Producer = Timbaland
Last single = "That's What Little Girls Are Made Of"
(1993)
This single = "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
(1997)
Next single = "Sock It 2 Me"
(1997)

"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" is a pop rap song written by Don Bryant, Missy Elliott, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles, and producer Timbaland. Released as the first single from Missy Elliott's debut album "Supa Dupa Fly" in 1997 (see 1997 in music), it reached the top twenty in the UK and New Zealand. The song contains a sample from Ann Peebles' 1974 "I Can't Stand the Rain", and serves as the chorus.

ong information

"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" was performed at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards by Missy Elliott and Timbaland as a tribute to Hype Williams, who directed the video for the single and was awarded the Video Vanguard Award that night. It samples Ann Peebles' hit "I Can't Stand The Rain." This song features the hit lyrics "Beep beep, who got the keys to the jeep? Vrrroooom."

It was #99 in VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s. [ [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/127762/episode_featured_copy.jhtml VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s] ]

Track listings

UK Single

;CD Maxi-Single
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Radio Edit) - 4:05
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Desert Eagles Discs Remix - Radio Edit Master) - 3:57
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Instrumental) - 4:09

German Single

;12" Remixes"Side A"
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Club 100 Version) - 5:10
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Radio Edit) - 3:46"Side B"
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (House Version) - 7:25

;CD Maxi-Single
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Radio Edit) - 3:59
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Radio Edit Master) - 3:53
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Master) - 4:32
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Beat & All Vocals) - 4:20
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Desert Eagle Discs Remix - Acappella) - 4:04
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Instrumental Version) - 4:11
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Acappella Version) - 4:08

US Single

;12" Promo"Side A"
#"Supa Dupa Fly (The Rain)" (Album Version) - 4:11
#"Supa Dupa Fly (The Rain)" (Instrumental) - 4:11"Side B"
#"Supa Dupa Fly (The Rain)" (Radio Edit) - 3:59
#"Supa Dupa Fly (The Rain)" (Acapella) - 4:11

;12" Single"Side A"
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Radio Edit) - 3:59
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Instrumental Version) - 4:11
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Acapella Version) - 4:08"Side B"
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Desert Eagles Discs Remix - Master) - 4:32
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Desert Eagles Discs Remix - Acapella) - 4:04
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Desert Eagles Discs Remix - Beat & All Vocals) - 4:20

;CD Maxi-Single
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Radio Edit) - 4:05
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Desert Eagles Discs Remix - Radio Edit Master) - 3:57
#"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Instrumental) - 4:09

Music video

The single's video was directed by Hype Williams. The video does not have a substantial plot and was meant to be futuristic in style. 702, Da Brat, Lil' Kim, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Total, Yo-Yo and SWV made cameos in the video.

It opens with Missy Elliott and dancers performing on a stage. Scenes with Elliott in an inflated suit intercut throughout the video. During the second verse, Elliott and Timbaland ride in a Hummer (though she refers to it as a Jeep) to the beach. During the third verse, Elliott is seen in a green outfit sitting on a hill against a blue sky and clouds with intercuts of scenes with female dancers in yellow raincoats dance in a room where it rains and lightning flashes.

Charts

References

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