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"No Rain" 
Single by Blind Melon from the album Blind Melon Released September 22, 1992 Format CD, cassette, vinyl Recorded 1992 Genre Alternative rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock Length 3:37 Writer(s) Blind Melon, Shannon Hoon Blind Melon singles chronology "Tones of Home"
(1992)"No Rain"
(1992)"I Wonder"
(1992)"No Rain" is a song by Blind Melon, released on the band's 1992 debut album Blind Melon. "No Rain" is well-known for its accompanying music video, which features the "Bee Girl" character. The music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, received heavy airplay on MTV at the time of its release.
"No Rain" was originally released in 1992, but was later re-released the following year. It subsequently helped propel Blind Melon to a multi-platinum level.
The song is the band's highest-charting song, reaching #20 on the pop charts, and #1 on both the Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts. The single proved successful in several other countries, hitting #1 in Canada and #8 in Australia.
A raw, bare-bones remake of "No Rain" appeared on Blind Melon's posthumous release, Nico as "No Rain (Ripped Away Version)".
Contents
Track listing
The following tracks appeared on the original 1992 release:
- "No Rain" 3:37
- "No Rain (Live)" 4:07
- "Drive (Live)" 4:40
- "Soak The Sin (Live)" 5:30
The following tracks appeared on the later 1993 CD/Vinyl re-release:
- "No Rain" 3:37
- "Soak The Sin (Board Mix)" 4:00
- "Paper Scratcher (Board Mix)" 3:13
- "Deserted (Board Mix)" 4:20
The following tracks appeared 1993 UK Vinyl release:
- "No Rain" 3:34
- "No Bidness" (Triple Vision Version) 2:23
- recorded live at Bogarts, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 11, 1993.
- "I Wonder" 5:29
A live version of the song appears on radio station KMTT's Live From The Mountain Music Lounge Volume 14, released in 2008.
Music video
The music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, stars Heather DeLoach as the "Bee Girl" — a young tap dancer wearing a homemade bee costume and large glasses, modeled after the Blind Melon album's cover: a family picture of Georgia Graham, younger sister of drummer Glen Graham.[1] The Bee Girl's story is intercut with footage of Blind Melon performing in a field against a clear blue sky.
It opens on the girl's tap routine; the audience responds with laughter, and the girl runs off stage in tears. As the song plays, she wanders through a city, stopping to perform her dance for whomever will watch. Ultimately — at the point in the song where the word "escape" is repeated — she peeks through a gate, astonished, then runs through it to join a group of "bee people" of all shapes and sizes dancing joyfully in a green field.
As a result of the video, DeLoach appeared on the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, and reprised her Bee Girl dance (in full costume) in the video for "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Bedrock Anthem".
VH1 ranked the "No Rain" video 83rd on its "100 Greatest Videos of All Time" list; the song was also No. 99 on the channel's "100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders" list and No. 15 of its "40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1990s." It was revealed on VH1's Behind the Music that lead singer Shannon Hoon was high on acid during the video shoot. [2]
Chart performances
- Australia #8[3]
- Austria #29
- Canada #1[4]
- Netherlands #22
- New Zealand #15
- United Kingdom #17[5]
- United States #20
In popular culture
See also
- List of RPM number-one singles of 1993
- List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)
- Number one modern rock hits of 1993
References
- ^ "To Bee Or Not To Bee". Entertainment Weekly. September 24, 1993. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308100,00.html.
- ^ Template:VH1's Behind the Music, "Blind Melon," aired 9/9/01
- ^ Australian-charts.com
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 58, No. 18, November 13 1993". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2297&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=2brc3e5p2efs1u9u1nro47cs44. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
- ^ UK Singles Chart
- ^ "Pearl Jam Concert Chronology: 1994". TwoFeetThick.com.
External links
Studio albums Compilations/Appearances Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin • Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks • Classic Masters • The Best of Blind MelonLive albums Videos Letters from a Porcupine • Live at the Metro, September 27, 1995Songs Related articles Categories:- 1993 singles
- Blind Melon songs
- Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one singles
- Billboard Alternative Songs number-one singles
- RPM Top Singles number-one singles
- Music videos directed by Samuel Bayer
- Songs produced by Rick Parashar
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