What Have They Done to the Rain

What Have They Done to the Rain

Infobox Single
Name = What Have They Done to the Rain


Artist = The Searchers
from Album =
B-side = "This Feeling Inside"
Released = 1964
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop music
Length = 2:33
Label = Pye 7N15739 (UK)
Kapp 644 (USA)
Writer = Malvina Reynolds
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "When You Walk in the Room"
(1964)
This single = "What Have They Done to the Rain"
(1964)
Next single = "Goodbye My Love"
(1965)

"What Have They Done to the Rain" is a song by Malvina Reynolds.

It was written in 1962 and first entitled "Rain Song". It was written as part of a campaign to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere, which was producing fall-out.

The song was recorded by The Searchers, reaching number 29 on the U.S. charts in 1965, and number 13 in the UK in 1964. It has been recorded by many other artists including Marianne Faithfull and Joan Baez.


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