When the Rain Begins to Fall

Infobox Single
Name = When the Rain Begins to Fall


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Artist = Pia Zadora & Jermaine Jackson
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B-side = "Follow My Heartbeat"
Released = 1984
Format = 7" single
12" maxi
Recorded = 1984
Genre = Pop music
Length = 4:06
Label = Arista
Writer = Peggy March
Michael Bradley
Steve Wittmack
Producer = Jack White
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Certification = Platinum France, 1985
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"When the Rain Begins to Fall" is a 1984 song recorded by the singers Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora, and released as a single at the end of 1984. The song was performed in the movie "Voyage Of the Rock Aliens" in which Zadora played a lead role. It was covered by many artists.

Original version

Music video

In the music video, the song's lyrics are subtitled in French-language.

Charts performances

The song had a great success in France, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Germany where it topped the Singles Chart.

In France, the single appeared on the chart from the beginning of this one, on November 4, 1984, at #30. It reached the top five five weeks later and was number one for three unsuccessive weeks. It stayed on the chart (Top 50) for a total of 27 weeks, including 18 weeks in the Top ten"When the Rain Begins to Fall", in French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=1180&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved February 20, 2008)] . The song was certified Platinum disc by the SNEP for a minimum of 1 million copies soldFrench certifications [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-287.html Chartsinfrance.net] (Retrieved February 20, 2008)] (1,017,000 sales, according to Infodisc website [Pia Zadora & Jermaine Jackson's sales in France See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "JACKSON Jermaine & ZADORA Pia" [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_Certif.php Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved February 20, 2008)] and is the 87th best-selling single of all time in that country [Best-selling singles in France [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_ToutTemps.php?debut=50 Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved February 20, 2008)] .

In Switzerland, the single remained on the chart from November 11, 1984 to February 17, 1985 (14 weeks), debuting at #8 and peaking at #1 two weeks after and for five weeks. After that, it kept on dropping on the chart"When the Rain Begins to Fall", in Swiss Singles Chart [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Jermaine+Jackson+%26+Pia+Zadora&titel=When+The+Rain+Begins+To+Fall&cat=s Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved February 20, 2008)] .

In Austria, the single entered the Top Singles on December 15, 1984 at number 7 before climbing to #2, its highest position. It desappeared from the chart on April 1, 1985"When the Rain Begins to Fall", in Austrian Singles Chart [http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Jermaine+Jackson+%26+Pia+Zadora&titel=When+The+Rain+Begins+To+Fall&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved February 20, 2008)] .

However, the song failed to reached the top of the various charts in US : it peaked at low positions on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (#61), Hot Dance Club Play (#22), and Billboard Hot 100 (#54)Billboard [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=JERMAINE|JACKSON&sql=11:gifuxqe5ldae~T51 Allmusic.com] (Retrieved August 9, 2008)] .

Track listings

; 12" maxi
# "When the Rain Begins to Fall" (extended version) — 6:07
# "Follow My Heartbeat" by Pia Zadora — 4:22
# "Escape from the Planet of the Ant Men" by Jermaine Jackson feat. T. Jackson and R. Jackson — 5:04col-2 ; 7" single
# "When the Rain Begins to Fall" — 4:06
# "Follow My Heartbeat" by Pia Zadora — 4:22

Certifications

Other cover versions

* Age Pee
* Wisecräcker (1998)
* Pappa Bear feat. Van der Toorn (1998)
* Future Pop (2002)
* Nouky (2003) - #41 in the Netherlands ["When the Rain Begins to Fall" (Nouky version) [http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Nouky&titel=When+The+Rain+Begins+To+Fall&cat=s Dutcharts.nl] (Retrieved February 20, 2008)]
* Crystal K. (2005)
* Heavenly on their album "Virus" (2006)

References