Crying in the Rain

"Crying in the Rain"
"Crying in the Rain"
Single by A-ha
from the album East of the Sun, West of the Moon
B-side	"(Seemingly) Nonstop July"
Released	October 1, 1990
Length	4:25
Label	Warner Bros.
Composer(s)	Carole King
Lyricist(s)	Howard Greenfield
Producer(s)	Christopher Neil
A-ha singles chronology
Music video
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"Crying in the Rain"
"Crying in the Rain"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album You Brought Me Back
B-side	"Bring My Baby Back to Me"
Released	August 1981
Recorded	January 1981
Studio	Moman's Recording Studio,; Las Vegas
Genre	Country
Length	3:12
Label	Epic
Composer(s)	Carole King
Lyricist(s)	Howard Greenfield
Producer(s)	Chips Moman
Tammy Wynette singles chronology

"Crying in the Rain"
"Crying in the Rain"
Single by the Everly Brothers
B-side	"I'm Not Angry"
Released	December 1961
Length	1:59
Label	Warner Bros.
Composer(s)	Carole King
Lyricist(s)	Howard Greenfield
The Everly Brothers singles chronology

"Crying in the Rain" is a song composed by Carole King with lyrics by Howard Greenfield, originally recorded by American duo the Everly Brothers. Their version was released as a single on 22nd December 1961, peaking at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1962.^[1]

The song was a collaboration between Greenfield and King, both of whom worked for music publisher Aldon Music at the time. On a whim, two Aldon songwriting partnerships decided to switch partners for a day; King's regular lyricist and then-husband Gerry Goffin partnered with Greenfield's frequent collaborator Jack Keller, leaving King and Greenfield to pair up. ^[2] This was the only recorded composition credited to King and Greenfield as a duo, although the trio of Goffin, Greenfield and King had previously collaborated as composers of the minor 1961 hit (US #95) "Play It Again" by Tina Robin, and would also collectively compose the 1968 single "Golden Days" by Sally Field.

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Crying in the Rain"	Howard Greenfield Carole King	1:59

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2.	"I'm Not Angry"	Jimmy Howard (pseudonym of the Everly Brothers)	1:58

Charts

Chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"
Chart (1962–1966)	Peak position
Australia^[3]	7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[4]	10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[5]	9
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)^[6]	8
Norway (VG-lista)^[7]	8
UK Singles (OCC)^[8]	6
US Billboard Hot 100^[1]	6

Tammy Wynette version

In 1981, "Crying in the Rain" was covered by American country artist Tammy Wynette Wynette's version was produced by Chips Moman at the Moman Recording Studio in Las Vegas, alongside other tracks that would appear on the album You Brought Me Back.^[9]

Released as a single in July 1981, the song reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that year, becoming Wynette's third top 20 country hit of the decade.^[10] "Crying in the Rain" also peaked at number 11 on the Canadian RPM country chart.^[11]

Track listing

7-inch single^[12]

A. "Crying in the Rain" – 3:12

B. "Bring My Baby Back to Me" – 3:25

Charts

Chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"
Chart (1981)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[11]	11
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[13]	18

A-ha version

Norwegian band A-ha released a cover version of the song as the first single from their fourth studio album, East of the Sun, West of the Moon, in 1990. Following its success, A-ha became closer to the Everly Brothers, who had originally recorded the song. The band members were presented a set of guitars by the Everly Brothers that A-ha continues to use.^[14]

Commercial performance

"Crying in the Rain" was A-ha's last single to reach the top 40 on a Billboard chart in the United States to date, peaking at number 26 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart during the week ending April 6, 1991.^[15] It was more popular in other countries, topping the charts in the band's native Norway,^[16] and peaking at number 13 in the UK Singles Chart.^[17] It was the 32nd most successful song of the year 2010 in Romanian Top 100, although it peaked outside the Top 20.^[18]

Music video

The video was directed by Steve Barron. The theme of the video is a robbery gone wrong. It is actually the second version of this video. The first version did not feature any of the scenes of Morten Harket singing alone. The video was filmed entirely with a specific technique of mobile cameras, and it was filmed in Big Timber, Montana. Academy Award-nominated actor John Hawkes had a small role as a robber in the music video.^[19]

Track listings

UK CD single

"Crying in the Rain" (LP version) – 4:25
"(Seemingly) Nonstop July" – 2:55
"Cry Wolf" (LP version) – 4:05

UK 7-inch single

A. "Crying in the Rain" (LP version) – 4:25

B. "(Seemingly) Nonstop July" – 2:55

UK 12-inch single

A. "Crying in the Rain" (LP version) – 4:25

B1. "(Seemingly) Nonstop July" – 2:55

B2. "Cry Wolf" (LP version) – 4:05

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"
Chart (1990–1991)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[20]	131
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[21]	17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[22]	12
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[23]	34
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)^[24]	9
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[25]	14
France (SNEP)^[26]	11
Germany (GfK)^[27]	6
Ireland (IRMA)^[28]	8
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[29]	9
Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg)^[30]	7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[31]	11
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[32]	10
Norway (VG-lista)^[16]	1
Quebec (ADISQ)^[33]	3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[34]	21
UK Singles (OCC)^[17]	13
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[15]	26

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Crying in the Rain"
Chart (1990)	Position
Germany (Media Control)^[35]	86
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[36]	92

Other cover versions

"Crying in the Rain" has been covered by many other artists. In 1963, Los Hermanos Carrion recorded a Spanish version titled Entre la lluvia y mi llorar.

In 1969, The Sweet Inspirations recorded a rendition which reached number 38 on the US R&B chart. It was their second Everly Brothers cover hit, having charted two years earlier with "Let It Be Me."

In 1972, Penny DeHaven in duet with Del Reeves released a Country version on a single only (number 54 on the Billboard country chart).^[37]

Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds released a version of the song on their 1980 EP, Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly Brothers.^[38]^{[better source needed]}

Carole King recorded her own version on her 1983 album Speeding Time. It was also released as a single.

In 1994, Art Garfunkel had a Canadian Pop and AC hit with the song.

References

^ ^a ^b "The Everly Brothers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ Emerson, Ken (2005). Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era. New York: Viking. p. 111. ISBN 0-670-03456-8.
^ Australian Chart Book 1940-1969 p.64 David Kent
^ "The Everly Brothers – Crying in the Rain" (in French). Ultratop 50.
^ "The Everly Brothers – Crying in the Rain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "Flavour of New Zealand, 5 April 1962". Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
^ "The Everly Brothers – Crying in the Rain". VG-lista.
^ "Everly Brothers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "Tammy Wynette – You Brought Me Back (1981, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1981. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
^ ^a ^b "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 0416." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ Wynette, Tammy (August 1981). ""Crying in the Rain"/"Bring My Baby Back to Me" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records. 14-02439.
^ "Tammy Wynette Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "Phil Everly dies | a-ha live". a-ha-live.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "a-ha Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "a-ha – Crying in the Rain". VG-lista. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "a-ha: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "Topul celor mai difuzate piese în România în 2010". România Liberă (in Romanian). Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
^ "A-ha: Crying in the Rain". IMDb.
^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received May 29, 2015". Retrieved September 18, 2015 – via Imgur.
^ "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
^ "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1480." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 44. November 3, 1990. p. IV. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
^ "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
^ "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Crying in the Rain". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "A-Ha".
^ Radio Luxembourg Singles. October 28, 1990.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – a-ha" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
^ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. July 12, 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
^ "a-ha – Crying in the Rain". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1990" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
^ Oermann, Robert K. (February 25, 2014). "[Updated] Lifenotes: Penny DeHaven Passes". MusicRow. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
^ "Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly Brothers". Discogs. October 1980. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

External links

allmusic review of The Everly Brothers version

[eb_hot100-1] "The Everly Brothers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[2] Emerson, Ken (2005). Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era. New York: Viking. p. 111. ISBN 0-670-03456-8.

[3] Australian Chart Book 1940-1969 p.64 David Kent

[sc_Wallonia_The_Everly_Brothers-4] "The Everly Brothers – Crying in the Rain" (in French). Ultratop 50.

[sc_Dutch100_The_Everly_Brothers-5] "The Everly Brothers – Crying in the Rain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

[6] "Flavour of New Zealand, 5 April 1962". Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

[sc_Norway_The_Everly_Brothers-7] "The Everly Brothers – Crying in the Rain". VG-lista.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Everly_Brothers-8] "Everly Brothers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[9] "Tammy Wynette – You Brought Me Back (1981, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1981. Retrieved December 24, 2019.

[Whitburn-10] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.

[RPM_Country_Songs-11] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 0416." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[12] Wynette, Tammy (August 1981). ""Crying in the Rain"/"Bring My Baby Back to Me" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records. 14-02439.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Tammy_Wynette-13] "Tammy Wynette Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[14] "Phil Everly dies | a-ha live". a-ha-live.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.

[aha_ac-15] "a-ha Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[aha_norway-16] "a-ha – Crying in the Rain". VG-lista. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[aha_uk-17] "a-ha: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[18] "Topul celor mai difuzate piese în România în 2010". România Liberă (in Romanian). Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2011.

[19] "A-ha: Crying in the Rain". IMDb.

[20] "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received May 29, 2015". Retrieved September 18, 2015 – via Imgur.

[sc_Austria_a-ha-21] "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 29, 2009.

[sc_Flanders_a-ha-22] "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_-23] "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1480." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[24] "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 44. November 3, 1990. p. IV. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.

[25] Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

[sc_France_a-ha-26] "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved April 29, 2009.

[sc_Germany_a-ha-27] "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[sc_Ireland2_-28] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Crying in the Rain". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[29] "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "A-Ha".

[30] Radio Luxembourg Singles. October 28, 1990.

[sc_Dutch40_a-ha-31] "Nederlandse Top 40 – a-ha" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[sc_Dutch100_a-ha-32] "a-ha – Crying in the Rain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 29, 2009.

[33] "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (PDF) (in French). BAnQ. July 12, 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2025.

[sc_Switzerland_a-ha-34] "a-ha – Crying in the Rain". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[35] "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1990" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[36] "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

[musicrow-37] Oermann, Robert K. (February 25, 2014). "[Updated] Lifenotes: Penny DeHaven Passes". MusicRow. Retrieved February 25, 2014.

[38] "Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing The Everly Brothers". Discogs. October 1980. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

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v t e The Everly Brothers
Don Everly Phil Everly
Studio albums	The Everly Brothers Songs Our Daddy Taught Us It's Everly Time A Date with the Everly Brothers Both Sides of an Evening Instant Party! Christmas with the Everly Brothers and the Boys Town Choir The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits Gone Gone Gone Rock'n Soul Beat & Soul In Our Image Two Yanks in England The Hit Sound of the Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers Sing Roots Stories We Could Tell Pass the Chicken & Listen EB 84 Born Yesterday Some Hearts
Live albums	The Everly Brothers Show
Compilations	The Everly Brothers' Best Greatest Hits Vol. III The New Album All They Had to Do Was Dream Heartaches and Harmonies Stories We Could Tell: The RCA Years Too Good to Be True Give Me a Future
Singles	"Bye Bye Love" "Wake Up Little Susie" "This Little Girl of Mine" "Should We Tell Him" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" "Claudette "Bird Dog" "Devoted to You" "Problems" "Take a Message to Mary" "Poor Jenny" "(Till) I Kissed You" "Let It Be Me" "Cathy's Clown" "When Will I Be Loved" "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" "Like Strangers" "Be-Bop-a-Lula" "Lucille" "Walk Right Back" "Ebony Eyes" "Temptation" "Don't Blame Me"/"Muskrat" "Crying in the Rain" "That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)"/"How Can I Meet Her?" "Don't Ask Me to Be Friends"/"No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile" "Love Her" "Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby" "That'll Be the Day" "The Price of Love" "Love Is Strange" "It's All Over" "(You Got) The Power of Love" "Somebody Help Me" "Bowling Green" "Love of the Common People" "Carolina in My Mind" "Not Fade Away" "The Air That I Breathe" (Phil Everly solo) "Brother Jukebox" (Don Everly solo) "Dare to Dream Again" (Phil Everly solo) "On the Wings of a Nightingale" "Born Yesterday" "Don't Worry Baby" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
Related	Discography List of songs Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop Venetia Stevenson Edan Everly James Best
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v t e Tammy Wynette singles
Discography with George Jones Albums discography Singles discography
1960s	"Apartment No. 9" "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" "My Elusive Dreams" (with David Houston) "I Don't Wanna Play House" "Take Me to Your World" "It's All Over" (with David Houston) "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" "Stand by Your Man" "Singing My Song" "The Ways to Love a Man" "I'll See Him Through"
1970s	"He Loves Me All the Way" "Run, Woman, Run" "The Wonders You Perform" "We Sure Can Love Each Other" "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" "Bedtime Story" "Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)" "My Man (Understands)" "'Til I Get It Right" "Kids Say the Darndest Things" "Another Lonely Song" "Woman to Woman" "(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" "I Still Believe in Fairy Tales" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" "You and Me" "(Let's Get Together) One Last Time" "One of a Kind" "I'd Like to See Jesus (On the Midnight Special)" "Womanhood" "They Call It Making Love" "No One Else in the World"
1980s	"He Was There (When I Needed You)" "Starting Over" "Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight (Like They Used To)" "Crying in the Rain" "Another Chance" "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" "A Good Night's Love" "Lonely Heart" "Sometimes When We Touch" (with Mark Gray) "Your Love" "Talkin' to Myself Again" "Beneath a Painted Sky"
1990s	"Justified and Ancient (Stand by the JAMS)" (The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette) "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton) "Every Breath You Take" (with Sting)

v t e Art Garfunkel
Studio albums	Angel Clare Breakaway Watermark Fate for Breakfast Scissors Cut The Animals' Christmas Lefty Songs from a Parent to a Child Everything Waits to Be Noticed Some Enchanted Evening
Live albums	Across America
Compilation albums	The Art Garfunkel Album Garfunkel Up 'til Now Simply the Best
Singles	"All I Know" "I Shall Sing" "Second Avenue" "I Only Have Eyes for You" "Break Away" "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" "(What A) Wonderful World" "Since I Don't Have You" "Bright Eyes" "A Heart in New York" "So Much in Love" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Crying in the Rain"
Other songs	"Looking for the Right One" "I Will"
Related articles	Discography Simon & Garfunkel
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v t e A-ha
Magne Furuholmen Morten Harket Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Studio albums	Hunting High and Low Scoundrel Days Stay on These Roads East of the Sun, West of the Moon Memorial Beach Minor Earth Major Sky Lifelines Analogue Foot of the Mountain Cast in Steel True North
Compilation albums	Headlines and Deadlines: The Hits of A-ha The Definitive Singles Collection 1984–2004 25 Time and Again: The Ultimate A-ha
Live albums	Live at Vallhall: Homecoming How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head Ending on a High Note: The Final Concert MTV Unplugged: Summer Solstice
Extended plays	45 R.P.M. Club Twelve Inch Club Scoundrel Club Road Club
Box sets	Minor Earth Major Box
Singles	"Take On Me" "Love Is Reason" "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." "Train of Thought" "Hunting High and Low" "I've Been Losing You" "Cry Wolf" "Manhattan Skyline" "The Living Daylights" "Stay on These Roads" "The Blood That Moves the Body" "Touchy!" "You Are the One" "Crying in the Rain" "I Call Your Name" "Early Morning" "Move to Memphis" "Dark Is the Night" "Angel in the Snow" "Shapes That Go Together" "Summer Moved On" "Minor Earth Major Sky" "Velvet" "Forever Not Yours" "Lifelines" "Did Anyone Approach You?" "Celice" "Analogue (All I Want)" "Cosy Prisons" "Foot of the Mountain" "Nothing Is Keeping You Here" "Shadowside" "Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)" "You Have What It Takes"
Tours	Ending on a High Note Tour
Related articles	Discography Band members Awards Bridges Savoy Apparatjik The Swing of Things / The Demo Tapes
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