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It's Raining Men
"It's Raining Men" is a song by the American disco duo the Weather Girls from their third studio album, Success (1983). It was released as the album's lead single on September 10, 1982, through Columbia Records and CBS Records International. Paul Jabara wrote the song in collaboration with Paul Shaffer, and produced the song in collaboration with Bob Esty. "It's Raining Men" incorporates elements of soul and 1970s-style electronic dance music.
"It's Raining Men" was a number-one dance hit in the United States, and reached the top ten in various other countries worldwide. VH1 listed the song as one of the Greatest Songs of the 1980s as well as one of the Greatest Songs of the 2000s decade. At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1983), "It's Raining Men" received a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer wrote the song over the course of one afternoon in 1979, intending it for Donna Summer, who had scored a hit with "Last Dance" (1978).
As Shaffer later recalled, Summer had, however, recently become a born-again Christian and rejected the song as "blasphemous".
The song was then offered to Diana Ross, Cher, and Barbra Streisand, all of whom also declined it.
In 1982, the song was offered to the Weather Girls (then known as the Two Tons and formerly known as Two Tons O' Fun). Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of the Two Tons also dismissed the song. Wash recounted:
"We thought it was a crazy song — in fact, too crazy to record. I kept saying, 'It's raining men? Really? Are you kidding me?'... I just did not think people would buy it... That's why I kept saying no."
The duo Two Tons eventually recorded the song in 90 minutes after Jabara persistently pleaded with them to record the song. The Waters Sisters (Julia Waters Tillman and Maxine Waters Willard), Stephanie Spruill, and Zenobia Conkerite performed background vocals on the chorus of the song.
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It's Raining Men
"It's Raining Men" is a song by the American disco duo the Weather Girls from their third studio album, Success (1983). It was released as the album's lead single on September 10, 1982, through Columbia Records and CBS Records International. Paul Jabara wrote the song in collaboration with Paul Shaffer, and produced the song in collaboration with Bob Esty. "It's Raining Men" incorporates elements of soul and 1970s-style electronic dance music.
"It's Raining Men" was a number-one dance hit in the United States, and reached the top ten in various other countries worldwide. VH1 listed the song as one of the Greatest Songs of the 1980s as well as one of the Greatest Songs of the 2000s decade. At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1983), "It's Raining Men" received a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer wrote the song over the course of one afternoon in 1979, intending it for Donna Summer, who had scored a hit with "Last Dance" (1978).
As Shaffer later recalled, Summer had, however, recently become a born-again Christian and rejected the song as "blasphemous".
The song was then offered to Diana Ross, Cher, and Barbra Streisand, all of whom also declined it.
In 1982, the song was offered to the Weather Girls (then known as the Two Tons and formerly known as Two Tons O' Fun). Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of the Two Tons also dismissed the song. Wash recounted:
"We thought it was a crazy song — in fact, too crazy to record. I kept saying, 'It's raining men? Really? Are you kidding me?'... I just did not think people would buy it... That's why I kept saying no."
The duo Two Tons eventually recorded the song in 90 minutes after Jabara persistently pleaded with them to record the song. The Waters Sisters (Julia Waters Tillman and Maxine Waters Willard), Stephanie Spruill, and Zenobia Conkerite performed background vocals on the chorus of the song.