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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). However, as Shaffer later recalled, Summer had 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 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 eventually recorded the song in ninety 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.
"It's Raining Men" is a Hi-NRG, post-disco and gospel song, that draws influence from soul and EDM. While it released after disco declined in the mainstream, the song has still been associated with the genre by some critics. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Music Publishing, the song is composed in the key of F minor. It uses one minor chord, F minor, while the rest of the notes are major chords. The song is set in the time signature of common time with a tempo is 138 beats per minute. Wash sang the lead vocals in the song. Her vocal range spans around two octaves in the song, from the low note of F3 to the high note of F5.
"It's Raining Men" follows a verse–pre-chorus–chorus structure. The song begins with a brief, spoken word introduction before entering the first verse. Each verse transitions into a pre-chorus that builds harmonic tension and leads into the chorus, where the main hook ("It's raining men! Hallelujah!") appears. After the second verse and chorus, a short bridge leads into a final, extended chorus, featuring vocal ad-libs and layered backing vocals.
"It's Raining Men" was first released to U.S. dance club DJs in mid-1982. The single was then released in the United States on 7" single and 12" single in 1982. Shortly after the single's release, the Two Tons changed their name to the Weather Girls amid press and fan confusion, after the duo introduced themselves as "the weather girls" in the song's introduction. In 1993, a then-newly recorded version of "It's Raining Men" was released by the Weather Girls, now composed of Armstead and her daughter Dynelle Rhodes, on their sixth album Double Tons of Fun (1993).
In 2005, a live version of the song was released on the Weather Girls' ninth album Totally Wild! This version features vocals by Dynelle Rhodes and then-newly added member Ingrid Arthur. In 2012, the same lineup of the Weather Girls released "It's Raining Men - 2012" (stylized as "It's Raining Men 2K12"). The song is based in the house music genre produced by Sebo Reed.
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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). However, as Shaffer later recalled, Summer had 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 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 eventually recorded the song in ninety 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.
"It's Raining Men" is a Hi-NRG, post-disco and gospel song, that draws influence from soul and EDM. While it released after disco declined in the mainstream, the song has still been associated with the genre by some critics. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Music Publishing, the song is composed in the key of F minor. It uses one minor chord, F minor, while the rest of the notes are major chords. The song is set in the time signature of common time with a tempo is 138 beats per minute. Wash sang the lead vocals in the song. Her vocal range spans around two octaves in the song, from the low note of F3 to the high note of F5.
"It's Raining Men" follows a verse–pre-chorus–chorus structure. The song begins with a brief, spoken word introduction before entering the first verse. Each verse transitions into a pre-chorus that builds harmonic tension and leads into the chorus, where the main hook ("It's raining men! Hallelujah!") appears. After the second verse and chorus, a short bridge leads into a final, extended chorus, featuring vocal ad-libs and layered backing vocals.
"It's Raining Men" was first released to U.S. dance club DJs in mid-1982. The single was then released in the United States on 7" single and 12" single in 1982. Shortly after the single's release, the Two Tons changed their name to the Weather Girls amid press and fan confusion, after the duo introduced themselves as "the weather girls" in the song's introduction. In 1993, a then-newly recorded version of "It's Raining Men" was released by the Weather Girls, now composed of Armstead and her daughter Dynelle Rhodes, on their sixth album Double Tons of Fun (1993).
In 2005, a live version of the song was released on the Weather Girls' ninth album Totally Wild! This version features vocals by Dynelle Rhodes and then-newly added member Ingrid Arthur. In 2012, the same lineup of the Weather Girls released "It's Raining Men - 2012" (stylized as "It's Raining Men 2K12"). The song is based in the house music genre produced by Sebo Reed.