Rain and Tears

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"Rain and Tears"
Single by Aphrodite's Child
from the album End of the World
B-side "Don't Try to Catch a River"
Released22 June 1968 (1968-06-22)
Recorded10 and 18 May 1968
Genre Baroque pop
Length3:17
Label Mercury
Composer(s) Johann Pachelbel
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s) Pierre Sberro
Aphrodite's Child singles chronology
"Rain and Tears"
(1968)
"End of the World"
(1968)
Music video
"Rain and Tears" on YouTube

"Rain and Tears" is a song by the Greek band Aphrodite's Child. The song was included on the band's 1968 debut studio album End of the World , and was released as a single in July 1968 on Mercury Records. It became a major hit across Europe, reaching number one in France, number two in several other countries, and entering the top 30 in the United Kingdom and West Germany.

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The song was written by Evangelos Papathanassiou and Boris Bergman  [ fr ] [1] on the motifs of Pachelbel's Canon. The recording was produced by Pierre Sberro. [1]

The song reached number two in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Norway. In Belgium it reached number one in Wallonia and number seven in Flanders. [1] French-Italian singer Dalida recorded the song in three different versions. With French lyrics as "Quelques larmes de pluie" for her French-language album Le Temps des Fleurs (Barclay 80378, 1968), with German lyrics as "Regenzeit – Tränenleid" for her German-language album Dalida in Deutsch (Barclay KMLP 316, 1969) and with Italian lyrics as "Lacrime e Pioggia" for her Italian-language album Dalida canta in Italiano (Barclay 80396, 1969).

Track listing

7" single Mercury 132 501 MFC (1968, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway)
7" Single Mercury MF 1039 (1968, UK)
7" single Mercury RF-1 (1968, Australia)
7" single Philips SFL-1178 (1968, Japan)
7" single Mercury 45-4124 (1968, Greece)

A. "Rain and Tears" (3:08)
B. "Don't Try to Catch a River" (3:11) [1]

7" single Mercury 6033 014 (Italy, 1976)
7" single Mercury 6173 691 (1979, France)

A. "Rain and Tears" (3:10)
B. "I Want To Live" (3:30) [1]

7" single Philips 6060 321 (1982, Belgium)

A. "Rain And Tears" (3:13)
B. "Spring, Summer, Winter & Fall" (4:56) [1]

Charts

Chart (1968–1969)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2] 7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [3] 1
France (IFOP)1
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [4] 2
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [5] 11
Italy (Musica e dischi)1
Indonesia (Aktuil) [6] 1
Norway (VG-lista) [7] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 2
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 29
West Germany (Official German Charts) [10] 28

Sales

Sales for "Rain and Tears"
RegionSales
France500,000 [11]
Italy500,000 [12]

The Hi-Revving Tongues version

"Rain and Tears"
Single by The Hi-Revving Tongues
from the album The Tongues
B-side "Watermelon Man"
Released1969
Recorded1969
Length2:26
Label Zodiac
Songwriter(s)
  • Johann Pachelbel arr. Evangelos Papathanassiou
  • Boris Bergman
Producer(s) Zodiac
The Hi-Revving Tongues singles chronology
"Baby Come Back to Me"
(1969)
"Rain and Tears"
(1969)
"Take Me to the Pilot"
(1970)

Charts

Chart (1969)Peak
position
New Zealand (RIANZ)1

Awards

Demis Roussos version (1987)

"Rain and Tears"
Single by Demis Roussos
from the album The Story of Demis Roussos
B-side "Summer Wine"
Released1987
Length3:16
Label
  • Zone
  • BR Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Johann Pachelbel arr. Evangelos Papathanassiou
  • Boris Bergman
Producer(s)
  • Ed Starink
  • Bert Van Breda
Demis Roussos singles chronology
"Quand je t'aime"
(1987)
"Rain and Tears"
(1987)
"Marie Jolie"
(1987)
Music video
"Rain and Tears" on YouTube

A live version by ex-Aphrodite's Child vocalist Demis Roussos was included on his 1987 album The Story of Demis Roussos on the label BR Music  [ nl ]. The song was recorded live during "Goud van Oud Live" on April 10, 1987 in Rosmalen.

The recording was also released as a single from that album (in 1987 on BR Music). [13]

See also

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