Rain (The Script song)

"Rain" is a song by Irish rock band The Script. It was written by James Barry, Camille Purcell, Mark Sheehan and Danny O'Donoghue, with the latter two and Andrew Frampton, Jimbo Wallace, Max Farrar handling the song's production. The song was released on 14 July 2017, through Sony Music, as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album Freedom Child.[3]

"Rain"
Single by The Script
from the album Freedom Child
Released	14 July 2017
Genre	Dance[1] pop[2]
Length	3:29
Label	Sony
Songwriter(s)	Mark Sheehan James Barry Camille Purcell Daniel O'Donoghue
Producer(s)	Andrew Frampton Jimbo Max Farrar Mark Sheehan Daniel O'Donoghue
The Script singles chronology
"Man on a Wire" (2015) "Rain" (2017) "Arms Open" (2017)
Music video
"Rain" on YouTube

Background

The Script described the track as a "feel-good summer tune". "After a very long process of making 'Album 5', the song 'Rain' came right at the end. It's a summer song so we thought, only The Script can make it 'Rain in Summer'" the band stated.[4][5][6] In an interview with Metro, the band regarded the single as a progression. "I think we have afforded ourselves a little bit of leeway. The past four records have been not the same sound but we've been progressing at a slow rate. It's been two years since we had something out so there's two years worth of progression in our music. I'm sure to a lot of people it might sound quite drastic at first but if they heard the 60 songs we've put out you'd hear a slower progression." When asked if their change in sound was deliberate, they said:

"When we started this record we wanted to do something where people would hear a song and go 'oh I love that song!' and then look it up and find it's us. We wanted to change our sound a push our sound a bit. It's either adapt, change or die in this industry. It's very difficult in this industry. We wanted to revamp and reboot the sound and at the end of the day we're still the same songwriters and that's never going to go away."

The band said that they always "want something different in our lives" and "hoping our songs penetrate different markets and gain new fans", They referred themselves as an ambitious band. "With Rain we just decided we needed something a bit lighter, you can't just walk into a party of people and start with a heavy topic. It's nice to have a bit of escapism that people can bob their head to and not be so serious about but when people peel the layers of the song they realise that lyrically we've gone deep but on the surface we wanted people to have a bit of fun."[7]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[8]

• Mark Sheehan – composing, lyrics, producing
• James "Jimbo" Barry – composing, lyrics, producing, bass guitar, drums, guitar, programming
• Camille Purcell – composing, lyrics, background vocals
• Danny O'Donoghue – composing, lyrics, producing
• Andrew Frampton – producing, keyboard, programming, vocal producing
• Max Farrar – producing, keyboard, programming
• Manny Marroquin – mixing engineering
• Michelle Mancini – mastering engineering
• Filippo Barbieri – engineering
• Chris Galland – engineering
• Robin Florent – assistant engineering
• Scott Desmarais – assistant engineering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 63 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 27 Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[11] 10 Croatia (HRT)[12] 12 Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[13] 57 Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)[14] 13 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[15] 20 Ireland (IRMA)[16] 13 Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[17] 17 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 3 Netherlands (Mega Top 50)[19] 23 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 15 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[21] 60 Scotland (OCC)[22] 4 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[23] 23 Slovenia (SloTop50)[24] 15 Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 10 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 87 UK Singles (OCC)[27] 15 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[28] 24

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29] 12

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)[30]	Platinum	40,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Katie, Baillie (21 July 2017). "The Script announce new album Freedom Child and tour: 'We wanted to revamp and reboot the sound'". Metro. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
2. Murphy, Lauren (14 July 2017). "The Script are back - watch the video for their new song 'Rain' now". entertainment.ie. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
3. Baillie, Katie (21 July 2017). "The Script announce new album Freedom Child and tour: 'We wanted to revamp and reboot the sound'". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
4. Pell, Mike (13 July 2017). "Exclusive! The Script Are BACK With New Single 'Rain' & Here's Your First Look At The Music Video". MTV UK. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
5. McCarthy, Laura (14 July 2017). "SINGLE REVIEW: The Script and Their New Song 'Rain'". CelebMix. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
6. Ians (15 July 2017). "Irish band 'The Script' to make comeback after three years". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
7. Baillie, Katie (14 July 2017). "The Script are back and with a whole new sound: 'Fans will think its pretty drastic but it's just progression'". Metro. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
8. "Rain / The Script TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
9. "Austriancharts.at – The Script – Rain" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
10. "Ultratop.be – The Script – Rain" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
11. "Ultratop.be – The Script – Rain" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
12. "Croatia ARC TOP 100". HRT. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
13. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 201741 into search. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
14. "Hitlisten.NU – The Script – Rain" (in Danish). Tracklisten. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
15. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
16. "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
17. "Mexico Airplay: Oct 28, 2017". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
18. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 41, 2017" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 20 October 2017.
19. "Lijst van 12-08-2017 - MEGA TOP 50" (in Dutch). Mega Top 50
20. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Script – Rain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
21. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
22. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
23. "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201739 into search. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
24. "SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart" (in Slovenian). SloTop50. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
25. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 32, 11 augusti 2017". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
26. "Swisscharts.com – The Script – Rain". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
27. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
28. "The Script Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
29. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2017". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
30. "Dutch single certifications – The Script – Rain" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 17 November 2018. Enter Rain in the "Artiest of titel" box.