Rain shows up everywhere in music: as heartbreak, as cleansing, as the cozy sound outside a window. These songs run from old-soul downpours to stadium-sized storms.
Updated 2026
Singin' in the Rain by Gene Kelly 1952
Joy so big it spills into a downpour and a lamppost dance.
Purple Rain by Prince 1984
A storm of guitar and devotion that became his signature.
Read the meaning behind the songNovember Rain by Guns N' Roses 1991
A power ballad as long and grand as the weather it names.
Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival 1971
Sunshine and a downpour at once, a quiet question about hard times.
Riders on the Storm by The Doors 1971
Rain, tires on wet road, and a cool sense of dread.
Rain by The Beatles 1966
A B-side that shrugs at the weather and the people who mind it.
I Can't Stand the Rain by Ann Peebles 1973
Soul about a window, a memory, and the sound that will not stop.
Rainy Days and Mondays by Carpenters 1971
The blues of a grey morning, sung warm.
Why Does It Always Rain on Me? by Travis 1999
Self-pity you can sing along to.
Here Comes the Rain Again by Eurythmics 1984
Synths that fall like a cold front.
Kiss the Rain by Billie Myers 1997
A long-distance call and a plea to feel the same sky.
Fool in the Rain by Led Zeppelin 1979
Waiting on a corner, soaked, before the twist.
Slower rain songs, the kind that match a quiet day indoors.
Box of Rain by Grateful Dead 1970
Gentle and searching, rain as comfort rather than gloom.
A Rainy Night in Georgia by Brook Benton 1970
Lonesome travel and the line that it is raining all over the world.
The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin 1973
Seasons of love mapped onto the weather, strings and all.