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"
ReleasedJuly 1968 (July 1968)
Genre
Length3:17
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Johann Pachelbel arr. Evangelos Papathanassiou,  [fr]
Producer(s)Pierre Sberro
Aphrodite's Child singles chronology
"Rain and Tears"
(1968) 		"End of the World"
(1968)

"Rain and Tears" is a song by the Greek band Aphrodite's Child. It was released as a single in July 1968 on Mercury.

The song was included on the band's 1968 debut studio album End of the World.

Background and writing[]

The song was written by Evangelos Papathanassiou and  [fr][1] on the motives of Pachelbel's Canon.

The recording was produced by .[1]

Commercial performance[]

The song reached no. 2 in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Norway. In Belgium it reached no. 1 in Wallonia and no. 7 in Flanders.[1]

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 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[5] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 2
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 29
West Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 28

The Hi-Revving Tongues version[]

"Rain and Tears"
Single by The Hi-Revving Tongues
from the album The Tongues
B-side"Watermelon Man"
Released1969 (1969)
LabelZodiac
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[]

  • 1969 Loxene Golden Disc – Golden Disc Award (main award; awarded to the best single of the year)

Demis Roussos version (1987)[]

"Rain and Tears"
Single by Demis Roussos
from the album The Story of Demis Roussos
B-side"Summer Wine"
Released1987 (1987)
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)

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  [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).[9]

Dalida versions[]

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).

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "spanishcharts.com - Aphrodite's Child - Rain And Tears". Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  2. ^ "Ultratop.be – Aphrodite's Child – Rain And Tears" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  3. ^ "Ultratop.be – Aphrodite's Child – Rain And Tears" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  4. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Aphrodite's Child – Rain And Tears" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  5. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Aphrodite's Child – Rain And Tears". VG-lista. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  6. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Aphrodite's Child – Rain And Tears". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Aphrodite's Child – Rain And Tears". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2017-11-01. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Aphrodite's Child"
  9. ^ "Demis Roussos - Rain And Tears (Vinyl) at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-10-28.

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