Rain (1993)

FORMATS: 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, Cassette Single, Cassette Maxi-Single, CD Single, CD Maxi-Single

HISTORY AND NOTES: "Rain" was the fourth and final single released from the Erotica album. A new radio remix version was commissioned and released to radio alongside an edit of the album version.

The B-side for the single releases was "Waiting", while the maxi-formats featured a remix of that track, plus an extended version of the then-unreleased song "Goodbye To Innocence", which was labelled as "Up Down Suite". The song "Goodbye To Innocence" would soon be released on the Sire records compilation album Just Say Roe.

"Rain" returned Madonna to the Top 20 of the Hot 100 by peaking at #14. It was overall a pretty decent hit, spending 20 weeks on the Hot 100 and hitting the Adult Contemporary Top 10. None of the previous Erotica single had charted there at all. "Rain" was chosen to be included on Madonna's 1995' ballads compilation album Something To Remember.


TRACKLISTINGS:

7" Vinyl / Cassette Single
A Rain (Radio Remix)
B Waiting (Album Version)

CD Single
1. Rain (Radio Remix)
2. Waiting (Album Version)

CD Maxi-Single
1. Rain (Radio Remix)
2. Waiting (Remix)
3. Up Down Suite (Non-Album Track)
4. Rain (Album Version)

Promo CD
1. Rain (Radio Remix)
2. Rain (Remix Edit)
3. Rain (Album Edit)

Cassette Maxi-Single / 12" Vinyl
A1 Rain (Radio Remix)
A2 Rain (Album Version)
B1 Up Down Suite (Non-Album Track)
B2 Waiting (Remix)


CHARTS:

THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
Debut Date: July 24, 1993
Peak Date: September 11, 1993
Peak Position: #14
Week-by-week Rundown: 52-37-30-29-26-18-17-14-16-16-20-28-27-32-40-43-61-77-72-75-// (20 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: December 4, 1993

The Billboard Hot 100 Top 10: September 11, 1993 (the week that “Rain” peaked at #14)
1. Mariah Carey “Dreamlover”
2. UB40 “Can’t Help Falling In Love”
3. Tag Team “Whoomp! (There It Is)”
4. Janet Jackson “If”
5. Soul Asylum “Runaway Train”
6. SWV “Right Here (Human Nature) / Downtown”
7. Michael Jackson “Will You Be There”
8. Jodeci “Lately”
9. Billy Joel “The River of Dreams”
10. Tony Toni Tone “If I Had No Loot”

HOT 100 SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: July 24, 1993
Peak Date: September 4, 1993
Peak Position: #31
Week-by-week Rundown: 64-55-49-47-43-35-31-32-32-31-36-40-46-48-52-56-71-// (17 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: November 13, 1993

HOT 100 AIRPLAY
Debut Date: July 24, 1993
Peak Date: September 18, 1993
Peak Position: #11
Week-by-week Rundown: 54-37-28-23-19-16-14-13-11-14-20-19-23-26-30-34-?-// (17 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: November 13, 1993

HOT DANCE MUSIC / MAXI-SINGLES SALES
Debut Date: August 21, 1993
Peak Date: August 28, 1993
Peak Position: #13
Week-by-week Rundown: 32-13-20-25-30-50-// (6 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: September 25, 1993

ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Debut Date: July 31, 1993
Peak Date: October 23, 1993
Peak Position: #7
Week-by-week Rundown: 30-24-21-19-14-14-12-14-14-11-10-9-7-7-10-21-27-29-// (18 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: November 27, 1993

MAINSTREAM TOP 40
Debut Date: July 24, 1993
Peak Date: September 18, 1993
Peak Position: #7
Week-by-week Rundown: 31-20-14-11-9-10-8-8-7-8-13-18-22-24-30-36-// (16 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: November 6, 1993

RHYTHMIC TOP 40
Debut Date: August 28, 1993
Peak Date: September 11, 1993
Peak Position: #38
Week-by-week Rundown: 40-40-38-// (3 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: September 11, 1993

BUBBLING UNDER HOT 100 SINGLES
Debut Date: July 17, 1993
Peak Date: July 17, 1993
Peak Position: #1 (1 week)
Week-by-week Rundown: 1-// (1 week total)
Final Week on Chart: July 17, 1993

HOT 100 RECURRENT SINGLES
Debut Date: December 11, 1993
Peak Date: December 11, 1993
Peak Position: #24
Week-by-week Rundown: 24-27-27-NC-NC-26-// (4 weeks total)
Final Week on Chart: January 15, 1994

Note: NC=Did not chart that week