DESCRIPTION:
From '' Changing Hearts ''
Label: RCA -- AFL1-4043
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1981

Tracklist
A1 Changing Hearts
A2 Love Song
A3 Quiet Spot
A4 Cries & Whispers
A5 Mean Cow
A6 In Full Circle
B1 Like Papers On A Rack
B2 The New U.S.
B3 Slow Dogs
B4 Hallways
B5 Rain

Cello -- Maxine Neuman
Violin -- Jill Jaffe
Keyboards [Additional] -- Philip Glass

Engineer -- Dominick Maita, Joaquin J. Lopes, Kurt Munkacsi, Mike Getlin
Producer -- Kurt Munkacsi, Philip Glass

Design [Cover Design] -- Billy Robertson

Written-By -- Billy Robertson (tracks: A1 to A6, B1 to B4), Tommy Robertson (tracks: A1 to A6, B1 to B4)

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"Rain" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles, credited to Lennon/McCartney.
It was first released in June 1966 as the B-side of the "Paperback Writer" single.
Both songs were recorded during the sessions for Revolver but neither appears on that album.

Written primarily by John Lennon, "Rain" has been called The Beatles' finest B-side, especially notable for its heavy sonic presence and backwards vocals, both of which were a hint of things to come on Revolver, released two months later.

Three promotional films were made for the song "Rain".
These videos, along with other Beatles videos at the time, sparked George Harrison to say during the Beatles Anthology, "So I suppose, in a way, we invented MTV."

Reception

The song's highest chart position in the US was number twenty three (11 June 1966).
The "Paperback Writer" single reached number one in the UK (for two weeks starting on 23 June 1966).
"Rain" is one of The Beatles' most critically acclaimed songs, appearing on best-of lists, including Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (#463).
AcclaimedMusic.net, ranks "Rain" at #557 on the Top 3000 Songs, the 22nd highest-rated Beatle song on the site.

Notable in "Rain" is Ringo Starr's drumming which Starr rates as his best recorded performance.
Critics agreed: both Ian MacDonald and Rolling Stone said his drumming was "superb" and Richie Unterberger of Allmusic praised his "creative drum breaks".

Paul McCartney also plays a complex bassline throughout the recorded performance.

Covers, samples, and media references

"Rain" cover versions include Petula Clark, Ibex, Bongwater, Humble Pie, Shonen Knife, The Punkles, Marcos Marin, Projeto Set Band, Galaxie 500 and The Allman Brothers.
The Grateful Dead performed the song throughout the 1990s, often as an encore.
U2 has played the song in whole or in part throughout many of their tours, usually during outdoor concerts when it has started to rain.
Pearl Jam covered the song during their 1992 Pinkpop Festival show.
Kula Shaker covered the song live at Reading Festival in 1996 as did Fairport Convention, featuring Dan Ar Braz, at the Cropredy Festival in 1997.
Todd Rundgren has also covered the song, as has the late Dan Fogelberg, who reprised it as part of his own cover of "Rhythm of the Rain".

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Lyrics

If the rain comes they run and hide their heads
they might as well be dead.
If the rain comes, if the rain comes

When the sun shines they slip into the shade.
and sip their lemonade.
When the sun shines, when the sun shines.

Rain, I don't mind.
Shine, the weather's fine.

I can show you that when it starts to rain everything's the same
I can show you,
I can show you.

Can you hear me that when it rains and shines
it's just a state of mind.
Can you hear me?
can you hear me?

Rain, I don't mind.
Shine, the weather's fine.

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Polyrock was an American post-punk/new wave band formed in New York City in 1978 and active until the mid-1980s.
Strongly influenced by minimalism, the group was produced by the composer Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi.
The band, led by singer/guitarist Billy Robertson (formerly of the group Model Citizen), had a keyboard-heavy, pattern-based sound strongly reminiscent of Glass's work; in fact, Glass performed on their first two albums.

Polyrock's lineup also included vocalist Catherine Oblasney, guitarist Tommy Robertson, drummer Joseph Yannece, keyboard player Lenny Aaron, and Curt Cosentino.
The group signed with RCA by 1980, and delivered their debut album that same year.
Another album followed in 1981 (Changing Hearts), but Polyrock disbanded in 1982.
The band are sometimes said to have released another album in 1981 (Electro-Romantic), but, apparently, no such album exists.

They were often compared by critics to Talking Heads, another band of the same era, though they never approached that band's fame.