![]() The campaign was reported widely by some press, and the Weather Girls' version reached number 21 on the first day of the chart week. A campaign was launched on Facebook on January 19, 2014, to get the song to UK number one in response to a UKIP councillor blaming recent UK floods and adverse weather on divine retribution for the British government's introduction of gay marriage. "It's Raining Men" has often been perceived as a gay anthem. Rolling Stone listed it number 90 on their ranking of "The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time" in 2020 and number 88 on their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time" in 2022. Paste magazine ranked the song twelve in their list of the "60 Best Dancefloor Classics" in February 2017. VH1 ranked the song at number 35 on their list of the "100 Greatest Dance Songs" in 2000, and also at thirty-five in their "100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s" ranking in 2009. Martha Wash reflects on "It's Raining Men" during her Huffington Post cover story in 2011. Now you have the grandparents who love the song, the parents who love the song and the grandkids who love the song. The song is based in the house music genre produced by Sebo Reed. In 2012, the same lineup of the Weather Girls released "It's Raining Men - 2012" (stylized as "It's Raining Men 2K12"). This version features vocals by Dynelle Rhodes and then-newly added member Ingrid Arthur. In 2005, a live version of the song was released on the Weather Girls' ninth album Totally Wild!. In 1993, a then-newly recorded version of "It's Raining Men" was released by the Weather Girls, now composed of Armstead and her daughter Dynelle Rhodes, on their sixth album Double Tons of Fun (1993). Shortly after the release of the single, the Two Tons changed their name to the Weather Girls after much confusion by press and fans due to the duo introducing themselves as "the weather girls" in the introduction of the song. The single was then released for 7" single and 12" single in the United States on September 10, 1982. "It's Raining Men" was first released to dance club DJs in the United States in mid-1982. ![]() The Waters Sisters (Julia Waters-Tillman and Maxine Waters-Willard), Stephanie Spruill, and Zenobia Conkerite performed background vocals on the chorus of the song. That's why I kept saying no." The duo eventually recorded the song in ninety minutes after Jabara persistently pleaded with them to record the song. I just did not think people would buy it. I kept saying, 'It's raining men? Really? Are you kidding me?'. Wash recounted "We thought it was a crazy song - in fact, too crazy to record. ![]() Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of the Two Tons also dismissed the song. In 1982, the song was offered to The Weather Girls (then known as the Two Tons and formerly known as Two Tons O' Fun). The song was then offered to Diana Ross, Cher, and Barbra Streisand, all of whom declined it. However, as Shaffer later recalled, Summer had recently become a born-again Christian and rejected the song as "blasphemous". Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer wrote the song over the course of one afternoon in 1979, intending it for Donna Summer, who had scored a hit with " Last Dance" (1978). ![]() At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1983), "It's Raining Men" received a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.ĭevelopment and production "It's Raining Men" was co-written and co-produced by Paul Jabara VH1 listed the song as one of the Greatest Songs of the 1980s as well as one of the Greatest Songs of the 2000s decade. "It's Raining Men" was a number-one dance hit in the United States, and reached the top ten in various other countries worldwide. Its lyrics describe an excitement and enjoyment of many different types of men. "It's Raining Men" is a Hi-NRG and post-disco song that incorporates elements of R&B, soul, and 1970s-style electronic dance music. Paul Jabara wrote the song in collaboration with Paul Shaffer, and produced the song in collaboration with Bob Esty. It was released as the album's lead single on September 10, 1982, through Columbia Records and CBS Records International. " It's Raining Men" is a song by the American musical duo the Weather Girls from their third studio album, Success (1983).
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