Rain ( SWV song ) - Wikipedia Rain ( SWV song ) `` Rain '' Single by SWV from the album Release Some Tension B - side `` Lose Myself '' `` Lose My Cool '' ( Stoney 's Pump Mix ) `` Someone '' ( Mosso House Radio Edit ) Released March 9, 1998 ( 1998 - 03 - 09 ) Format CD single 12 '' single 7 '' single cassette single Recorded 1997 ; Master Sound Studios ( Virginia Beach, Virginia ) Genre R&B Length 4 : 25 Label RCA Songwriter ( s ) Brian Alexander Morgan Jaco Pastorius Producer ( s ) Brian Alexander Morgan SWV singles chronology `` Lose My Cool '' ( 1997 ) `` Rain '' ( 1998 ) `` Co-Sign '' ( 2011 ) `` Lose My Cool '' ( 1997 ) `` Rain '' ( 1998 ) `` Co-Sign '' ( 2011 ) `` Rain '' is a 1998 single released by the group SWV. The musical backing track is based on Jaco Pastorius 's `` Portrait of Tracy. '' First heard in 1997 on the group 's third album Release Some Tension, the song was released as a single the next year. It peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 7 on the US Hot R&B Singles chart. Singer Tyrese appeared in the song 's music video. He would later sing the hook on `` Pullin ' Me Back '', a song by rapper Chingy, which sampled `` Rain ''. Smooth jazz musician and guitarist Norman Brown covered the song on his 1999 album, Celebration. Toronto based producer duo Team Majestic Music, also sampled `` Rain '' for their song `` Let It Fall. '' New York City house producer Baltra sampled it late 2016 / early 2017. Track listing US Promo Rain ( LP Version ) 4 : 24 Rain ( Instrumental ) 4 : 54 Rain ( A Cappella ) 3 : 55 Rain ( Suggested Callout Hook ) 0 : 13 US CD Rain ( LP Version ) 4 : 25 Lose Myself ( LP Version ) 4 : 38 UK CD Rain ( LP Version ) 4 : 25 Lose My Cool ( Stoney 's Pump Mix ) 6 : 53 Someone ( Mosso House Radio Edit ) 3 : 47 References External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics SWV Cheryl `` Coko '' Clemons Tamara `` Taj '' Johnson - George Leanne `` Lelee '' Lyons Studio albums It 's About Time New Beginning Release Some Tension A Special Christmas I Missed Us Still Other releases The Remixes Compilations Greatest Hits ( RCA ) Greatest Hits ( Simitar ) Best of SWV Platinum & Gold Collection The Encore Collection Singles `` Right Here '' `` I 'm So into You '' `` Weak '' `` Right Here / Human Nature '' `` Downtown '' `` You 're Always on My Mind '' `` Anything '' `` You 're the One '' `` Use Your Heart '' `` It 's All About U '' `` Can We '' `` Someone '' `` Lose My Cool '' `` Rain '' `` Co-Sign '' `` Ai n't No Man '' `` MCE ( Man Crush Everyday ) '' Tours SWV World Tour Related articles SWV discography Book : SWV This 1990s R&B / soul music song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rain_(SWV_song)&oldid=811378268 '' Categories : 1998 singles Music videos directed by Darren Grant SWV songs 1998 songs Songs written by Brian Alexander Morgan RCA Records singles Songs written by Jaco Pastorius Rhythm and blues ballads Soul ballads 1990s R&B song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 November 2017, at 06 : 35. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the song rain by swv about
Answer: based on Jaco Pastorius's "Portrait of Tracy.