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Toné song, see It Never Rains ( In Southern California ). `` It Never Rains in Southern California '' Single by Albert Hammond from the album It Never Rains in Southern California B - side `` Anyone Here in the Audience '' Released October 21, 1972 ( United States ) Recorded 1972 Genre Soft rock Length 3 : 49 3 : 20 ( 7 '' version ) Label Mums Records Songwriter ( s ) Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood Producer ( s ) Albert Hammond, Don Altfeld Albert Hammond singles chronology `` Down by the River '' ( 1972 ) `` It Never Rains in Southern California '' ( 1972 ) `` If You Gotta Break Another Heart '' ( 1973 ) `` Down by the River '' ( 1972 ) `` It Never Rains in Southern California '' ( 1972 ) `` If You Gotta Break Another Heart '' ( 1973 ) `` It Never Rains in Southern California '', written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, is a song first released by Hammond, a British born singer - songwriter, in 1972. Instrumental backing was provided by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew. The song is from his album, It Never Rains in Southern California. Hammond 's version peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 that year. In the UK the song is perhaps the quintessential example of a turntable hit : a song which, although very frequently played and requested on radio, never makes it into the charts. Through the 1970s, the record was re-issued at least five times by various labels but remained outside the UK top 40, despite yet more airplay, and is still frequently to be heard on UK radio. The song concerns the struggles of an actor who moves out to California to pursue a career in Hollywood but does not have any success and deteriorates in the process. In the chorus, Hammond sings : `` It never rains in California, but girl do n't they warn ya. It pours, man, it pours. '' In 1989, Hammond re-recorded the song for his Best of Me greatest hits compilation. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Albert Hammond version 1.2 Saori Minami version 1.3 Trent Summar & the New Row Mob version 2 References 3 External links Chart performance Albert Hammond version Chart ( 1972 -- 73 ) Peak position Australia KMR 12 Canada RPM Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 38 Dutch Singles Chart 21 Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 11 Japanese Oricon International Chart Norwegian VG - lista Singles Chart New Zealand ( Listener ) Swiss Singles Chart 5 US Billboard Hot 100 5 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 West German Singles Chart 9 Saori Minami version Chart ( 1973 ) Peak position Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 77 Trent Summar & the New Row Mob version Chart ( 2000 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 74 References Jump up ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. `` Hard to Find 45s on CD, Vol. 14 - Various Artists Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 30. Jump up ^ Hartman, Kent ( 2012 ). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin 's Griffin. pp. 261 -- 263. ISBN 978 - 1 - 250 - 03046 - 7. Jump up ^ `` Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California 1989 ''. YouTube. 2013 - 11 - 25. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Forum - 1970 ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016 - 10 - 20. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 07. Jump up ^ RPM 100 Singles, January 13, 1973 Jump up ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, January 13, 1973 Jump up ^ `` dutchcharts.nl Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California ''. dutchcharts.nl. MegaCharts. Retrieved January 8, 2010. Jump up ^ `` List of number - one singles on the Japanese Oricon International Chart ( 1968 - 2000 ) ''. Oricon. Archived from the original on 2015 - 04 - 21. Retrieved 2008 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ `` norwegiancharts.com Albert Hammond - It Never Rains in Southern California ''. VG - lista. Retrieved 2008 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ ( http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=1415#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 29 January 1973 Jump up ^ `` Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California - hitparade.ch ''. Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2010. ^ Jump up to : `` allmusic ( ( ( Albert Hammond > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ) ) ) ''. allmusic.com. Billboard Charts. Retrieved January 12, 2010. Jump up ^ Günter Ehnert ( ed. ) : Hit Bilanz. Deutsche Chart Singles 1956 - 1980. Hamburg : Taurus Press 1990, p. 91 Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2007 - 10 - 16. Retrieved 2009 - 01 - 12. External links Lyrics of this song at LetsSingIt Albert Hammond Studio albums It Never Rains in Southern California The Free Electric Band Albert Hammond Other albums It Never Rains in Southern California Singles `` Down by the River '' `` It Never Rains in Southern California '' `` The Free Electric Band '' `` I 'm a Train '' `` 99 Miles From L.A. 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Question: who wrote the song it never rains in southern california
Answer: Albert Hammond