I Think It 's Going to Rain Today - wikipedia I Think It 's Going to Rain Today This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2011 ) `` I Think It 's Going to Rain Today '' ( or `` I Think It 's Gonna Rain Today '' ) is a song by Randy Newman. It appears on his 1968 debut album Randy Newman, in The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 ( 2003 ), and in Newman 's official and bootleg live albums. It is one of his most covered songs. Despite the many covers, it charted only twice, once in Canada in 1970 for Tom Northcott and in the UK in 1980 for UB40. The UB40 single was a double A-side with `` My Way of Thinking '', which was the first - named track and received most of the radio airplay. However, the German single ( which appeared later ) had `` I Think It 's Going to Rain Today '' as the A-side. Newman said in 2017, that he signed away the publishing rights on his first album, does n't see any money from people doing covers of those songs and advised people getting into the business to never sign away their publishing. References Jump up ^ http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-831-randy-newman Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Think_It%27s_Going_to_Rain_Today&oldid=797316862 '' Categories : 1966 songs Songs written by Randy Newman Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from January 2011 All articles lacking sources All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017 Talk About Wikipedia Norsk nynorsk Edit links This page was last edited on 26 August 2017, at 08 : 13. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote i think it's going to rain today
Answer: Randy Newman