Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? - Wikipedia Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2012 ) `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain '' Single by Creedence Clearwater Revival from the album Pendulum B - side `` Hey Tonight '' Released January 1971 Format 7 in 45 rpm Recorded 1970 Genre Roots rock country rock Length 2 : 39 Label Fantasy Songwriter ( s ) John Fogerty Producer ( s ) John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival singles chronology `` Lookin ' Out My Back Door '' ( 1970 ) `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain '' ( 1971 ) `` Sweet Hitch - Hiker '' ( 1971 ) `` Lookin ' Out My Back Door '' ( 1970 ) `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' ( 1971 ) `` Sweet Hitch - Hiker '' ( 1971 ) Music video `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' ( lyric video ) on YouTube `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' is a song written by John Fogerty and released as a single in 1971 from the album Pendulum ( 1970 ) by roots rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song charted highest in Canada, reaching number one on the RPM 100 national singles chart in March 1971. In the U.S., in the same year it peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart ( where it was listed as `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? / Hey Tonight '', together with the B - side ). On Cash Box pop chart, it peaked at number three. In the UK, it reached number 36. It was the group 's eighth gold - selling single. Some have speculated that the song 's lyrics are referencing the Vietnam War, with the `` rain '' being a metaphor for bombs falling from the sky. In his review of the song for Allmusic website, Mark Deming suggests that the song is about the idealism of the 1960s and about it fading in the wake of events such as the Altamont Free Concert and the Kent State shootings and that Fogerty is saying that the same issues of the 1960s still existed in the 1970s but that people were no longer fighting for them. However, Fogerty himself has said in interviews and prior to playing the song in concert that the song is about rising tension within CCR and the imminent departure of his brother Tom from the band. In an interview, Fogerty stated that the song was written about the fact that they were on the top of the charts, and had surpassed all of their wildest expectations of fame and fortune. They were rich and famous, but somehow all of the members of the band at the time were depressed and unhappy. Thus the line `` Have you ever seen the rain, coming down on a sunny day. '' The band split in October the following year after the release of the album Mardi Gras. In a literal sense the song describes a sunshower such in the lyric `` It 'll rain a sunny day '' and the chorus `` have you ever seen the rain Comin ' down on a sunny day ? ''. These events are particularly common in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, but less common in other parts of the country, due to localized atmospheric wind sheer effects. In Southern regional dialect, there is even a term for it : `` the devil beating his wife ''. John Fogerty released a live version of the song on his The Long Road Home - In Concert DVD which was recorded at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California on September 15, 2005. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Cover versions 3 Spanish - language versions 4 References 5 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1971 ) Peak position Australia 6 Austria 6 Belgium 6 Canada RPM Top Singles Finland 13 Netherlands New Zealand ( Listener ) Norway Sweden 8 UK ( OCC ) 36 US Billboard Hot 100 8 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1971 ) Rank Australia 40 Canada 13 US Cash Box 60 Cover versions This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2012 ) Arvingarna Spin Doctors for the film Philadelphia, and also released as a single Belinda Carlisle Brian Fallon has covered this song live Boney M. Bonnie Tyler covered this song on her album Faster Than the Speed of Night ( Spain # 8, IE # 13, France # 40, UK # 47, Germany # 63 ) Cassandra Wilson Dr. Sin Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels Emmerson Nogueira Hi - Standard Heroes del Silencio Joan Jett covered this song on her album The Hit List. This version was also featured in the second - season finale of The Wire. Johnny Cash Kipelov has covered this song live in 2013 The Lumineers occasionally play live with their song, Big Parade Willie Nelson and Paula Nelson, on the 2013 album To All the Girls... Sass Jordan Mango, did a piano and vocal version from the album Acchiappanuvole ( 2008 ) Melanie Safka Priscila Y Sus Balas De Plata covered the song in Spanish, entitled `` Ven Por Favor. '' The Minutemen Needtobreathe often covers this song live in concert R.E.M. have covered this song live Rod Stewart covered this song in 2006 and released it in the cover album Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time, `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '', which was picked as the first song from the album. Smokie T. Love Teenage Fanclub Karen Souza The Fray The Jeevas The Ramones covered this song on their thirteenth studio album Acid Eaters, recorded in 1993 ( album entirely composed of covers ) The Ventures Rise Against Saving Abel plays this song live on some occasions The Low Life Amy Gilliom Sawyer Fredericks and Noel Bybee performed and recorded this song as a duet during the battle rounds of The Voice Season 8 in 2015 Love Psychedelico Recorded on their album Abbott Kinney It was performed on American Idol Season 11 by Phillip Phillips, and again on the results show with John Fogerty. Allison Moorer on her 2015 Down to Believing album Amy Hanaiali'i with The Matt Catingub Orchestra of Hawai'i CD 2008 Garik Sukachov Inner Circle Ft. Marty Dread Spanish - language versions Laureano Brizuela - `` Cerca de ti '' Eduardo Palomo - `` ¿ Quien va a perder ? '' Ana Gabriel - `` Ven a ver Llover '' Juan Gabriel - `` Have You Ever Seen The Rain ? ( Gracias al Sol ) '' References Jump up ^ `` Item : 2736 - Library and Archives Canada ''. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 03. `` Item : 2795 - Library and Archives Canada ''. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chart history ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 04. Jump up ^ Chronicle, Vol. 1 Linear notes Jump up ^ `` Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain Lyrics ''. SongMeanings. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 21. Jump up ^ Mark Deming. `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? - Creedence Clearwater Revival Listen, Appearances, Song Review ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Have You Ever Seen The Rain ? by Creedence Clearwater Revival Songfacts ''. Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 21. ^ Jump up to : Simon Mahan ( September 2, 2016 ). `` Did a rock band explain why wind power will work in the south, 45 years ago ? ''. Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. Retrieved September 2, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=742#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 3 May 1971 Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 3 / 13 / 71 ''. tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` Forum - 1970 ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016 - 06 - 02. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. collectionscanada.gc.ca. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1971 ''. tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` Dr Victor & The Rasta Rebels - Greatest Hits ''. Shazam.com. Archived from the original on 2014 - 01 - 07. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 21. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` One Bad Apple '' by The Osmonds Canadian RPM 100 number - one single March 13 -- 20, 1971 Succeeded by `` Does n't Somebody Want to Be Wanted '' by The Partridge Family Spin Doctors Chris Barron Aaron Comess Eric Schenkman Mark White Anthony Krizan Ivan Neville Eran Tabib Carl Carter Studio albums Pocket Full of Kryptonite ( 1991 ) Turn It Upside Down ( 1994 ) You 've Got to Believe in Something ( 1996 ) Here Comes the Bride ( 1999 ) Nice Talking to Me ( 2005 ) If the River Was Whiskey ( 2013 ) Compilation albums Just Go Ahead Now : A Retrospective ( 2000 ) Live albums Up for Grabs... Live ( 1991 ) Homebelly Groove... Live ( 1992 ) Singles `` Little Miss Ca n't Be Wrong '' `` Two Princes '' `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' Creedence Clearwater Revival Doug Clifford Stu Cook John Fogerty Tom Fogerty Studio albums Creedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country Green River Willy and the Poor Boys Cosmo 's Factory Pendulum Mardi Gras Live albums Live in Europe The Concert Compilations Creedence Gold More Creedence Gold Pre-Creedence Chronicle, Vol. 1 The Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival 20 Golden Greats Creedence Country Hits Album At the Movies Chronicle, Vol. 2 Rollin ' on the River Heartland Music Presents Creedence Clearwater Revival Keep On Chooglin ' Creedence Clearwater Revival : Box Set Bad Moon Rising : The Best of Creedence Clearwater Revival Platinum Creedence Clearwater Revival Covers the Classics Singles `` Porterville '' / `` Call It Pretending '' `` Suzie Q. ( Part 1 ) '' / `` Suzie Q. ( Part 2 ) '' `` I Put a Spell on You '' / `` Walk on the Water '' `` Proud Mary '' / `` Born on the Bayou '' `` Bad Moon Rising '' / `` Lodi '' `` Green River '' / `` Commotion '' `` Down on the Corner '' / `` Fortunate Son '' `` Travelin ' Band '' / `` Who 'll Stop the Rain '' `` Run Through the Jungle '' / `` Up Around the Bend '' `` Lookin ' Out My Back Door '' / `` Long As I Can See the Light '' `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' / `` Hey Tonight '' `` Sweet Hitch - Hiker '' / `` Door to Door '' `` Someday Never Comes '' / `` Tearin ' up the Country '' `` I Heard It Through the Grapevine '' / `` Good Golly Miss Molly '' Related articles Discography Song list The Blue Velvets The Golliwogs Creedence Clearwater Revisited Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc. Saul Zaentz Fantasy Records Book : Creedence Clearwater Revival Bonnie Tyler songs Discography The World Starts Tonight `` Lost in France '' `` More Than a Lover '' Natural Force `` It 's a Heartache '' `` Living for the City '' `` Heaven '' `` ( You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman '' `` Here Am I '' Diamond Cut `` Too Good to Last '' `` My Guns Are Loaded '' Goodbye to the Island `` I 'm Just a Woman '' `` Sometimes When We Touch '' `` A Whiter Shade of Pale '' `` Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean '' `` I Believe in Your Sweet Love '' Faster Than the Speed of Night `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' `` Faster Than the Speed of Night '' `` Total Eclipse of the Heart '' `` Straight from the Heart '' Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire `` If You Were a Woman ( And I Was a Man ) '' `` Loving You 's a Dirty Job but Somebody 's Gotta Do It '' `` Band of Gold '' `` Lovers Again '' `` Holding Out for a Hero '' Hide Your Heart `` Hide Your Heart '' `` Do n't Turn Around '' `` Save Up All Your Tears '' `` To Love Somebody '' `` The Best '' Bitterblue `` Against the Wind '' `` Bitterblue '' `` Where Were You '' Angel Heart `` Fools Lullaby '' `` I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night '' Silhouette in Red `` You Are So Beautiful '' Free Spirit `` You 're the One '' `` Making Love Out of Nothing at All '' `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' `` Two Out of Three Ai n't Bad '' All in One Voice `` Angel of the Morning '' `` I Put a Spell on You '' `` The Rose '' `` He 's the King '' `` Silent Night '' Heart Strings `` Human Touch '' `` Everybody Hurts '' `` Amazed '' `` Against All Odds ( Take a Look at Me Now ) '' `` And I Am Telling You I 'm Not Going '' `` Lean on Me '' `` In My Life '' `` Learning to Fly '' `` Right Here Waiting '' `` I Still Have n't Found What I 'm Looking For '' `` I Ca n't Make You Love Me '' `` Need Your Love So Bad '' `` It 's Over '' Simply Believe `` Si demain... ( Turn Around ) '' `` Si tout s'arrête ( It 's a Heartache ) `` Darlin ' '' Wings `` Louise '' Rocks and Honey `` This Is Gonna Hurt '' `` Believe in Me '' `` What You Need from Me '' `` Love Is the Knife '' `` Mom '' Collaborations `` A Rockin ' Good Way ( to Mess Around and Fall in Love ) '' `` Islands '' `` Vergiß Es ( Forget It ) '' `` Amour Éternel ( Eternal Flame ) '' `` Love 's Holding On '' Other songs `` Sayonara Tokyo '' `` Here She Comes '' `` The Desert Is in Your Heart '' `` I Do n't Know How to Love Him '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Have_You_Ever_Seen_the_Rain%3F&oldid=835184259 '' Categories : Creedence Clearwater Revival songs 1970 songs 1971 singles Joan Jett songs Ramones songs Bonnie Tyler songs Spin Doctors songs Rock ballads 1970s ballads Songs written by John Fogerty Song recordings produced by John Fogerty Fantasy Records singles Hidden categories : Pages using web citations with no URL Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL Articles needing additional references from January 2012 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Čeština Español فارسی Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Suomi Svenska Українська 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 7 April 2018, at 02 : 14. 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Question: when did have you ever seen the rain come out
Answer: January 1971