I Think It 's Going to Rain Today - Wikipedia I Think It 's Going to Rain Today 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 2018 ) `` 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. The song was covered numerous times by a variety of artists, especially during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Cover versions unclude Dusty Springfield for her 1968 UK album Dusty... Definitely ( Philips ), Claudine Longet for her 1968 US album Colours ( A&M ), and Judy Collins for her 1966 US album In My Life. References Jump up ^ Episode 831, WTF with Marc Maron, July 24, 2017 This 1960s song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Think_It%27s_Going_to_Rain_Today&oldid=844952920 '' Categories : 1966 songs Songs written by Randy Newman 1960s song stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from January 2018 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Norsk nynorsk Edit links This page was last edited on 8 June 2018, at 09 : 32 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote i think its going to rain today
Answer: Randy Newman