Here Comes the Rain Again
January 16, 1984
Here Comes the Rain Again is a synthpop song by British pop duo Eurythmics. It was written by Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox. In the UK single release reached Silver status for more than 200,000 units sold.
History
During a stay in New York City in September 1983 Lennox and Stewart stayed at the Mayflower Hotel near Central Park. Later in the evening it was raining heavily. The couple had been quarreling and Dave Stewart began to play a melody on the keyboard. Annie Lennox also wanted to play on the keyboard and there was a tussle between the musicians. The physically superior Stewart regained the place at the keyboard and played on. While he played, began standing at the window and the rain onlooking Lennox to sing improvised lines of text: "Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory". This improvised melodies and lines of text were to Here Comes the Rain Again. Back in London, added Stewart and Lennox the song in her home studio The Church together. Originally they wanted to offer it to Robert Plant, former lead singer of Led Zeppelin, but then decided to record the song himself. The song was recorded in the studio The Church and produced by Dave Stewart, the strings were arranged by Michael Kamen.
Publication
Here Comes the Rain Again was released on January 16, 1984 worldwide and became a Top 20 hit in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain and the United States. The song lasts 4:56 minutes and was released as the third single from the album Touch. On the B - side is the song Paint a Rumour.
Music and lyrics
For the Lennox biographer Sutherland and Ellis, the song was a turning point in the musical development of the Eurythmics. It overcome the boundaries of contemporary pop music and can also be viewed over genre boundaries as a great composition. The musical basis is a mixture of high keyboards and catchy guitar harmonies. The text is written by Lennox of the desperate search for love, the rain is the flood of feelings symbolize that assail them. Stewart Mason of Allmusic called the song elegant and majestic and praised the orchestral arrangement. The structure differs from the usual sequence of verse- chorus-verse from, instead, the line "Here comes the rain again" and " So baby talk to me " repeatedly, without the repetitions differ materially voneninander. The monotony is broken only by a short bridge in the middle of the song, which is supported by eight strings.
Music Video
The music video was filmed and directed by Jonathan Gershfield in December 1983. Originally, the rotation at Loch Lomond should take place, but the area the Eurythmics was not bleak enough that they dodged the winter Orkney island of Hoy. This was inspired by the video 's 1981 film drama The French Lieutenant's. It begins with a close up of Annie Lennox and turns into a scene in which she runs along on windswept cliffs, while Stewart she followed with a video camera. Lennox protects itself with a blanket against the cold, because they only wearing a white nightgown, and runs away from her pursuer into a house. In the next scene she is seen in a white nightgown, she holds a candle and sings. Since Stewart filming them still with the video camera, she tries to escape it, and passes through the freezing cold until it reaches a shipwreck on the beach. The video is dominated by a mysterious and eerie mood and was very well received by both fans and critics.