Bring On the Rain

"Bring On the Rain" is a song written by Billy Montana and Helen Darling, and recorded by American country music artist Jo Dee Messina. It was released in September 2001 as the fourth single from her album Burn. In March 2002, it became Messina's fifth Number One hit, and her highest entry on the Adult Contemporary charts.

Content

"Bring On the Rain" is a mid-tempo country pop ballad. In it, the narrator tells that she has had a bad day, but is not let down by it, and is ready for another day as well: "Tomorrow's another day / And I'm thirsty anyway / So bring on the rain." Tim McGraw sings background vocals throughout.

Messina said that, from the first listen, she "loved" the song, and thought that its message would resonate well, considering that it was released a day before the September 11 attacks.^[1] After the song had peaked, her fan club received an e-mail from a woman whose daughter was undergoing chemotherapy. In the letter, the mother explained that her daughter quoted the chorus to her.

It was used on the Touched by an Angel episode Bring On the Rain.

Awards

"Bring on the Rain" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, and a Vocal Event of the Year nomination from the Academy of Country Music.^[2]

Chart performance

"Bring On the Rain" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 15, 2001. "Bring on the Rain" reached its peak of Number One on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts for the week of March 9, 2002. During most of its chart run, it overlapped with McGraw's then-current single "The Cowboy in Me", which took over the Number One spot a week later. The song was also Messina's highest entry on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, peaking at number 6 there.

Chart (2001–02)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	36
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[5]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	16

Preceded by "Good Morning Beautiful" by Steve Holy	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single March 9, 2002	Succeeded by "The Cowboy in Me" by Tim McGraw

References

↑ Morris, Edward (2002-04-09). ""Bring On the Rain" brings on the praise". CMT. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
↑ ""Bring On the Rain" makes #1 splash". Broadcast Music Incorporated. 2002-04-21. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
↑ "Jo Dee Messina – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Jo Dee Messina. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "Jo Dee Messina – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Jo Dee Messina. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "Jo Dee Messina – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Jo Dee Messina. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "Best of 2002: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2002. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

External links

Lyrics at CMT.com
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Jo Dee Messina singles

Jo Dee Messina	"Heads Carolina, Tails California" "You're Not in Kansas Anymore" "Do You Wanna Make Something of It?" "He'd Never Seen Julie Cry"

I'm Alright	"Bye, Bye" "I'm Alright" "Stand Beside Me" "Lesson in Leavin'" "Because You Love Me"

Burn	"That's the Way" "Burn" "Downtime" "Bring On the Rain" (w/ Tim McGraw) "Dare to Dream"

Greatest Hits	"Was That My Life" "I Wish"

Delicious Surprise	"My Give a Damn's Busted" "Delicious Surprise (I Believe It)" "Not Going Down" "It's Too Late to Worry"

Unmistakable Trilogy	"Biker Chick" "I'm Done" "Shine" "That's God"

Me	"Peace Sign" "A Woman's Rant" "He's Messed Up"

Tim McGraw singles

Discography

Not a Moment Too Soon	"Indian Outlaw" "Don't Take the Girl" "Down on the Farm" "Not a Moment Too Soon" "Refried Dreams"

All I Want	"I Like It, I Love It" "Can't Be Really Gone" "All I Want Is a Life" "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"

Everywhere	"It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill) "Everywhere" "Just to See You Smile" "One of These Days" "Where the Green Grass Grows" "For a Little While"

A Place in the Sun	"Please Remember Me" "Something Like That" "My Best Friend" "Some Things Never Change" "My Next Thirty Years"

Set This Circus Down	"Grown Men Don't Cry" "Angry All the Time" "The Cowboy in Me" "Unbroken"

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors	"Red Rag Top" "Tiny Dancer" "She's My Kind of Rain" "Real Good Man" "Watch the Wind Blow By"

Live Like You Were Dying	"Live Like You Were Dying" "Back When" "Drugs or Jesus" "Do You Want Fries with That" "My Old Friend"

Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"When the Stars Go Blue" "My Little Girl"

Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" (with Faith Hill) "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"

Southern Voice	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" "Southern Voice" "Still"

Number One Hits	"Felt Good on My Lips"

Country Strong	"Me and Tennessee" (with Gwyneth Paltrow)

Emotional Traffic	"Better Than I Used to Be"

Two Lanes of Freedom	"Truck Yeah" "One of Those Nights" "Highway Don't Care" (with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban) "Southern Girl"

Sundown Heaven Town	"Lookin' for That Girl" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Faith Hill) "Shotgun Rider" "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (with Catherine Dunn)

Damn Country Music	"Top of the World" "Humble and Kind"

Guest singles	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Faith Hill) "Let's Make Love" (with Faith Hill) "Bring On the Rain" (with Jo Dee Messina) "Over and Over" (with Nelly) "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Faith Hill) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (with Tracy Lawrence and Kenny Chesney) "Nine Lives" (with Def Leppard) "Feel Like a Rock Star" (with Kenny Chesney) "Lovin' Lately" (with Big & Rich)

Other songs	"City Lights" "The Ride"

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