[Rain Songs] A selection of Western music to listen to on rainy days – rainy songs

RainStatus Quo

Status Quo – Rain

Included on the 1976 album “Blue for You.” A five-piece rock band from London formed in 1962.

The simple, powerful drum rhythm and the hard, quintessentially hard rock sound are striking, making it a track that immediately evokes the 1970s when you listen to it.

Say it’s Gonna RainWill to Power

Will To Power – Say It’s Gonna Rain

Included on the 1988 album Will to Power.

A music unit from Florida that debuted in 1987.

It’s a danceable track with a distinctly sterile digital sound.

The hard, programmed rhythms from the synthesizers really stand out when listening to the disco sound of that era.

The Rain – 10 Years OnOh Wonder

Oh Wonder – The Rain – 10 Years On (Official Audio)

The London-born duo Oh Wonder craft songs filled with fragile, aching beauty—like looking back on a past love while standing in the rain.

Re-recorded in January 2025 to mark their 10th anniversary, this version preserves the warm, original sound of their debut while adding a more mature emotional depth.

It’s a work that reflects the band’s growth and gently accompanies anyone carrying the pain of heartbreak or loss.

Try listening on a rainy day—it’s sure to resonate with your heart.

Right As RainAdele

Adele – Right As Rain (Live) Itunes Festival 2011 HD

Right As Rain is a medium-tempo, breezy track by the bluesy British songstress Adele, included on her album 19.

The lyrics portray a woman who’s exhausted from being strung along by a playboy and has decided she won’t let herself be manipulated anymore—she’s putting an end to a roller-coaster romance.

The song uses rain as a motif in the line, “Who wants to be right as rain?”—as if to say, “Who would willingly stand there in the rain?” It’s a memorable line that expresses the feelings of a woman who, even knowing the love is futile, keeps standing in the rain, waiting for him: a straightforward, unrequited love.

Delivered in Adele’s almost spit-out lament, her voice conveys the raw ache with striking realism.

Another Rainy Day In New York CityBay City Rollers

Bay City Rollers – Another Rainy Day In New York City

“Another Rainy Day In New York City” was the opening track on the album “Stranger in the World.” As its Japanese title “Ame no New York” (Rain in New York) suggests, the melody vividly conveys an image of rain in the big city.

It evokes a place where it’s hard to live unless you value individuality and have a strong sense of self—a city of diverse races where people live independently.

In that setting, the narrator senses a change in their lover’s attitude and foresees an impending breakup.

Amid this sadness, the song tells of sorrowful rain falling on New York as well.

It conjured up a wintry, bleak, rainy day in New York and left me feeling a little lonely.