It's Raining (Darts song)
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| "It's Raining" | ||||
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| Single by Darts | ||||
| from the album Everyone Plays Darts | ||||
| A-side | "It's Raining" | |||
| B-side | "Messing Shoe Blues" | |||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Genre | doo-wop | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Songwriter | Ian Collier | |||
| Producers | Tommy Boyce, Richard Hartley | |||
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"It's Raining" is a song recorded by Darts and released as a single in 1978. It was originally released as a track on their second studio album Everyone Plays Darts. The song peaked at number two on the UK singles chart in 1978, the band's third and final consecutive number-two charting song.
"It's Raining" was the band's fourth single, and their first not to be a cover. Released by Magnet Records, the song was written by Griff Fender, one of Darts' four vocalists, credited under his real name Ian Collier.[1] The singles B-side, "Messing Shoe Blues", was written by the bands saxophonist, Nigel "Horace" Trubridge.[1] Both sides were produced by Tommy Boyce, of Boyce and Hart, and Richard Hartley, with engineering by Phil Chapman.[1]