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Tears in the Rain (Robin Beck song)

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"Tears in the Rain" is a song written by Diane Warren and Desmond Child, and originally released by American singer Robin Beck in 1989 on her second album Trouble or Nothin'. It was later covered by Jennifer Rush for her 1995 album Out of My Hands.

B-side"A Heart for You"
Released1989
Length4:42
Quick facts Single by Robin Beck, from the album Trouble or Nothin' ...
"Tears in the Rain"
Single by Robin Beck
from the album Trouble or Nothin'
B-side"A Heart for You"
Released1989
Length4:42
LabelMercury Records
Songwriters
Producer
Robin Beck singles chronology
"Save Up All Your Tears"
(1989)
"Tears in the Rain"
(1989)
"Don't Lose Any Sleep"
(1990)
Music video
"Tears in the Rain" on YouTube
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Background

"Tears in the Rain" was released as the third single from Trouble or Nothin' in late 1989. The single only charted in Austria and West Germany, and did not reach the same success as Beck's previous two singles "First Time" and "Save Up All Your Tears".

Track listings

  • European 7-inch single[1]
  • European 3-inch CD single[2]
  1. "Tears in the Rain" (Single version) – 4:02
  2. "A Heart for You" – 4:13
  • European 12-inch single[3]
  • European 5-inch CD maxi-single[4]
  1. "Tears in the Rain" (Album version) – 4:42
  2. "A Heart for You" – 4:13
  3. "In a Crazy World Like This" – 3:56

Charts

More information Chart (1989), Peak position ...
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5]21
West Germany (GfK)[6]22
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Jennifer Rush version

Quick facts Single by Jennifer Rush, from the album Out of My Hands ...
"Tears in the Rain"
Single by Jennifer Rush
from the album Out of My Hands
ReleasedJanuary 1995
Length4:56
LabelEMI Records
Songwriters
Producer
Jennifer Rush singles chronology
"A Broken Heart"
(1993)
"Tears in the Rain"
(1995)
"Out of My Hands"
(1995)
Music video
"Tears in the Rain" on YouTube
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"Tears in the Rain" was covered by American singer Jennifer Rush for her 1995 album Out of My Hands and was released in January 1995 by EMI Records as the lead single from that album. The single was produced by Desmond Child and charted in Germany and Switzerland, becoming Jennifer's highest-charting single of the 1990s in both countries.

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "ACE [Adult Contemporary Europe] stations which edit power ballads by cutting out the guitar solo, will have no difficulties with this keyboard-dominated one featuring a slightly disguised reggae intermezzo."[7]

Track list

  1. "Tears in the Rain" (Radio Edit) – 4:03
  2. "Only Heaven Knows" – 4:35
  3. "Cry, Baby..." – 3:53

Charts

More information Chart (1995), Peak position ...
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Germany (GfK)[9]45
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]26
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