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"Rain" is a song by British synth-pop duo Erasure. It is the third single from Erasure's eighth studio album, Cowboy (1997). Mute Records distributed the single on CD and vinyl in the UK and Europe. Some releases, titled Rain Plus, had so many remixes and live recordings, that the number of the tracks and their combined running-time made Rain Plus ineligible for ranking on the UK Singles Chart.

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"Rain"
Single by Erasure
from the album Cowboy
B-side	"First Contact"
Released	24 November 1997 (UK)
Recorded	1996
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	4:11
Label	Mute Records (UK), Maverick Records (US)
Songwriter(s)	Vince Clarke, Andy Bell
Producer(s)	Gareth Jones, Neil McLellan
Erasure singles chronology
"Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (1997) "Rain" (1997) "Freedom" (2000)

Track listings

CD single #1 (INT884697-2)

1. Rain (Al Stone Mix)
2. Rain (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Mix)
3. In My Arms (Dekkard's Dub)
4. First Contact (Vocal Mix)

CD single #2 (INT884760-2)

1. Rain (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Dub)
2. Rain (Blue Amazon Twisted Circles Mix)
3. Sometimes (John "00" Fleming's Full Vocal Club Mix)
4. First Contact (Instrumental Mix)

12" single (12LPMUTE208)

1. "Rain" (Blue Amazon Twisted Circles Mix)
2. "In My Arms" (Dekkard Dub)
3. "Sometimes" (John "00" Fleming's Full Vocal Club Mix)
4. "Sometimes" (John "00" Fleming's 'Give it Some Welly' Dub Mix)
5. "Rain" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Mix)
6. "Rain" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Dub)
7. "First Contact" (Instrumental Mix)
8. "In My Arms" (BBE Mix)

CD single (ICDMUTE208)

1. "Rain" (Album Version)
2. "Sometimes" (Live in Oxford)
3. "Love to Hate You" (Live in Oxford)

CD EP (CDLPMUTE208)

1. "Rain" (Al Stone Mix)
2. "In My Arms" (BBE Mix)
3. "First Contact" (Vocal Mix) (Clarke, Bell, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow, Jones)
4. "Rain" (Live in San Francisco)
5. "Sometimes" (Live in Oxford)
6. "Love to Hate You" (Live in Oxford)
7. "Rain" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Vocal Mix)
8. "Sometimes" (John "00" Fleming's Full Vocal Club Mix)
9. "In My Arms" (Dekkard Vocal)
10. "Rain" (Blue Amazon Twisted Circles Mix)
11. "First Contact" (Instrumental Mix) [hidden track]

References

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