Song Lyrics for Summer Rain by Belinda Carlisle
Enjoy This Video of “Summer Rain” and if you like, sing along to the lyrics below.
Whispering our goodbyes
Waiting for a train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I can hear him saying
Nothing will change
Come dancing with me baby
In the summer rain
I remember the rain on our skin
And his kisses hotter than the
Santa Ana winds
Whispering our goodbyes
Waiting for a train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I remember laughing till we almost cried
(There at the station that night)
I remember looking in his eyes
Oh my love, it’s you and that I dream of
Oh my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart, I’m always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Doesn’t matter what I do now
Doesn’t matter what I say
Somewhere in my heart, I’m always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
I can hear the whistle
Military train
I was dancing with my baby
In the summer rain
I can hear him singing
Ooh “Love Is Strange”
Come dance with me baby
In the summer rain
I remember the rain pouring down
And we poured our hearts out
As the train pulled out
I can see my baby
Waving from the train
It was the last time that I saw him
In the summer rain
Oh my love, it’s you and that I dream of
Oh my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart, I’m always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Doesn’t matter what I do now
Doesn’t matter what I say
Somewhere in my heart, I’m always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Every time I see the lightning,
Every time I hear the thunder,
Every time I close the window,
When this happens in the summer
Oh the night is so inviting
I can feel that you are so close
I can feel you when the wind blows
Blows right through my heart
Oh my love, it’s you and that I dream of
Oh my love, since that day
Somewhere in my heart, I’m always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
Every night and every day now
Though I know you’ve gone away
Somewhere in my heart, I’m always
Dancing with you in the summer rain
FACTS ABOUT “SUMMER RAIN”
“Summer Rain” is a song written by Robbie Seidman and Maria Vidal, produced by Rick Nowels for Belinda Carlisle’s third album, Runaway Horses (1989). The song is about a man who goes away to war and leaves his wife, saying that nothing will change – they will be together forever and always. The song is set in the present as his widow sings it, remembering the last time she saw him. It was released around the world in 1990 and was issued as a CD single, 7″ single and a 12″ single.
Carlisle’s version had minor success on the charts reaching the top thirty in the United States and the UK, but was a bigger hit in Australia, where it reached the Top Ten. It was later covered by artists including Slinkee Minx, whose cover version of the song also reached the top ten in Australia.
“Summer Rain” achieved moderate commercial success in North America, where it was released as the second single from Runaway Horses (1989). In January 1990, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100, the main US chart, at number 86. Within seven weeks of its release, it peaked at number 30 and stayed at that position for two weeks. The single spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, six of which were in the top 50. The single was Carlisle’s second to last song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary, where it spent eight weeks on the chart.
In Australia, the song had the most commercial success, where it was released as the album’s third single. In early April 1990, it debuted at number 42. Within five weeks of its release, it peaked in the top ten where it stayed for five weeks. The song reached its peak at number six and remained there for three weeks, spending a total of sixteen weeks in the top fifty. The Australian Recording Industry Association awarded the single a gold certification for shipping 35,000 copies and became the fortieth highest-selling single in Australia for 1990.
The song was released in the United Kingdom in December 1990 as the sixth and final release from Runaway Horses, peaking at number twenty-three at the end of January 1991 and spent 10 weeks in the chart.
Belinda Carlisle version
- Bekka Bramlett – background vocals.
- Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement.
- Donna DeLory – background vocals.
- X.Y. Jones – guitar.
- Charles Judge – keyboards.
- John Pierce – bass.
- Maria Vidal – background vocals.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Rain_(Belinda_Carlisle_song)