| "Rain Is a Good Thing" | ||||
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| Single byLuke Bryan | ||||
| from the albumDoin' My Thing | ||||
| Released | January 25, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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| Producer | Jeff Stevens | |||
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"Rain Is a Good Thing" is a song co-written and recorded by Americancountry music artistLuke Bryan. It was released in January 2010 as the second single from his 2009 albumDoin' My Thing. The song became Bryan's first number one hit on the USBillboardHot Country Songs chart[1] for the weeks of July 24 and 31, 2010. Bryan wrote this song withDallas Davidson.
"Rain Is a Good Thing" is an up-tempo tune in which the narrator explains how rain can affect life by facilitating the growth of corn, which in turn is processed into whiskey, which in turn causes his significant other to "feel a little frisky."
Bryan told The Boot that he and co-writerDallas Davidson "used to have the saying, 'Rain makes corn, and corn makes whiskey,' and it was just something we always said. If we were a little bummed out about the rain […] we'd be like, 'Well, rain makes corn, and corn makes whiskey,' and that would kind of make us feel a little better about it […] We didn't start with 'Rain Is a Good Thing' as a title and wrote to it. We just started with 'rain makes corn, and corn makes whiskey' and we kind of arrived at 'Rain Is a Good Thing.'"[2]
The song is set in thekey ofE Major, with Bryan's vocals ranging from B2 to G♯4.[3]
Matt Bjorke ofRoughstock stated that the song "spins the old 'where I'm from' lyric into a much more pliable song chock full of that charm."[4]
Bryan appeared on an episode of the 2010 season ofCelebrity Apprentice. He, along with singerEmily West, were presented as up-and-coming artists in need of an image makeover. The two teams on the show each took on one singer in an attempt to help them become more marketable. Bryan performed "Rain is a Good Thing" on the program. The winner of the challenge wasCyndi Lauper, whose charity (The True Colors Fund, which advocates for gay and lesbian rights) received 20% of all sales of the single.
The accompanying music video for the song, directed by Shaun Silva, was released oniTunes on February 9, 2010. The video was filmed on October 5, 2009 at a concert at Hurricane Plantation inClaxton, Georgia.
The song debuted on theBillboardHot Country Songs chart at number 60 for the week of January 23, 2010. On the chart dated for July 24, 2010, it became Bryan's first number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart.
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| CanadaHot 100 (Billboard)[5] | 57 |
| CanadaCountry (Billboard)[6] | 3 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[7] | 37 |
| USHot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 1 |
| Chart (2010) | Position |
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| USCountry Songs (Billboard)[9] | 2 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[10] | Gold | 40,000* |
| United States (RIAA)[11] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||