CRYING IN THE RAIN
WHITESNAKE
SONGWRITER: DAVID COVERDALE
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: SAINTS & SINNERS
LABEL: SUNBURST RECORDS
GENRE: HARD ROCK
YEAR: 1982
Whitesnake
are a hard rock band
formed in England in 1978 by David Coverdale,
after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple.
Their early material has been compared by critics to the blues rock of Deep
Purple, but they slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible rock style. By the
turn of the decade, the band's commercial fortunes changed and they released a
string of UK top 10 albums, Ready an' Willing (1980), Come an' Get It (1981), Saints & Sinners (1982) and Slide It In (1984), the last of which was their first to chart in the US and is
certified 2x platinum.
The
band's 1987 self-titled album was their most commercially successful worldwide, and contained two
major US hits, "Here I Go Again"
and "Is This Love",
reaching number one and two on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album went 8 times platinum in the US, and the band's success saw them
nominated for the 1988 Brit Award for Best
British Group. Slip of the Tongue (1989) was also a success, reaching the top 10 in the UK and the US,
and received a platinum US certification. The band split up shortly after this
release, but had a reunion in 1994, and released a one-off studio album, Restless
Heart (1997).
Whitesnake
officially reformed in 2002 and have been touring together since, releasing
four albums, Good to Be Bad (2008), Forevermore (2011), The Purple
Album (2015) and Flesh
& Blood (2019). In 2005, Whitesnake were
named the 85th greatest hard rock band of all time by VH1
"Crying
in the Rain" is a song by the English hard rock band Whitesnake. The
song was originally released on the group's 1982 album Saints & Sinners, but was
re-recorded on the group's 1987 multi-platinum album Whitesnake.
The song was inspired by singer David Coverdale's
divorce.
The
original version of "Crying in the Rain" is very blues-based and
features a short guitar solo at the beginning played by Bernie Marsden. The original song also has a bit
slower tempo compared to the re-recorded version, which had a much heavier and
faster sound, influenced by heavy metal. The guitar solo at the beginning of
the original was also removed from this version. David
Coverdale has stated in interviews that "John (Sykes) hated blues".
The
re-recorded version (sometimes titled "Crying in the Rain '87") was
also released as a one-track promo single.
The song has been a part of Whitesnake's live
performances since its release in 1982, although it is the 1987 version that
Whitesnake has kept performing, since 1987. Also,
since Whitesnake's reformation in 2002, the song has been extended by a drum solo in
the middle of the song.
A black
cat moans
When he's burning with the fever
A stray dog howls
When he's lonely in the night
A woman
goes crazy
With the thought of retribution
But, a man starts weeping
When he's sick and tired of life
I keep
on dreaming dreams of tomorrow
Feel I'm wasting my time
Lighting candles in the wind
Always
taking my chances
On the promise of the future
But, a heart full of sorrow
Paints a lonely tapestry
The Sun
is shining
Oh, but, it's raining in my heart
No one
understands the heartache
No one feels the pain
No one ever sees the tears
When you're crying in the rain (2x)
Crying in the rain
I can
never deny
All the sweet things I have tasted
Tho' I've been mistreated
I keep coming back for more, more, more
I know
where I'm going
There's no hope of absolution
I can't seem to separate
The good times from the bad
The Sun
is shining
Oh baby, it's still raining in my heart, in my heart
No one
understands the heartache
No one feels the pain
No one ever sees the tears
When you're crying in the rain (3x)
When you're crying in the rain, no, no, no
The Sun
is shining
But, it's raining in my heart
No one
understands the heartache
No one feels the pain
No one ever sees the tears
When you're crying in the rain (4x)
Crying
in the rain (2x).
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