Rain and Tears
"Rain and Tears" is a song by the Greek band Aphrodite's Child. The song was included on the band's 1968 debut studio album End of the World, and was released as a single in July 1968 on Mercury Records. It became a major hit across Europe, reaching number one in France, number two in several other countries, and entering the top 30 in the United Kingdom and West Germany.
| "Rain and Tears" | ||||
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| Single by Aphrodite's Child | ||||
| from the album End of the World | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Try to Catch a River" | |||
| Released | 22nd June 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 10th + 18th May 1968 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Johann Pachelbel arr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, Boris Bergman | |||
| Producer(s) | Pierre Sberro | |||
| Aphrodite's Child singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Rain and Tears" (Official Video) on YouTube | ||||
The song was written by Evangelos Papathanassiou and Boris Bergman on the motifs of Pachelbel's Canon. The recording was produced by Pierre Sberro.
The song reached no. 2 in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Norway. In Belgium it reached no. 1 in Wallonia and no. 7 in Flanders. French-Italian singer Dalida recorded the song in three different versions. With French lyrics as "Quelques larmes de pluie" for her French-language album Le Temps des Fleurs (Barclay 80378, 1968), with German lyrics as "Regenzeit – Tränenleid" for her German-language album Dalida in Deutsch (Barclay KMLP 316, 1969) and with Italian lyrics as "Lacrime e Pioggia" for her Italian-language album Dalida canta in Italiano (Barclay 80396, 1969).