I Wish It Would Rain Down

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“I Wish It Would Rain Down”
“I Wish It Would Rain Down” cover
Single by Phil Collins
from the album ...But Seriously
Released 1990
Format CD single
CD maxi
7" single
Genre Rock
Label WEA
Writer(s) Phil Collins
Producer Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Phil Collins singles chronology
"Another Day in Paradise"
(1989)		 "I Wish It Would Rain Down"
(1990)		 "Do You Remember?"
(1990)

"I Wish It Would Rain Down" is a song by Phil Collins, from his 1989 album ...But Seriously, and it included the guitar playing of Eric Clapton.

[edit] Track listings

CD-Maxi
  1. "I Wish It Would Rain Down"
  2. "Homeless" (Another Day In Paradise Demo)
  3. "You've Been in Love" (That Little Bit Too Long)
7"-Single
  1. "I Wish It Would Rain Down"
  2. "Homeless" (Another Day In Paradise Demo)

[edit] Charts

The song was a significant chart hit in 1990, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and #1 on the RPM Top 100 in Canada. It also reached #7 on the UK singles chart.

In Canada, it was the longest-running #1 single of 1990, spending six weeks atop the charts, and ranked as the top single of the year on RPM's year-end charts. [1]

Chart (1990)[2] [3] [4] [5] Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 15
Austrian Singles Chart 26
Canadian Singles Chart 1
French Singles Chart 11
German Singles Chart 8
Irish Singles Chart 4
Swedish Singles Chart 7
Swiss Singles Chart 8
UK Singles Chart 7
US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 3
US Billboard Hot 100 3
US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 5

[edit] References

  1. ^ Top Singles - Volume 53, No. 6, December 22 1990
  2. ^ "I Wish It Would Rain Down", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  3. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  4. ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
  5. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
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