![]() ![]() ![]() The song similarly describes two lovers listening to the rain, while featuring a melody suggestive of the Greek Mixolydian mode. John Sebastian composed "Rain on the Roof" after a night spent listening to the rain with his wife Loretta "Lorey" Kaye in their Greenwich Village apartment. Contemporary reviewers noted the difference between the singles, while still positively reviewing "Rain on the Roof". Released three months after the harder-rock styled single " Summer in the City", "Rain on the Roof" represented a return to the softer sound for which the Lovin' Spoonful had become known. "Rain on the Roof" features several guitars played by Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky, as well as an Irish harp. The song reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the Lovin' Spoonful's sixth consecutive single to reach the top ten in the United States. It was released as a single in October 1966 and was included on the album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful the following month. ![]() ![]() " Rain on the Roof" (sometimes titled " You and Me and Rain on the Roof") is song by American pop band the Lovin' Spoonful, written by John Sebastian. "Pow (Theme from 'What's Up, Tiger Lily?')" From the album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful ![]()
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