"Let It Rain" is a song by English pop

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, released on 13 March 1995 as the fourth single from their second album, ''

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'' (1994). It reached number one in Lithuania and Israel, and the top 10 in Finland, Ireland and the UK. Additionally, it was a top 20 hit in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Norway.

Critical reception

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'' declared the song as an "unpretentious dancefloor sparkler". In his weekly UK chart commentary,

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wrote that "Let It Rain" "turns back to the harder

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sound that typifies much of their output and sounds in places like a distant relation of their first hit " House of Love" back in September

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'' gave it four out of five, calling it "a more upbeat, but equally commercial, follow-up to the band's Christmas

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is in remixed form, ensuring interest from even ''

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Music video

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was produced to promote the single. It was later published on

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in September 2017, and had generated more than 3.2 million views as of January 2023.

Track listings

* CD and 7-inch single # "Let It Rain" (Thunder radio edit) – 3:32 # "Let It Rain" (J-Pac Sleeting edit) – 3:33 * CD maxi # "Let It Rain" (Thunder radio edit) – 3:32 # "Let It Rain" (Overworld Storm edit) – 3:46 # "Let It Rain" (J-Pac sleeting remix) – 5:35 # "Let It Rain" (Overworld Storm mix) – 6:40 * 12-inch maxi # "Let It Rain" (City of Love club mix) – 6:33 # "Let It Rain" (City of Love instrumental mix) – 6:33 # "Let It Rain" (City of Love radio edit) – 3:34 # "Let It Rain" (Fritz 12-inch mix) – 4:39 # "Let It Rain" (Fritz edit) – 3:51

Credits

* Written by Harding/Curnow, Kean and Mortimer * Engineered by Dillon Gallagher and Phil Harding * Mixed and produced by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow and Rob Kean * Artwork by Form * Photography by Lawrence Watson

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1994 songs 1995 singles East 17 songs Songs written by Tony Mortimer Songs written by Phil Harding (producer) Song recordings produced by Phil Harding (producer) Songs written by Ian Curnow Number-one singles in Israel