"Rain and Tears" is a song by the Greek band

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. The song was included on the band's 1968 debut studio album '' End of the World'', and was released as a

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in July 1968 on

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. It became a major hit across Europe, reaching number one in

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, number two in several other countries, and entering the top 30 in the

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and

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. The song was written by Evangelos Papathanassiou and on the motives of

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. The recording was produced by Pierre Sberro. The song reached no. 2 in the Netherlands, Switzerland and

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. In Belgium it reached no. 1 in Wallonia and no. 7 in Flanders. French-Italian singer

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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).

Track listing

7" single Mercury 132 501 MFC (1968, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway)
7" Single Mercury MF 1039 (1968, UK)
7" single Mercury RF-1 (1968, Australia)
7" single Philips SFL-1178 (1968, Japan)
7" single Mercury 45-4124 (1968, Greece)
: A. "Rain and Tears" (3:08) : B. "Don't Try to Catch a River" (3:11) 7" single Mercury 6033 014 (Italy, 1976)
7" single Mercury 6173 691 (1979, France) : A. "Rain and Tears" (3:10) : B. "I Want To Live" (3:30) 7" single Philips 6060 321 (1982, Belgium) : A. "Rain And Tears" (3:13) : B. "Spring, Summer, Winter & Fall" (4:56)

Charts

The Hi-Revving Tongues version

Charts

Awards

* 1969

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– Golden Disc Award (main award; awarded to the best single of the year)

Demis Roussos version (1987)

A live version by ex-Aphrodite's Child vocalist

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was included on his 1987 album ''

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'' on the label . The song was recorded live during "Goud van Oud Live" on April 10, 1987 in Rosmalen. The recording was also released as a

from that album (in 1987 on BR Music).

References

External links

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Track listing

Charts

The Hi-Revving Tongues version

Charts

Awards

Demis Roussos version (1987)

See also

References

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