"She's My Kind of Rain" is a song written by

Tommy Lee James Tommy Lee James is an American country music songwriter and record producer with Still Working Music Group. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, he is originally from Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Northside High School then attended Radford Uni ...

and Robin Lerner, and recorded by American

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artist

Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released 16 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, four for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those album ...

. It was released in January 2003 as the third single from his album ''

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''. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart, and at number 27 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.

Content

"She's My Kind of Rain" is a ballad in which the narrator describes his wife in an abstract fashion.

Critical reception

The song earned a

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award for reaching Number One on the former '' Radio & Records'' country singles charts. It also received a

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nomination for Best Country Vocal Performance-Male at the

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Music video

The music video was directed by Tim's usual director of choice:

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. McGraw's wife,

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is featured at the end of the video, as are their three daughters, Gracie, Maggie and Audrey. It was filmed in

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, and shows Tim walking with a cloak on, and him performing the song in a royal dining room of a restaurant. It premiered on CMT on November 22, 2002, two months before its official release as a single; the music video version is 4:33, complete with a full ending. However, this version is unavailable on any of McGraw's greatest hits compilations.

Chart positions

"She's My Kind of Rain" re-entered the charts as an official single at number 47 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of January 25, 2003. The song reached a peak of number 2 on the '' Billboard'' country singles charts in May 2003, behind

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's " Have You Forgotten?".

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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