"Walking in the Rain" is a 1978 song by Australian band

Flash and the Pan Flash and the Pan were an Australian new wave musical group (essentially an ongoing studio project) formed in 1976 by Harry Vanda and George Young, both former members of the Easybeats; they were a production and songwriting team known as Van ...

. The song was covered by

Grace Jones Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a model, singer and actress. Born in Jamaica, she and her family moved to Syracuse, New York, when she was a teenager. Jones began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris, working for ...

and released as a single from her album '' Nightclubbing''.

Background

The song was originally composed and recorded by Australian band

(the songwriting and producing team of ex-

Easybeats The Easybeats were an Australian Rock music, rock band that formed in Sydney in late 1964. They enjoyed a level of success that in Australia rivalled The Beatles. They became the first Australian rock act to score an international hit, with th ...

Harry Vanda and George Young), and included on their eponymous 1979 debut album. In 1981 it was covered by

, who included it on '' Nightclubbing'', her second Compass Point album and later released as the last single from the record. The song was released in various remixes, among them a 7:30 12" mix including additional vocal overdubs, first released on CD in 2014 on the deluxe edition of ''Nightclubbing''. The B-side, "Peanut Butter", credited to the

Compass Point All Stars Compass Point Studios was a music recording studio in the Bahamas, founded in 1977 by Chris Blackwell, the owner of Island Records. The concept of the studio was of a recording facility supported by in-house sets of artists, musicians, producer ...

, was actually an instrumental dub version of "

Pull Up to the Bumper "Pull Up to the Bumper" is a 1981 song by Jamaican singer Grace Jones, released as the third single from her fifth album, '' Nightclubbing'' (1981). Sonically, it is an uptempo electro- disco, post-punk, dance-pop and reggae-disco song with ...

", which was unavailable on CD until 2014 when her album ''Nightclubbing'' was remastered. "Walking in the Rain" was included in Jones' music documentary ''

A One Man Show ''A One Man Show'' is a long-form music video collection featuring Jamaican singer Grace Jones, released in 1982. The video mainly consists of music videos, with some concert footage filmed when Jones was touring with the eponymous tour. Backgrou ...

'', and a snapshot from the video was later used as the cover of the 1985 ''

Warm Leatherette "Warm Leatherette" is a song by Daniel Miller's project the Normal, released in 1978. The Normal original Overview The lyrics of "Warm Leatherette" reference J. G. Ballard's controversial 1973 novel ''Crash'', which had heavily influenced Dani ...

'' reissue.

Track listing (Grace Jones version)

*7" single (UK, Australia) :A. "Walking in the Rain" (edited version) – 3:52 :B. "Peanut Butter" – 3:07 *7" single (Germany) :A. "Walking in the Rain" – 4:18 :B. "

" – 4:40 *12" single (Australia) :A. "Walking in the Rain" (edited version) – 4:58 :B1. "Peanut Butter" – 3:07 :B2. "Feel Up" (extended version) – 5:06 *12" single (Germany) :A. "Walking in the Rain" – 7:25 :B1. "Pull Up to the Bumper" (remixed version) – 7:15 :B2. "Peanut Butter" – 3:05 *12" single (Canada) :A1. "Walking in the Rain" – 7:25 :A2. "Walking in the Rain" – 4:18 :B1. "Pull Up to the Bumper" – 7:15 :B2. "Feel Up" – 5:13

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 1981 singles Flash and the Pan songs Grace Jones songs Songs written by George Young (rock musician) Songs written by Harry Vanda 1978 songs Island Records singles Song recordings produced by Alex Sadkin