"Singin' in the Rain" is a song with lyrics by

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and music by

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. Doris Eaton Travis introduced the song on Broadway in ''The Hollywood Music Box Revue'' in 1929. It was then widely popularized by

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and the Brox Sisters in '' The Hollywood Revue of 1929''. Many contemporary artists had hit records with "Singin' in the Rain" since its release, including Cliff Edwards (number 1 for 12 weeks), Earl Burtnett (number 4 for 10 weeks) and

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(number 9 for 7 weeks) in 1929 alone. It entered the American public domain on January 1, 2025. The song is famously associated with the

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, as it reached popularity during the transition from

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s to "

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." Years later, Freed, the song's lyricist, conceived the idea of the film based on the back catalogs of songs written during the era by himself and Nacio Herb Brown. This resulted in a

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of the same name, ''

Singin' in the Rain ''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Rita Moreno a ...

'' (1952), which serves a lighthearted depiction of

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in the late 1920s. The performance by

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dancing through puddles in a rainstorm garnered the song the third spot on the

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ranking of 100 Years...100 Songs.

Lyrics

1929 version

''Pitter-patter pitter-pat'',
''pitter-patter-pitter-pat.''
''Pitter-patter pitter-pat'',
''pitter-patter-pitter-pat.''
''We are not afraid of thunder.''
''All the time we wonder,''
''why is each new task a trifle to do?''
''Because we are living a life full of you.''
''I'm singing in the rain.''
''Yeah, singing in the rain.''
''What a glorious feeling,''
''I'm happy again.''
''I'm laughing at clouds,''
''so dark up above.''
''The sun's in my heart,''
''and I'm ready for love.''
''Let the stormy clouds chase''
''everyone from the place.''
''Come on with your rain,''
''I have a smile on my face.''
''I'll walk down the lane,''
''with a happy refrain,''
''and singin',''
''just singin' in the rain.''
''Why am I smiling and why do I sing?''
''Why does December seem sunny as Spring?''
''Why do I get up each morning to start''
''Happy and head up with joy in my heart?''
''Why is each new task a trifle to do?''
''Because I'm living a life full of you.''
''Pitter-patter, pitter-patter rain,''
''pitter-patter, singin' in the rain.''

Song form

The song has an unusual form. The 32-bar chorus opens the song and is followed by a 24-bar verse before the chorus repeats, in contrast to other songs of the period which often opened with a verse and contained an internal

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Covers

B.A. Rolfe and his Lucky Strike Orchestra recorded the song possibly as early as 1928 but perhaps 1929. The song was recorded by

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(reissued on the 1999 CD ''Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929''). It is performed on film by a nightclub band as dance music and sung in a Chinese dialect in ''

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'' (1930), by

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in '' Speak Easily'' (1932), by

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in ''

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'' (1940), and as

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at the beginning of MGM's ''

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'' (1930) starring

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. *Singer

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recorded ''Singing in the Rain'' in 1929 (one week after recording what would become the biggest hit of his career, ''Tiptoe Through the Tulips''). *British duo Bob and Alf Pearson recorded the song in 1929 at their first session. *"Singin' in the Rain" was performed in the 1930 film short ''Dogville Melody'', presumably by Zion Myers and Jules White. * Valaida Snow recorded it in 1935 accompanied by Billy Mason And His Orchestra - London, Apr 26, 1935 (Parlophone (E)F-165 (CE-6953-1)) *The song is sung by

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in a November 1950 episode of the variety show ''

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''. He performs it while being drenched in water by comedy partner and co-host

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. *The song is best known today as the centerpiece of the

'' (1952), in which

memorably danced to the song while splashing through puddles during a rainstorm. The song is also performed during the opening credits of the film, and briefly near the end of the film by

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. *The song was recorded in Buenos Aires for

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twice under the title "Cantando Bajo La Lluvia," by Francisco Canaro's orchestra and with the Spanish lyrics sung by Charlo, on December 23, 1929 (Catalog Number 16243 B, matrix number 5137) and again on March 24, 1930 (Catalog Number 4631 B/LDB 78 B, matrix number 5283). It was also recorded under the same title in 1936 by the Orquesta Tipica Victor, the

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in-house orchestra in Buenos Aires. *The song was also recorded by John Serry Sr. and his sextet ensemble in 1954 for RCA Victor records under the musical direction of

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on an LP vinyl disc(''See

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''). * Vivian Blaine sang the song in "It's Sunny Again," an unsold

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broadcast as an episode of the

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on July 3, 1956. *In 1960,

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recorded his own version of this song on his debut album ''

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''. *

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and

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recorded the song in 1961 for use on their

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and it was subsequently included in the CD ''Bing & Rosie – The Crosby-Clooney Radio Sessions'' (2010). Crosby also included the song in a medley on his album ''

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'' (1962). *In 1971, Scottish folk rock-singer

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did an acoustic

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-version on his album '' Bless the Weather'', where he accompanied himself on acoustic guitar and sang several overdubbed backing vocals. *The

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has covered the song on many occasions, including releasing it on ''The Best of the Pasadena Roof Orchestra'' album in 1973. *

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gave the song a final US chart ride with a version widely played on easy listening stations (number 16 easy listening, 1974). *

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released a version of the song on his 1979 album ''Same Goes for You''. *The song was covered by Polish musician

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in 1979. *Glenn Butcher covered this song on the Australian video ''

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Video Hits''. *The song was incorporated by

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into his score for the 1988 film ''

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'', where it is most closely associated with the character of Theo ( Clarence Gilyard). *Brazilian musician

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wrote a Portuguese-language version of the song, "Cantando num Toró", present in his 1995 debut album ''Na Tradição''. *British

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/pop singer

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covered the song on his 2003 album '' Twentysomething''. *The song was covered in 2004 by Carmen Bradford in her Jazz album ''Home With You''. *In the film called ''

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'', when Fender says goodbye to Loretta with a blowing kiss, he happily sings a parody called "Singing in the Oil" which is to the tune of this song and dances around until he gets caught by a Sweeper. *A version performed by the UK comedy partnership

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was ranked at the top of a 2007 poll of their '' Greatest Moments''. *A version was also performed by Jheena Lodwick in 2006, on her album titled ''Singing in the rain''. *In 2009, the song was performed by

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. *An instrumental version of this song is played in '' Planet 51'' where the

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Rover dances happily Gene Kelly style when he sees raining rocks. *In 2009 and 2010 the song was performed by South Korean K-pop group

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on their Into the New World Tour. *In 2010, the song was sung in the intermissions of concert tour of the Irish pop band

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. *In 2010, the song was sung on the

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TV series ''

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'' in a mash-up with

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's "

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" featuring

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. *There is a jazz instrumental by

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on his 1959 album '' Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements''. *There is a jazz vocal rendition by Joe Williams on his 1984 album ''Then and Now''. *

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included it on her 2020 album '' This Dream of You''. *In 2022, the song is an important

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in the film ''

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''. It first appears in a scene set in 1928 featuring a performance being filmed to showcase MGM's "more stars than there are in heaven" sung by the studio's contract players, and it then appears more prominently at the end of the film in a scene set in 1952 in a Hollywood movie theater playing the Gene Kelly feature in ''

''.

Mint Royale version

"Singin' in the Rain" was remixed in 2005 by

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. It was released as a single in August 2005 after being featured in an advert for the VW Golf GTI, peaking at No. 20 on the UK Singles Chart. Three years later in 2008, due to the exposure of the song via the performance of then-unknown dancer George Sampson on the reality TV series ''

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'', the track went to No. 1 on the

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Top 100 in the UK in 2008. It re-entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 28 on June 1, 2008, and climbed to No. 1 the next week, selling 45,987 copies, knocking Rihanna's " Take a Bow" down to the Number 2 spot. Charts

Sheila B. Devotion version

A 1978

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version of ''Singin' in the Rain'' by the French pop singer Sheila B. Devotion made No. 3 in the

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and the Netherlands Top 100, No. 4 on the Nationale Hitparade, No. 11 on the

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and UK Singles Chart, No. 2 on the

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, and No. 30 on the

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Taco version

In 1982, Dutch pop singer

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released a version of it as his second single from ''

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'', which peaked at No. 49 in Germany, No. 46 in Canada and No. 98 in the UK.

In popular culture

*1959 – The song is whistled by

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as he takes a shower after the crop duster plane attack in

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's ''

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''. *1971 – "Singin' in the Rain" is sung mockingly by Alex DeLarge, played by

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, in the rape scene in

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's film '' A Clockwork Orange''. The Gene Kelly version plays during the end credits. *1976 – In their 1976 Christmas special, the British comedy act

parodied the "Singin' in the Rain" sequence. *1982 – It is sung by Inspector Jacques Clouseau, played by

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, as part of the extended version of the grocery scene from ''

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'' in

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's film ''

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''. *1986 – In the film '' Legal Eagles'',

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"sings in the rain" watching the movie on TV during a sleepless night. *1989 – In the

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film ''

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'', Cliff (Allen) and Halley (

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) watch ''Singin' in the Rain'' at Cliff's apartment. Cliff claims to watch the film "every few months to keep my spirits up". *1990 – The song is referenced in the

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novel '' Moving Pictures''. As people are infected with the dangerous idea of the clicks (movies), Mr. Dibbler, purveyor of sausages-inna-bun, dances down a wet and rainy road and swings off light poles, much to the bemusement of the city Watch. *1995 – The song was featured on the TV series ''

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'' in season 2, episode 4, " The One with Phoebe's Husband", when Ross dances down the street the morning after having sex with Julie. *2001 – The song is often sung by

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's character "Steve Waugh" in the film '' Manadhai Thirudivittai'' to irritate Vivek's character. This inspired numerous memes and parodies in other

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films after its release. The actor re-enacted the song scene briefly in the 2017 film ''

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''. *2005 – A parody of the number "Singin' in the Rain" was featured in the animated film ''

'' where Fender (

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) breaks out singing and dancing after dropping off a date. Instead of 'rain' he says 'oil' to fit the film's theme, and emulates Gene Kelly's iconic swinging on the lamppost. *2005 – The "Singin' in the Rain" sequence was featured in a

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commercial, with Gene Kelly seen

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in the street. Also featured was

's version of the song accompanying the commercial. *2007 – The song is sung in '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' by the character of

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as a boy waiting with his father at the Berck railway station. *2017 – The 2017 Eurovision entry of

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, Occidentali's Karma, features the phrase "Comunque vada panta rei, and Singing in the Rain". *2019 – The video to the

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song " Boy with Luv" references "Singin' in the Rain". *2019 – The song is used as the framing device in the season 2 episode "A Happy Refrain" of

's TV series ''

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''. *2022 – The song appears twice in the 2022 comedy-drama ''

'', first as a performance being filmed in 1928 to showcase

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's "more stars than there are in heaven" sung by the studio's contract players, and most prominently at the end of the film in a scene set in 1952 in a

movie theater playing the Gene Kelly feature. *2023 – The song and the original movie clip appear as the central set piece of the third episode of the Spanish TV series '' La Mesías'', also titled "Cantando bajo la lluvia" ("Singin' in the Rain"), in which a young Enric (Biel Rossell Pelfort) discovers the magic of cinema through it, after having been locked in a house for a decade. * Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain" sequence was one of the opening scenes of

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. Kelly approved his

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likeness prior to its delivery to Florida.

Other appearances in film and on TV

* '' The Hollywood Revue of 1929'' (1929) * ''

'' (1930) * '' The Girl Said No'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

'' (1930) * '' Rain or Shine'' (1930) * '' Men Call It Love'' (1932) * '' Speak Easily'' (1932) * '' The Old Dark House'' (1932) (as "Singing in the Bath", not to be confused with 1929's "Singing in the Bathtub".) * ''

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'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Idiot's Delight'' (1939) * ''

'' (1940) * '' Dulcy'' (1940) * '' Unexpected Uncle'' (1941) * '' Maisie Gets Her Man'' (1942) * '' Happy Go Lucky'' (1943) * '' The Big Noise'' (1944) * ''Big-Heel Watha'' (1944 M-G-M Cartoon short starring Screwy Squirrel) * ''

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'' (1948) * ''

'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1965) * '' El Chapulin Colorado'' (1978) * '' Fame'' (1980) * '' Pennies from Heaven'' (1981) * ''

The Slugger's Wife ''The Slugger's Wife'' is a 1985 romantic comedy film about a baseball star who falls for a singer. Written by Neil Simon, directed by Hal Ashby and produced by Ray Stark, the film stars Michael O'Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay and Randy Quaid. It w ...

'' (1985) * '' Fever Pitch'' (1985) * '' Legal Eagles'' (1986) * '' Punchline'' (1988) * ''

'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1991) * ''

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'' (1991) * '' Léon: The Professional'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1998) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''

'' (2005) (as "Singin' in the Oil") * '' Kara no Kyōkai'' (''Murder Speculation'' Part 1, "The Hollow Shrine") (2008) * ''

'' (TV, episode "

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" (2010)) * ''

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'' (TV, 2011) * ''

'' (2022) * '' La Mesías'' (2023)

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