Can You Stop the Rain

{{Infobox song

| name = Can You Stop the Rain

| cover = Can_You_Stop_the_Rain_by_Peabo_Bryson.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Peabo Bryson

| album = Can You Stop the Rain

| released = May 4, 1991

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 5:34

| label = Columbia

| writer = {{hlist|John Bettis|Walter Afanasieff}}

| producer = Walter Afanasieff

| prev_title = Lover's Paradise

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Closer Than Close

| next_year = 1991

}}

"Can You Stop the Rain" is a song by American singer Peabo Bryson, taken from his fifteenth studio album of the same name (1991). It was written by John Bettis and Walter Afanasieff, while production was helmed by the latter. Released as the album's lead single, the song spent two weeks at number one on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked at number fifty-two on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=90}} It also reached number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Music video

Directed by Rocky Schenck, the video is shot in a sepia tone with Bryson singing the song in places like a plaza, a ballroom containing a band performing and inside a room where he sings to a window that's pouring rain.

Personnel and credits

Peabo Bryson – lead vocals
Walter Afanasieff – songwriter, producer, arrangements, keyboards, synth bass, drums, percussion
John Bettis – songwriter
Gary Cirimelli – Synclavier programming
Ren Klyce – Synclavier programming, synthesizer programming (Akai)
Claytoven Richardson, Jeanie Tracy, Kitty Beethoven, Melisa Kary and Sandy Griffith – backing vocals

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (1991) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
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{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|52\|artist=Peabo Bryson\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 5, 2021\|refname="Billboardhot100"}}
{{single chart\|Billboardadultcontemporary\|11\|artist=Peabo Bryson\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 5, 2021\|refname="Billboardadultcontemporary"}}
{{single chart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|1\|artist=Peabo Bryson\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 5, 2021\|refname="Billboardrandbhiphop"}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"\| Chart (1991) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite web\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs\|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1991\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=October 16, 2021}} \| 5

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scope="col"| Chart (1991)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1991|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 16, 2021}}

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