It's Raining Men

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Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer wrote the song over the course of one afternoon in 1979, intending it for Donna Summer, who had scored a hit with "Last Dance" (1978).{{cite magazine|last=Wayne|first=George|title=Celebs, Jokes, and Rock 'n' Roll!|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/11/wayne-shaffer-200911|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=July 20, 2013|date=November 2009|quote=Paul Shaffer: Paul Jabara called me up and said, "I've got a great song for Donna Summer. I want you to write the song with me. What do you think about 'It's Raining Men'?" We wrote it in one afternoon. Lyrically she hated it, because she had become a born-again Christian. She thought it was blasphemous. She called Paul [Jabara] and said, 'I hate the song. Oh, we've lost you.' And then she sent him a Bible the next day.}}{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=David|title=Fox News introduces Romney sons with gay anthem 'It's Raining Men'|url=http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/27/fox-news-introduces-romney-sons-with-gay-anthem-its-raining-men/|access-date=July 20, 2013|work=The Raw Story|date=August 27, 2012|archive-date=July 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717231727/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/27/fox-news-introduces-romney-sons-with-gay-anthem-its-raining-men/|url-status=dead}}[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/pollo-del-mar/post_10720_b_8780734.html Gay Anthem "It's Raining Men" Almost Didn't Get Made, Says Singer Martha Wash]. Huffington Post. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 However, as Shaffer later recalled, Summer had recently become a born-again Christian and rejected the song as "blasphemous".[https://popcultureexperiment.com/2016/06/13/cover-songs-uncovered-its-raining-men/ Cover Songs Uncovered: "It's Raining Men"]. Pop Culture Experiment. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 The song was then offered to Diana Ross, Cher, and Barbra Streisand, all of whom declined it.

In 1982, the song was offered to the Weather Girls (then known as the Two Tons and formerly known as Two Tons O' Fun). Martha Wash and Izora Armstead of the Two Tons also dismissed the song. Wash recounted "We thought it was a crazy song — in fact, too crazy to record. I kept saying, 'It's raining men? Really? Are you kidding me?'... I just did not think people would buy it... That's why I kept saying no." The duo eventually recorded the song in ninety minutes after Jabara persistently pleaded with them to record the song. The Waters Sisters (Julia Waters-Tillman and Maxine Waters-Willard), Stephanie Spruill, and Zenobia Conkerite performed background vocals on the chorus of the song.

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According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Alfred Music Publishing, "It's Raining Men" is composed in the key of F minor.[https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0041856 The Weather Girls "It's Raining Men" Sheet Music Ab Major (transposable)]. Music Notes. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 It incorporates R&B, soul, and 1970s-style electronic dance music. The song's tempo is a moderate beats per minute, in common time. Wash sang the lead vocals in the song. Wash's vocal range spans around two octaves in the song, from the low note of F3 to the high note of F5. "It's Raining Men" uses one minor chord, F minor, with the rest of the notes in major chords.

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"It's Raining Men" was first released to dance club DJs in the United States in mid-1982. The single was then released for 7" single and 12" single in the United States in 1982. Shortly after the release of the single, the Two Tons changed their name to the Weather Girls after much confusion by press and fans due to the duo introducing themselves as "the weather girls" in the introduction of the song. In 1993, a then-newly recorded version of "It's Raining Men" was released by the Weather Girls, now composed of Armstead and her daughter Dynelle Rhodes, on their sixth album Double Tons of Fun (1993).

In 2005, a live version of the song was released on the Weather Girls' ninth album Totally Wild! This version features vocals by Dynelle Rhodes and then-newly added member Ingrid Arthur. In 2012, the same lineup of the Weather Girls released "It's Raining Men - 2012" (stylized as "It's Raining Men 2K12"). The song is based in the house music genre produced by Sebo Reed.[https://music.apple.com/dk/album/its-raining-men-2k12-sebo-reed-meets-weather-girls/507858825 It's Raining Men 2K12 (Sebo Reed Meets Weather Girls) [Remixes] - EP by Sebo Reed & The Weather Girls on Apple Music]. iTunes. Retrieved on February 5, 2019

{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote="It's definitely stood the test of time. Now you have the grandparents who love the song, the parents who love the song and the grandkids who love the song. They all get up and dance." |source=—Martha Wash reflects on "It's Raining Men" during her Huffington Post cover story in 2011.}}

VH1 ranked the song at number 35 on their list of the "100 Greatest Dance Songs" in 2000,[http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1dance.htm "Rock on the Net: VH1: 100 Greatest Dance Songs"]. Rock on the Net. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 and also at number 35 in their "100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s" ranking in 2009.{{cite web|url= https://www.vh1.com/news/58qjan/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220628182745/https://www.vh1.com/news/58qjan/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s|url-status= live|archive-date= June 28, 2022|title=100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s|last=Ali|first=Rahsheeda|date=May 2, 2013|website=VH1|access-date =October 8, 2018}} Paste magazine ranked the song number 12 in their list of the "60 Best Dancefloor Classics" in February 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/02/the-60-best-dance-floor-classics.html?p=5|title=The 60 Best Dancefloor Classics|date=February 27, 2017|publisher=pastemagazine.com|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826030417/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/02/the-60-best-dance-floor-classics.html?p=5|url-status=dead}} Rolling Stone listed it number 90 on their ranking of "The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time" in 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/greatest-debut-songs-singles-990470/zombies-shes-not-there-995055/|title=The 100 Greatest Debut Singles of All Time|date=May 19, 2020|publisher=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 27, 2020}} and number 88 on their list of the "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time" in 2022.{{cite magazine|first1=Jon|last1=Dolan|first2=Julyssa|last2=Lopez|first3=Michaelangelo|last3=Matos|first4=Claire|last4=Shaffer|title=200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/200-greatest-dance-songs-of-all-time-1372888|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 22, 2022|accessdate=October 30, 2022}}

"It's Raining Men" has often been perceived as a gay anthem.{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-pink-hit-parade-sing-if-youre-glad-to-be-gay-422423.html | title = The pink hit parade: Sing if you're glad to be gay | work = The Independent | access-date = April 26, 2009 | location=London | date=November 1, 2006}} A campaign was launched on Facebook on January 19, 2014, to get the song to UK number one in response to a UKIP councillor blaming recent UK floods and adverse weather on divine retribution for the British government's introduction of gay marriage.[https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/it-s-raining-men-set-to-make-a-splash-in-top-40-on-this-weeks-officia__3729/ It's Raining Men set to make a splash in Top 40 on this week's Officia]. Official Charts. Retrieved on February 17, 2019 The campaign was reported widely by some press, and the Weather Girls' version reached number 21 on the first day of the chart week.{{cite news | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/facebook-campaign-to-get-its-raining-men-to-number-1-after-ukip-councillor-blames-floods-on-gay-marriage-9075412.html | title= Facebook campaign launched to get 'It's Raining Men' to number 1 after Ukip councillor blames floods on gay marriage | work=The Independent | first=Felicity | last=Morse | date=January 21, 2014 | access-date=January 29, 2014}} The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart in 2014 at number 31.{{cite web |url=http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/NEWS-It%27s-Raining-Men-Enters-Into-Official-UK-Single%27s-Chart/7437360 |title=NEWS: It's Raining Men Enters Into Official UK Single's Chart |publisher=Thegayuk.com |date=February 2, 2014 |access-date=April 1, 2014 |archive-date=February 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219020449/http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/NEWS-It%27s-Raining-Men-Enters-Into-Official-UK-Single%27s-Chart/7437360 |url-status=dead }} In 2017, Rolling Stone included the song on their "25 Essential LGBTQ Pride Songs" list.[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/25-essential-lgbtq-pride-songs-199348/ 25 Essential LGBTQ Pride Songs]. Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 In 2018, Billboard ranked the song at number 47 on their "50 Best Gay Anthems of All Time" list.[https://www.billboard.com/photos/7408710/gay-anthems-lgbt-pride-top-songs 50 Top LGBTQ Anthems: Critic's Picks (Updated 2018)]. Billboard. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 The Gay UK ranked the song at number two on their "Top 40 Gay Anthems for Pride" list.[https://www.thegayuk.com/40-top-gay-anthems-for-pride/ 40 top gay anthems for Pride]. The Gay UK. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 Time Out ranked it number 19 on their list of "The 50 Best Gay Songs to Celebrate Pride All Year Long" in 2022.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.timeout.com/music/best-gay-songs|title=The 50 Best Gay Songs to Celebrate Pride All Year Long|magazine=Time Out|date=January 21, 2022|access-date=February 21, 2022}}

In 1983, "It's Raining Men" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/weather-girls Weather Girls | Artist]. Grammy Awards. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 In June 2017, "It's Raining Men" entered on the Spotify Rewind charts and peaked at number one.[https://web.archive.org/web/20191104202850/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-weather-girls/chart-history/SR8/song/342486 The Weather Girls It's Raining Men Chart History | Billboard Spotify Rewind]. Billboard. Retrieved on November 4, 2019

"It's Raining Men" was a commercial success in the United States. The song spent a total of eleven weeks on Billboard's Hot 100, ultimately peaking at forty-six on March 5, 1983.[https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-weather-girls/chart-history/hsi/ The Weather Girls It's Raining Men Chart History | Billboard Hot 100]. Billboard. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 Although it had not yet been released to retail stores, the single gained much attention based on heavy rotation alone. On the chart dated December 24, 1982, "It's Raining Men" reached number one on the Billboard Dance chart and held the top position for a total of two weeks.[https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-weather-girls/chart-history/dsi/ The Weather Girls It's Raining Men Chart History | Billboard Dance Club Songs]. Billboard. Retrieved on November 4, 2019 The song spent a total of twenty-two weeks on the Dance chart. After eighteen weeks on the R&B charts, "It’s Raining Men" peaked at number thirty-four.[https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-weather-girls/chart-history/bsi/ The Weather Girls It's Raining Men Chart History | Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]. Billboard. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 The song was also a huge success in the United Kingdom. The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart,[https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20835/weather-girls/ Weather Girls | full Official Charty History | Official Charts Company]. Official Charts. Retrieved on February 5, 2019 and became certified platinum for sales and streaming figures exceeding 600,000 units in the United Kingdom.

The music video for "It's Raining Men", released in the winter of 1982, was directed by Gary Keys and filmed in an abandoned building in New York City.[https://www.fugues.com/219329-7243-7292-article-its-raining-men-.html It's Raining Men!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401023056/https://www.fugues.com/219329-7243-7292-article-its-raining-men-.html |date=April 1, 2019 }}. Fugues. Retrieved on March 31, 2019 Due to limited support from Columbia Records, "It's Raining Men" was a low-budget video. Wash described the video's conception: "God, that was a cheesy video! We filmed it in an abandoned building [in NYC] in the dead of winter. There was no heat and everybody was wearing [winter] coats. That part in the video where we fall out of the sky, well, we landed on these mattresses and found out [the next day] they were infested with bugs. For days afterwards Izora and I were scratching [ourselves]! It was awful!"

The opening sequence of the video features the Weather Girls in a news station. The duo give a forecast prediction that it will rain men from the sky. After looking out of the station window to see the sky raining men, the Weather Girls leap out of the window with their umbrellas to join the men. Several dancers are seen in the music video performing choreography. Another scene features the Weather Girls wearing lingerie on a heart-shaped bed surrounded by and being adored by men. The closing scene shows the duo performing with the male dancers and extras in the music video.

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• Izora Armstead,{{efn|name=A}} Martha Wash – lead vocals
• Bob Esty – keyboards, synthesizer
• Greg Mathieson – piano
• Paul Delph – synthesizer
• Lee Sklar – bass guitar
• Michael Landau – guitar
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Stephanie Spruill, Julia Waters-Tillman, Maxine Waters-Willard, Zenobia Conkerite – background vocals

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| name = It's Raining Men... The Sequel

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| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Martha Wash featuring RuPaul

| album = The Collection and RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics

| released = {{Start date|1997|10|31}}

| recorded = 1997

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| genre = Eurodance

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| writer = {{hlist|Paul Jabara|Paul Shaffer}}

| producer = Gary Haase

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| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Catch the Light

| next_year = 1998

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"It's Raining Men" was covered by Weather Girls' member Martha Wash and American drag queen and singer RuPaul in 1997. The song was retitled "It's Raining Men... The Sequel", and released as the lead single for Wash's compilation album The Collection (1998). The song was also released on RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics (1998).

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Wash "sounds like she's having a blast as she revisits a hit from her heyday as half of the Weather Girls." He noted that "the novel hook of this new recording is the appearance of RuPaul, whose freewheeling vamps are saucy good fun." He also added that Producer Gary "Headman" Haas "doesn't deviate far from the original recording's disco sound, leaving a posse of remixers to investigate a variety of more trendy ideas."{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-11-01.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=November 1, 1997|access-date=February 6, 2020|page=77|author-link=Larry Flick}}

The opening sequence of the accompanying music video for "It's Raining Men... The Sequel" features Wash and RuPaul as the news anchors of the Weather Center. The duo give a forecast prediction that it will rain men from the sky, with several field reporters also reporting similar information. Wash, as a meteorologist and weatherwoman, performs the song in front of a digital map. Several people from around the world start to feel the effects of the forecast and some women are even shown collecting men that fall from the sky into baskets. Several men also appear in the music video, dancing to the song.

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{{Infobox song

| name = It's Raining Men

| cover = Itsrainingmen-ukcd1.jpg

| type = single

| artist = Geri Halliwell

| album = Scream If You Wanna Go Faster {{noitalic|and}} Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture

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• "Brave New World"
• "I Was Made That Way"

| released = {{start date|2001|4|30}}

| recorded =

| genre = Dance-pop

| length =

• 4:18 (album version)
• 3:47 (radio version)

| label = EMI

| writer =

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• Paul Shaffer

| producer = Stephen Lipson

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"It's Raining Men" was released on April 30, 2001, as the first single from British singer Geri Halliwell's second solo album, Scream if You Wanna Go Faster (2001). It was also featured as the lead single internationally to the soundtrack of the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary. The single became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one hit single on the UK Singles Chart and became her most successful solo single to date.

Halliwell commented: "It was really odd because I was all ready to go with my new album. I had the single, I had the video idea all ready and then the producers of the movie said to me, 'do you want to record It's Raining Men for the soundtrack?' I thought it would be fun and I love Bridget Jones cos I've read both books and so I just did it really quickly. They all loved it and wanted it to be a single and I thought it was a bit of a gift, so I released it".{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldpop.com/home/cif.cfm?dir=cduk&url=cd_uk.cfm |title=Welcome to worldpop! |access-date=December 22, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011222051744/http://www.worldpop.com/home/cif.cfm?dir=cduk&url=cd_uk.cfm |archive-date=December 22, 2001 |url-status=live}}

Halliwell's version received positive reviews by music critics, experienced international success and hit the top ten in over two dozen countries around the world, going to number one in several of them. In the United Kingdom, "It's Raining Men" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks. It became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one single in the UK, selling 155,000 units in its first week and 80,000 in its second week. Halliwell became the first solo British female artist to have four number-one singles in the United Kingdom, a record she held until 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29985563 |title=Cheryl Fernandez-Versini breaks Geri Halliwell chart record |publisher=BBC News |date= November 10, 2014| access-date=July 10, 2021}} Overall the single went on to sell 449,000 copies in Britain alone,{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-ultimate-official-spice-girls-solo-chart-all-their-singles-ranked-by-sales-__19520/|title=The ultimate Official Spice Girls solo chart: all their singles ranked by sales|first=Rob|last=Copsey|date=June 29, 2017|publisher=Official Charts|access-date=August 5, 2017}} becoming the 13th-best-seller of 2001 and Halliwell's most successful single worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2001.pdf|title=2001 – UK Charts Plus|work=UKChartsPlus|date=January 5, 2002|access-date=May 16, 2018}}

The song was successful outside the United Kingdom. In Flemish Belgium, the song stayed at number one for four weeks and was the best-selling single of 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2001|title=Jaaroverzichten 2001|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=May 17, 2018}} The single reached number one in France for five weeks, receiving a Diamond certification from the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). With this song, Halliwell won the International Song of the Year award at the 2002 NRJ Music Awards in France. The cover was also a major success in Walloon Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Switzerland.

A remix of the song, the Almighty Mix from the Toshiba-EMI series Dance Mania, volume 20, was also featured in the 2002 Japanese video games, DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix and Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME. This version of the song was used as the theme song in the advertisements for New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 2003. In July 2006, the song entered at number 79 on the Mexican Digital Sales Chart, spending two weeks inside the Top 100.

Halliwell was inspired by the 1980 film Fame and by the 1983 film Flashdance for the video. It was directed by Jim Canty and Jake-Sebastian Wynne. The video stars Halliwell ready to dance in an audition for the judges and in the chorus, a big group of dancers join her. Near the end of the video, Halliwell and the dancers perform a dance routine in the rain.{{cite web|url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/Entertainment-Daily-Geri-Halliwell/32c5054a9fa3686b7dc63f84fb2ee943?query=CELEBRITY+NEWS¤t=5&orderBy=Relevance&hits=20&referrer=search&search=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3DCELEBRITY%2520NEWS%26startd%3D%26endd%3D%26orderBy%3DRelevance%26from%3D1%26allFilters%3DRobbie%2BWilliams%253APeople%252CGeneral%2BNews%253ASubject&allFilters=Robbie+Williams%3APeople%2CGeneral+News%3ASubject&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1&b=2ee943 |title=Entertainment Daily : Geri Halliwell |publisher=AP Archive |access-date=November 3, 2016}}

File:Geri Halliwell It's Raining Men.jpg in 2008]]

To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Top of the Pops, Comet Awards 2001, Musica Sí, Big Brother Germany, Party in the Park, Live & Kicking, Loft Story, Pepsi Chart Russia, CD:UK and Tickled Pink. Halliwell also performed the song on The Return of the Spice Girls world tour as her solo number.{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/Spice_Girls/ConcertReviews/2008/02/27/4879305-sun.html|title=CANOE - JAM! Spice Girls: Air Canada Centre, Toronto - February 26, 2008|website=Jam.canoe.ca|access-date=November 3, 2016|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150422033009/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/Spice_Girls/ConcertReviews/2008/02/27/4879305-sun.html|archive-date=April 22, 2015}}

• UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=It's Raining Men|author=Geri Halliwell|year=2001|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=EMI Records|id=CDEMS 584, 7243 8 79301 0 0}}

1. "It's Raining Men" – 4:18
2. "I Was Made That Way" – 4:45
3. "Brave New World" – 4:10
4. "It's Raining Men" {{small|(video)}} – 4:18

• UK CD2; Australasian CD single; Italian 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=It's Raining Men|author=Geri Halliwell|year=2001|type=UK CD2 & Australasian CD single liner notes|publisher=EMI Records|id=CDEM 584, 7243 8 79301 2 4}}{{cite AV media notes|title=It's Raining Men|author=Geri Halliwell|year=2001|type=Italian 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=EMI Records|id=7243 8 79301 6 2}}

1. "It's Raining Men" {{small|(album version)}} – 4:18
2. "It's Raining Men" {{small|(Bold & Beautiful Glamour mix edit)}} – 4:47
3. "It's Raining Men" {{small|(Almighty mix edit)}} – 3:46
4. "It's Raining Men" {{small|(D-Bop Tall & Blonde mix edit)}} – 6:55

• UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=It's Raining Men|author=Geri Halliwell|year=2001|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=EMI Records|id=TCEM 584, 7243 8 79301 4 8}}

1. "It's Raining Men" – 4:18
2. "I Was Made That Way" – 4:45
3. "Brave New World" – 4:10

• European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=It's Raining Men|author=Geri Halliwell|year=2001|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=EMI Records|id=7243 8 79327 2 2}}

1. "It's Raining Men" {{small|(album version)}} – 4:19
2. "Brave New World" – 4:10

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2001|access-date=September 28, 2011}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|access-date=September 28, 2011}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Geri Halliwell|title=It's Raining Men|type=single|award=Diamond|relyear=2000|refname=SNEP|access-date=May 3, 2020|certyear=2002}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Geri Halliwell|title=It's Raining Men|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2000|relmonth=1|access-date=May 3, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Geri Halliwell|title=It's Raining Men|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1998|access-date=May 3, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Geri Halliwell|title=It's Raining Men|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2000|id=3437-3522-1|salesamount=440,000|salesref=|access-date=May 3, 2020}}

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