Let It Rain (David Nail song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Let It Rain
| cover = D Nail Let It Rain single.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = David Nail featuring Sarah Buxton
| album = The Sound of a Million Dreams
| released = {{Start date|2011|02|07}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=59}} (album version)
{{Duration|m=3|s=42}} (radio edit)
| label = MCA Nashville
| writer = David Nail
Jonathan Singleton
| producer = Chuck Ainlay
Frank Liddell
| chronology = David Nail
| prev_title = Turning Home
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = The Sound of a Million Dreams
| next_year = 2012
}}
"Let It Rain" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer David Nail. Sarah Buxton sings backing vocals on the song.{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/david-nail-let-it-rain/|title=David Nail, 'Let It Rain' – Song Spotlight|last=Menachem|first=Michael|date=26 January 2011|work=Taste of Country|accessdate=11 September 2011}} It was released in February 2011 as the first single from his album The Sound of a Million Dreams, which was released in November 2011. It is his third Top 20, second Top 10 and first Top 5 hit on Hot Country Songs. On the chart week of January 21, 2012, it became both Nail's and Buxton's first Number One hit.
Content
Co-writer Jonathan Singleton, who also co-wrote Nail's 2009 single "Red Light", told the website Taste of Country that they came up with the idea for the song while talking about movies that they enjoyed. They recalled the film The Last Kiss where "this guy cheats on his girlfriend, and he goes to her house and decides he’s going to sit on her porch until she lets him in." They said that they did not find the situation plausible and Singleton added, "If it was a southern girl or [David's wife] or my wife, the first thing they’d do is throw all our stuff on the porch with us." Instead of having the male narrator say "I deserve whatever I get, if she never talks to me again", Nail decided to have the character say "that I’m human just like everyone else and you mess up".{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/david-nail-let-it-rain-lyrics/|title=David Nail, 'Let It Rain' – Lyrics Uncovered|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|work=Taste of Country|date=July 2011 |accessdate=12 July 2011}}
In May 2011, Taylor Swift posted on Twitter that she liked the song.{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2011/05/27/david-nail-taylor-swift-tour/|title=David Nail Cherishes Taylor's Tweets|last=Duvall|first=Erin|date=27 May 2011|work=The Boot|accessdate=12 July 2011}}
Critical reception
Sam Gazdziak of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs up". He did not think that the song had "anything here to distinguish it as a country song" and thought that the song "does fall victim to the bombast", but praised Nail's voice and the details in the lyrics.{{cite web|url=http://www.engine145.com/david-nail-let-it-rain/|title=David Nail — "Let It Rain"|last=Gazdziak|first=Sam|date=14 February 2011|work=Engine 145|accessdate=12 July 2011|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218105059/http://www.engine145.com/david-nail-let-it-rain/|archivedate=18 December 2014}} Bobby Peacock of Roughstock rated it three-and-a-half stars out of five, also saying that the lyrics had "interesting details" and describing Nail as "strong [and] soulful", although he thought that the song's hook did not work because "there's no other 'rain' motif anywhere else".{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/david-nail-let-it-rain-|title=David Nail — "Let It Rain"|last=Peacock|first=Bobby|date=4 March 2011|work=Roughstock|accessdate=12 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101214254/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/david-nail-let-it-rain-|archivedate=1 November 2011}}
Music video
It debuted in April 2011; Stephen Shepherd directed.{{cite web|url=http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1599360&SM=1|title=David Nail debuts "Let It Rain" vid|date=15 April 2011|work=RTT News|accessdate=12 July 2011}} It features David singing while the woman he was with the night before showers and changes. He looks around and it appears he feels guilty.
Chart performance
"Let It Rain" reached number one on its forty-ninth week on the Hot Country Songs chart, setting a new record for the slowest uninterrupted climb to the top in the chart's history.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/511279/ask-billboard-say-good-night-to-gagas-streak|title=Ask Billboard: Say Good 'Night' to Gaga's Streak?|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=15 January 2012|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=4 February 2012}}
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=Weekly charts=
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| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|13|artist=David Nail|artistid=485196}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=David Nail|artistid=485196}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|51|artist=David Nail|artistid=485196}} |
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=Year-end charts=
=Decade-end charts=
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| Chart (2010–2019)
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| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-country-songs|title=Decade-End Charts: Hot Country Songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 37 |
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=David Nail|title=Let It Rain|award=Gold|certyear=2012|relyear=2011|accessdate=October 25, 2021}}
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References
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{{David Nail}}
{{Sarah Buxton}}
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Category:Songs written by Jonathan Singleton
Category:MCA Nashville Records singles