Rain (The Script song)

The Script described the track as a "feel-good summer tune". "After a very long process of making 'Album 5', the song 'Rain' came right at the end. It's a summer song so we thought, only The Script can make it 'Rain in Summer'" the band stated.{{cite news|last=Pell|first=Mike|title=Exclusive! The Script Are BACK With New Single 'Rain' & Here's Your First Look At The Music Video|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/hhjo1l/exclusive-the-script-are-back-with-new-single-rain-heres-your-first-look-at-the-music-video|access-date=15 July 2017|work=MTV UK|date=13 July 2017}}{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=Laura|title=SINGLE REVIEW: The Script and Their New Song 'Rain'|url=http://celebmix.com/single-review-script-new-song-rain/|accessdate=15 July 2017|work=CelebMix|date=14 July 2017}}{{cite news|last=Ians|title=Irish band 'The Script' to make comeback after three years|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/music/news/irish-band-the-script-make-comeback-after-three-years/articleshow/59605124.cms|accessdate=15 July 2017|work=The Times of India|date=15 July 2017}} In an interview with Metro, the band regarded the single as a progression. "I think we have afforded ourselves a little bit of leeway. The past four records have been not the same sound but we've been progressing at a slow rate. It's been two years since we had something out so there's two years worth of progression in our music. I'm sure to a lot of people it might sound quite drastic at first but if they heard the 60 songs we've put out you'd hear a slower progression." When asked if their change in sound was deliberate, they said:

"When we started this record we wanted to do something where people would hear a song and go 'oh I love that song!' and then look it up and find it's us. We wanted to change our sound a push our sound a bit. It's either adapt, change or die in this industry. It's very difficult in this industry. We wanted to revamp and reboot the sound and at the end of the day we're still the same songwriters and that's never going to go away."

The band said that they always "want something different in our lives" and "hoping our songs penetrate different markets and gain new fans", They referred themselves as an ambitious band. "With Rain we just decided we needed something a bit lighter, you can't just walk into a party of people and start with a heavy topic. It's nice to have a bit of escapism that people can bob their head to and not be so serious about but when people peel the layers of the song they realise that lyrically we've gone deep but on the surface we wanted people to have a bit of fun."{{cite news|last1=Baillie|first1=Katie|title=The Script are back and with a whole new sound: 'Fans will think its pretty drastic but it's just progression'|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/14/the-script-are-back-and-with-a-whole-new-sound-fans-will-think-its-pretty-drastic-but-its-just-progression-6780200/|accessdate=15 July 2017|work=Metro|date=14 July 2017}}

Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|title=Rain / The Script TIDAL|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/75616082|website=Tidal|accessdate=15 July 2017}}

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• Mark Sheehan – composing, lyrics, producing
• James "Jimbo" Barry – composing, lyrics, producing, bass guitar, drums, guitar, programming
• Camille Purcell – composing, lyrics, background vocals
• Danny O'Donoghue – composing, lyrics, producing
• Andrew Frampton – producing, keyboard, programming, vocal producing
• Max Farrar – producing, keyboard, programming
• Manny Marroquin – mixing engineering
• Emerson Mancini – mastering engineering
• Filippo Barbieri – engineering
• Chris Galland – engineering
• Robin Florent – assistant engineering
• Scott Desmarais – assistant engineering

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scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Peak position
{{single chart|Austria|63|artist=The Script|song=Rain|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 October 2017}}
{{single chart|Flanders|27|artist=The Script|song=Rain|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 October 2017}}
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|10|artist=The Script|song=Rain|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 October 2017}}
scope="row"| Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=http://radio.hrt.hr/clanak/arc-100-datum-izlaska-27-studenoga-2017/10534/ |title=Croatia ARC TOP 100 |publisher=HRT|accessdate=27 November 2017}} | 12
{{single chart|Czech Republic|57|year=2017|week=41|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 October 2017}}
{{single chart|Denmark Airplay|13|artist=The Script|song=Rain|week=34|rowheader=true|year=2017|accessdate=9 September 2017}}
{{single chart|Hungary|20|year=2017|week=42|rowheader=true|accessdate=27 October 2017}}
scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles|title=IRMA – Irish Charts|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|accessdate=9 September 2017}} | 13
scope="row"| Mexico Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2017-10-28/mexico|title=Mexico Airplay: Oct 28, 2017|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=16 May 2018|url-access=subscription }} | 17
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|year=2017|week=41|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 October 2017}}
scope="row"|Netherlands (Mega Top 50)"[http://megatop50.3fm.nl/mobiel/weeklijst/2017-08-12 Lijst van 12-08-2017 - MEGA TOP 50]" (in Dutch). Mega Top 50 | 23
{{single chart|Dutch100|15|artist=The Script|song=Rain|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 September 2017}}
{{single chart|Poland|60|chartid=2478|year=2017|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 October 2017}}
{{single chart|Scotland|4|date=20170811|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 August 2017}}
{{single chart|Slovakia2|23|year=2017|week=39|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 October 2017}}
scope="row"| Slovenia (SloTop50){{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2017&week=46|title=SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart|publisher=SloTop50|language=Slovenian|accessdate=21 November 2017}} | 15
scope="row"| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=215&dfom=20170804|title=Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 32, 11 augusti 2017|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|accessdate=11 August 2017}} | 10
{{single chart|Switzerland|87|artist=The Script|song=Rain|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 September 2017}}
{{single chart|UK|15|date=20170908|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 September 2017}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|24|artist=The Script|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 October 2017}}

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scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2017|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2017|publisher=Dutch Top 40|accessdate=17 October 2019}} | 12

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=single|artist=The Script|title=Rain|award=Platinum|relyear=2017|certyear=2018|access-date= 17 November 2018}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=The Script|title=Rain|award=Platinum|id=14546-1340-1|relyear=2017|certyear=2021|access-date=23 July 2021}}

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