Silvery Rain
{{short description|1971 song written by Hank Marvin}}
{{Infobox song
|name = Silvery Rain
|cover = Cliff Richard Silvery Rain.jpg
|alt =
| caption = Cover of the single released in Belgium
|type = single
|artist = Cliff Richard
|album =
|B-side = "Annabella Umbrella"
"Time Flies"
|released = {{start date|1971|3|26|df=yes}}
|recorded = 17 November 1970{{Cite web|title=Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Silvery Rain)|url=http://www.cliffrichardsongs.com/popup.php?data=SilveryRain197164_popupplus|website=www.cliffrichardsongs.com}}
|studio = EMI Studios, London
|venue =
|genre = Pop
|length = 3:46
|label = Columbia
|writer = Hank Marvin
|producer= Norrie Paramor
|prev_title = Sunny Honey Girl
|prev_year = 1971
|next_title = Flying Machine
|next_year = 1971
}}
"Silvery Rain" is a song composed by Hank Marvin and first released by Marvin, Welch & Farrar on their eponymous debut album in February 1971. It was also recorded by Cliff Richard, who released it as a single in March 1971. His version peaked at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.
Cliff Richard version
= Release =
"Silvery Rain" was released with two B-sides. The first, "Annabella Umbrella", was written by Valerie Avon and Harold Spiro and features an accompaniment by the Nick Ingam Orchestra. The second, "Time Flies", was written by Brian Bennett and Mike Hawker.{{Cite web|title=Cliff Richard - Silvery Rain|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/db8774|website=45cat|access-date=2021-10-16}}
"Silvery Rain" has been described as a being a "social comment on the problems of pesticides and poisons". Derek Johnson for New Musical Express described it as "one of the least commercial and uncharacteristic he has ever recorded".
= Track listing =
7": Columbia / DB 8774
- "Silvery Rain" – 3:46
- "Annabella Umbrella" – 2:49
- "Time Flies" – 2:54
= Personnel =
- Cliff Richard – vocals
- Big Jim Sullivan – guitar
- Brian Bennett Orchestra – all other instrumentation
=Charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| Chart (1971)
!Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI){{cite magazine|date=8 July 1971|title=Hitlisten|magazine=Ekstra Bladet|page=43}}
|18 |
| scope="row|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{Cite web|title=Cliff Richard - Silvery Rain|url=https://www.top40.nl/cliff-richard/cliff-richard-silvery-rain-17463|access-date=2021-10-17|website=Top40.nl|language=nl}}
|17 |
| scope="row|Netherlands (Single Tip){{Cite web|title=Cliff Richard – Silvery Rain|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Cliff+Richard&titel=Silvery+Rain&cat=s|access-date=2021-10-17|website=dutchcharts.nl}}
|10 |
| {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|27|artist=Cliff Richard|artistid=19899|rowheader=true|refname=uk}} |
Other versions
- In 1981, Australian singer Olivia Newton-John covered "Silvery Rain" on her 1981 album Physical and also released an accompanying music video for the song.{{Cite web|title=Olivia* - Physical|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/97895-Olivia-Physical|access-date=2021-10-16|website=Discogs|year=1981 |language=en}}
References
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Category:Songs written by Hank Marvin