Tell It to the Rain

{{Infobox song

| name = Tell It to the Rain

| cover = 4seasons tellittotherain 45.JPG

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Four Seasons

| album = New Gold Hits

| B-side = Show Girl (from the album The 4 Seasons Entertain You)

| released = {{Start date|1966|11}}{{Citation |last=The Four Seasons |title=Greatest Hits, Volume 2 |date=1991 |url=http://archive.org/details/cd_greatest-hits-volume-2_the-four-seasons-frankie-valli |others=Internet Archive |publisher=Warner Special Products |access-date=2023-01-30 |last2=Frankie Valli}}

| recorded = November 1966

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Blue-eyed soul|psychedelic pop{{cite web|work=Allmusic|title=Tell It to the Rain review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/tell-it-to-the-rain-mt0008330086|first=Donald|last=A. Guarisco|accessdate=11 November 2022}}}}

| length = 2:30

| label = Philips

| writer = Mike Petrillo-Chubby Cifelli{{cite web|title=secondhandsongs.com|url=https://www.https://secondhandsongs.com/work/122415|website=secondhandsongs.com|accessdate=December 29, 2020}}

| producer = Bob Crewe

| prev_title = I've Got You Under My Skin

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Beggin'

| next_year = 1967

}}

"Tell It to the Rain" is a song composed by Mike Petrillo and Chubby Cifelli and popularized by The Four Seasons in 1966 and early 1967. The single reached the #10 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=238}}

The song's arrangement includes a prominent 12-string electric guitar part, as well as sound effects and a crescendo of vocals toward the end.

Cash Box said the single is "loaded with the group’s usual effective sound and infectious arrangement."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=December 3, 1966 |page=40 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-12-03.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}

Chart history

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1966-67)

!Peak
position

Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5757&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5757.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5757|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1966-12-26 |accessdate=2020-06-28}}*

| style="text-align:center;"|60

UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10315/four-seasons/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=1967-01-18 |accessdate=2020-06-28}}

| style="text-align:center;"|37

U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}

| style="text-align:center;"|10

U.S. Cash Box Top 100[http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19670128.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 28, 1967]

|align="center"|12

(* - Canadian RPM chart data incomplete for early 1967)

References