The Day the Rains Came (song)

"The Day the Rains Came" or "Am Tag als der Regen kam" or "La pioggia cadrà" is an adaptation of the French song "Le jour où la pluie viendra". The latter is a popular song released in 1957, composed and written by Gilbert Bécaud and Pierre Delanoë.

"Le jour où la pluie viendra"
Song
LanguageFrench, English, German, Italian
English title"The Day the Rains Came"
Written1957
Composer(s)Gilbert Bécaud
Lyricist(s)Pierre Delanoë (French), Carl Sigman (English), Ernst Bader (German), Mario Panzeri (Italian)

Bécaud's version reached #3 in Wallonia, in a tandem ranking,[1] and #20 in Flanders.[2]

In the United Kingdom, an English version by Jane Morgan went to number one in 1958.[3] That version also reached #4 in Canada[4] and #7 in Norway.[5]

In US, Raymond Lefèvre was first to release the song but only as instrumental under the English name. Lefèvre, Morgan and Dalida were tandemly ranked #14 (Billboard)[6] and #17 (Cash Box),[7] while Lefèvre's and Morgan's versions were marked as bestsellers on both charts (Dalida never recorded the song in English, only her French language original was released in US under the English name). "The day the rains came" also reached #2 on Billboard's sheet music chart.[8]

Many covers exist. In French by Les Compagnons de la chanson, Guylaine Guy, Nicole Félix, Jane Morgan, Aïda Aznavour, Claude Luter, Jean Bertola, Philippe Andrey etc. In Italian, as "La pioggia cadrà" with lirycs by Mario Panzeri, by Betty Curtis, Anita Traversi, Nilla Pizzi, Torrebruno, Dalida etc.

Dalida's version
Am Tag Als Der Regen Kam : German adaptation of the song by Dalida (1959).

Dalida's version was also an international success. She recorded it for the first time in 1957 and was among the first places in the rankings in France where the song was released on the A side of a 45 rpm maxi with "Gondolier".[9] Also the song was a #1 hit in Germany and a major success of her career with more than 1,000,000 units sold worldwide.[9][10] On July 15, 1959, the German music magazine Musikmarkt was published with Dalida on the cover. The magazine judged Dalida's hit as "a won battle for the cultivated, sophisticated hit".[11]

Dalida was credited in 1984 as créatrice de la chanson − expression used in France for the original performer.

Charts
Year Country Peak

position [9]

 Units sold [9]
1959  Germany 1 + 850,000
1958  Spain 3 -
1957  France + 165,000
1957  Wallonia -


References
  1. Gilbert Bécaud – Le jour où la pluie viendra, Ultratop. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  2. Gilbert Bécaud – Le jour où la pluie viendra, Ultratop. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  3. Jane Morgan - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  4. "1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts". CHUM. Archived from the original on March 10, 2006. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  5. Steffen Hung. "Jane Morgan - The Day The Rains Came". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  6. "Billboard Top 100", Billboard, December 1, 1958. p. 30. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  7. "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, November 8, 1958. p. 4. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  8. "Best Selling Sheet Music in U.S.", Billboard, December 1, 1958. p. 43. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  9. "Dalida :: ChartsInfos". www.chartsinfos.com (in French). 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  10. Chez Dalida - Le temps d'aimer. Editions du Rocher. 2017. ISBN 9782268091518. She sings in Lebanon, Greece and even Germany, where the Germanic version of Le jour où la pluie viendra is a great success and sells more than a million copies.
  11. Uwe Lechner, Der Musikmarkt, 30 Jahre Singlehitparade, 1989, S. 4.
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