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“Let It Rain” by Eric Clapton

From the album Eric Clapton (1970)

“Let It Rain” by Eric Clapton appears on 25 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1991 and 2026. It was first released in 1970 on the album Eric Clapton. Its best result is #31 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,395 indie & aaa song of all time.

25countdowns
12stations
#31best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2026years charted

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Eric Clapton stepped out under his own name in 1970 with the album Eric Clapton, and "Let It Rain" is where the solo record really opens up. He wrote it with Bonnie Bramlett, and like his old "Strange Brew" it started life wearing different words: an earlier take called "She Rides" later turned up on the album's expanded edition.

The song turns on a pun between rain and reign, love pictured as something that pours down and rules at once. AllMusic's Matthew Greenwald singled out its electric guitar riff, the melody curling around almost folk-simple chords, and a brief instrumental turn from Stephen Stills. It sits in D major. Polydor put it out as a single in 1972 to push the compilation Eric Clapton at His Best.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 247 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 579 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1997 543 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 422 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
2001 1986 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 475 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 455 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 31 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2004 503 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2007 759 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2011 133 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 134 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 391 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 769 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 92 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 204 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 954 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 83 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 229 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 203 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 857 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2022 479 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 719 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 468 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2026 405 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499

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