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“Fool in the Rain” by Led Zeppelin

From the album In Through the Out Door (1979)

“Fool in the Rain” by Led Zeppelin appears on 98 radio countdowns from 34 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1979 on the album In Through the Out Door. Its best result is #37 on the 99.1 PLR Led Zeppelin 50. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #793 indie & aaa song of all time and #347 of the '70s.

98countdowns
34stations
#37best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Fool in the Rain" is the third track on Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door, released in August 1979, and it's the band at their most light-footed. John Paul Jones and Robert Plant had fallen for the samba rhythms they heard during the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, and the song wears it proudly: a loping, hop-skip shuffle that tumbles into a full-blown samba break halfway through, with Jones blowing street whistles and John Bonham crashing timpani like it's carnival night.

Jimmy Page produced and plays guitar, Plant sings, Leif Mases engineered, and the writing credit goes to Jones, Page and Plant. The album didn't win the praise of its predecessors, but this one did, with Scott Ludwig of the Courier News singling out Bonham's playing in 1980. It turned out to be the band's last American single before the split in 1980, reaching 21 on the Hot 100 and number one on Canada's CHUM chart.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 358 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1994 705 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 808 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 673 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 378 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 385 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 224 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 96 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 487 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 557 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 1897 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 247 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 311 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 155 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 672 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2004 310 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2007 354 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 293 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 350 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 277 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 167 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 223 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 168 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 294 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 141 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 79 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 236 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 307 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 37 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Led Zeppelin 50 50
2014 115 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 243 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 75 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 153 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 307 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 490 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 79 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 161 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 200 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 44 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 179 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 248 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 262 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 111 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 260 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 258 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 176 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 197 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 204 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 180 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 476 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 159 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 324 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 246 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 730 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 205 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 196 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 471 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2021 212 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 194 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 186 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 263 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 123 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 275 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 348 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 246 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 367 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 161 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 435 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 167 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 121 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 904 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 295 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 295 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 165 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 281 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 138 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 420 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 138 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 178 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 323 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 216 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 350 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 309 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 366 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 146 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 417 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 193 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2025 212 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 248 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 154 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 338 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 141 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 344 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 732 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 374 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 705 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 337 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 367 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500

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