Song · Patty Griffin
“Rain” by Patty Griffin
From the album 1000 Kisses (2002)
“Rain” by Patty Griffin appears on 12 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2004 and 2025. It was first released in 2002 on the album 1000 Kisses. Its best result is #25 on the WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #497 indie & aaa song of all time and #462 of the '00s.
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Patty Griffin wrote "Rain" by herself, words and music, and it's one of the songs on 1000 Kisses, her third studio album, which ATO Records released on April 9, 2002. The album took the slow road: it stopped at 101 on the Billboard 200 but went all the way to number one on the Top Heatseekers chart, and by May 2004 it had sold 151,000 copies in the US.
It also held up. In 2009 Paste placed it at number 15 among the decade's 50 best albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 146 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2007 | 713 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2009 | 25 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 26 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2012 | 240 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2013 | 75 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2019 | 204 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 204 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 1834 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2023 | 252 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 439 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 303 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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