“Crying in the Rain” by Whitesnake

Whitesnake first cut "Crying in the Rain" for Saints & Sinners in 1982, and David Coverdale, who wrote it alone, drew it from his own divorce. That original is a blues at heart, a shade slower than the later remake, and it opens with a short guitar solo from Bernie Marsden. Micky Moody plays the other guitar, Jon Lord the keyboards, Neil Murray the bass and Ian Paice the drums, with Martin Birch producing and mixing.

Five years later the band re-recorded it for their multi-platinum 1987 album Whitesnake, heavier, faster and cut from heavy metal cloth, with the opening solo gone; Coverdale has said John Sykes hated the blues. That remake went out as a one-track promo single, and it's the one Whitesnake have played live ever since, with a drum solo wedged into the middle since the band reformed in 2002.

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