Rhapsody In The Rain

Album

Original Oldies: 60’s & 70’s, Volume 4

Label

MGM Records

Genre

-Pop

Composer(s)

Twyla Herbert,;Lou Christie

Entered Chart

Mar 26, 1966

Peak Date

Apr 30, 1966

Released

March 1966

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

MGM 13473

B-Side

Trapeze

The Catholic Church helped get this banned on many radio stations, which only made people want to hear it more (You'd think they'd have learned after banning Gary U.S. Bonds' "Quarter To Three"). It's mild by today's standards, but a hot topic back when you didn't sing about "Makin' love in the storm" with a teenage girl. >> Christie (in Goldmine magazine): "I had priests and nuns calling to complain. Even Time magazine did an article on it, saying I was corrupting the youth." The music was based on Tchaikovsky's "Romeo And Juliet." According to Christie, the original lyrics were changed from: "We were makin' out in the rain" to "We fell in love in the rain" and "In this car, we went too far" to "Our love came like a falling star."

Baby the raindrops play for me
A lonely rhapsody 'cause on our first date
We were makin' out in the rain

And in this car our love went much too far
It was exciting as thunder
Tonight I wonder where you are

Refrain:
The windshield wipers seemed to say
"Together - together - together - together"
And now they are saying
"Oh, ne...ver, ne...ver"
Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, baby

[Chorus]
Rhapsody in the rain
Rhapsody in the rain
Angels keep cryin' for me (don't... stop)
Angels keep cryin' for me (don't... stop)

Baby, I'm parked outside your door
Remember makin' love, makin' love, we were makin' love in the storm
(sha-la-la-la la-la)

Refrain 2:
And then a flash from above
Lightning - lightning - lightning - lightning
Just li-ike our love
It was exciting, exciting
Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, baby

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

guitar solo:

Yesterday, bring back yesterday

[repeat chorus]

Coda:
Rhapsody in the rain