It's Raining

"It's Raining" was the first single from the third album from Korean R&B singer, Rain.

"It's Raining" first hit airwaves in September 2004 (a month before the album, It's Raining), and was met with a positive response. The single went straight to the number one position in South Korea. The single and its album launched Rain as an international artist throughout Asia in 2005. Both reached number one in several places, including Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, China, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

With this single, Rain presented a brand-new image to his fans, and explored a more upbeat, hip-hop influenced sound. In an attempt to attract a larger international audience, he changed his name from Bi (meaning ‘rain’ in Korean) to its English form, Rain. This was also Rain's first single with an English name, rather than a Korean one. The single eventually made its way to the MTV studios in 2006. Its video was played periodically on MTV (USA) to promote Rain’s first ever US concert, Rainy Day, in Madison Square Garden. It is rumored that an English version of the song will be re-recorded for inclusion on Rain’s first English album, due in 2008.