Background
"Rain" was chosen as the fifth single from Erotica. However, the song was initially released as the fourth single in the United States and Canada. The single included a previously unreleased track, "Up Down Suite", which is a 12-minute dub version of "Goodbye to Innocence", an omitted track recorded during the Erotica sessions. This version of the single also included a Danny Saber remix of the album track "Waiting" which features a rap by Everlast.
In the UK, the single included the 1986 track "Open Your Heart" which was being used in a Peugeot car commercial at the time, this release also had different artwork, with photography by Melodie McDaniel, who later directed her 1994 music video for "Secret". The same photo was later used on the 1994 US release for the single "I'll Remember", although this version was slighlty altered to remove the microphone from the photograph. In 1995, the song was also featured on Madonna's ballad compilation, Something to Remember.
According to media outlets, the song was first stated the song was a tribute song to American singer and songwriter Karen Carpenter, because according to outlets, Madonna's singing structure and singing resembled Carpenter's. In an interview with Madonna, she stated "Karen Carpenter had the clearest, purest voice. I'm completely influenced by her harmonic sensibility."
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