Composition
"Rain" is a pop song with trip-hop and balladry influences. According the sheet music published at MusicNotes.com, the song is written in the key note of Eb Major. Musical instrumentation's of violin, flute, oboe and Madonna's vocal range can span from they key note of Ab4 to the key note of Eb6. The song's tempo is set in a moderate pace, but not too fast and has a metronome of 92 beats per minute. According to MusicNotes, the song is influenced by adult contemporary, dance, dance-pop and europop. According to the master edit of Discogs, the song is influenced by electronic, downtempo and synthpop styles.
Lyrically, Madonna is comparing rain with the feelings of love. Just as the rain washes away the dirt, love washes clean the sorrows of the past, leaving just you and your lover in that moment of time. Madonna wrote the song with her frequent early '90s collaborator Shep Pettibone, who also worked with her on "Vogue" and "This Used To Be My Playground."
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