Raining on Sunday

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"Raining on Sunday"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album Golden Road
ReleasedJanuary 21, 2003
Recorded2001-2002
GenreCountry
Length4:45 (album version)
3:54 (radio edit)
LabelCapitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)Darrell Brown
Radney Foster
Producer(s)Dann Huff
Keith Urban
Keith Urban singles chronology
"Somebody Like You"
(2002)
"Raining on Sunday"
(2003)
"Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"
(2003)

"Raining on Sunday" is a song co-written by country music artist Radney Foster and Darrell Brown. It was initially recorded on Foster's 1999 Arista Records album See What You Want to See. Foster's version of the song features a backing vocal from Darius Rucker of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish.

Keith Urban covered the song for his 2002 album Golden Road. His rendition was released as the album's second single in January 2003.

Personnel[edit]

The following musicians perform on Urban's version:[1]

Chart performance[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for "Raining on Sunday"
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 79
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 38
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 3

Year-end charts[edit]

Year-end chart performance for "Raining on Sunday"
Chart (2003) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 13

References[edit]

  1. ^ Golden Road (CD booklet). Capitol Records. 2002. 32936.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 289.
  3. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  4. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  5. ^ "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.