RED RAIN (SONG)

'Red Rain' is the first track on Peter Gabriel's 1986 solo album ''So''. In the USA, it reached #3 on Billboard magazine's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Stewart Copeland from The Police, played the hi-hat for the rain-like background sound.
The song is a combination of several inspirations. The lyrics directly reference a recurring dream Gabriel was having where he swam through red water.
Earlier in his solo career, Gabriel had an idea for a movie, ''Mozo''. In it, villagers were punished for their sins with a blood red rain. "Red Rain" was to be the theme song. This idea was eventually scrapped, although there was a mention of ''Mozo'' in the song "On The Air" in ''Peter Gabriel (II)''.
According to the sleeve notes from the remastered version of ''So'', it is also a reference to acid rain. The song was covered by Ill Niño on The Under Cover Sessions.

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"Red Rain" album appearances:

In popular culture

References

"Red Rain" album appearances:

★ ''So'' (1986)

★ ''Shaking the Tree'' (1990)

★ ''Secret World Live'' (Live, 1994)

★ ''Hit'' (2003)

In popular culture

★ Red Rain was used in the soundtrack to the Miami Vice TV show third season episode Stone's War, first aired in October 1986.^[1]

References

1. Miami Vice Music Archives, accessed August 29, 2007