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{{Infobox Single | {{Infobox Single | ||
|name = Fool in the Rain | |name = Fool in the Rain | ||
|image = | |image = Image:Fitrsingle1980.jpg | ||
|caption = 1980 Italian single | |caption = 1980 Italian single | ||
|album = ''In Through the Out Door'' | |album = ''In Through the Out Door'' | ||
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|released = 7 December 1979 | |released = 7 December 1979 | ||
|recorded = November - December 1978 | |recorded = November - December 1978 | ||
|genre = | |genre = Rock music|Rock, Latin rock | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
|length = Album: 6 minutes 8 seconds, Single: 3 minutes 20 seconds | |length = Album: 6 minutes 8 seconds, Single: 3 minutes 20 seconds | ||
|composer = | |composer = Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones | ||
|label = | |label = Swan Song Records | ||
|producer = Jimmy Page | |producer = Jimmy Page | ||
|engineer = Leif Mases | |engineer = Leif Mases | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{TOC|right}} | {{TOC|right}} | ||
''''Fool in the Rain'''' is a song on [[England|English]] | ''''Fool in the Rain'''' is a song on [[England|English]] Rock music|rock band Led Zeppelin's 1979 album, ''In Through the Out Door''. It was their final U.S. single released during the band's tenure, reaching number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1980. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The song exhibits a | The song exhibits a Latin American music|Latin feel. Drummer John Bonham plays a half-time shuffle beat along with a samba-style breakdown. A master drum track shows that the samba breakdown (2:25) was recorded separately. | ||
Bass player | Bass player John Paul Jones and vocalist Robert Plant got the idea for the samba beat from watching the 1978 FIFA World Cup tournament in Argentina.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Dave|year=2012|title=Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|pages=92|isbn=978-1-78038-547-1}}</ref> Guitarist Jimmy Page used an MXR Blue Box effect pedal during the solo to produce the octave sound. | ||
Lyrically, the song is about a man who is supposed to meet a woman on a certain corner. When the woman doesn't appear, he is filled with grief at being stood up. By the final verse, he wonders whether he'd been waiting for her on the ''wrong'' corner, making him the eponymous 'Fool in the Rain.' | Lyrically, the song is about a man who is supposed to meet a woman on a certain corner. When the woman doesn't appear, he is filled with grief at being stood up. By the final verse, he wonders whether he'd been waiting for her on the ''wrong'' corner, making him the eponymous 'Fool in the Rain.' | ||
This song was never performed live at | This song was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts, as the song was heavily studio-based. The piano was necessary in the song, but with John Paul Jones on piano, there could be no added bass. There is also a twelve-string guitar line at one point in the song and the guitar solo that has to be executed on top. On 5 October 2005, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant however performed the song with Pearl Jam at a Hurricane Katrina benefit show.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Dave|year=2012|title=Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|pages=93|isbn=978-1-78038-547-1}}</ref> | ||
==Chart positions== | ==Chart positions== | ||
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!align='center'|Peak position | !align='center'|Peak position | ||
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| Canadian | | Canadian CHUM (AM) chart<ref name='Canadian chum chart'>{{cite web | url = http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1201 | title = 1050 CHUM Toronto's Top Singles: 19 January 1980 | publisher = 1050chum.com | accessdate = 2009-01-15}}</ref> | ||
|align='center'|1 | |align='center'|1 | ||
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| US | | US Billboard Hot 100<ref name='US singles chart'>{{cite web | url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3071084&cdi=8890687&cid=02%2F16%2F1980 | title = Hot 100 Singles - 16 February 1980 | publisher = ''Billboard'' | accessdate = 2009-01-17}}</ref> | ||
|align='center'|21 | |align='center'|21 | ||
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| US '' | | US ''Cash Box'' Top 100 Singles<ref name='US cashbox singles chart'>{{cite web | url = http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800223.html | title = Top 100 Singles - 23 February 1980 | publisher = ''Cash Box'' | accessdate = 2009-01-17}}</ref> | ||
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**John Bonham - drums, percussion | **John Bonham - drums, percussion | ||
*Production: | *Production: | ||
** | **Peter Grant – executive producer | ||
**Leif Mases - engineer, mixing | **Leif Mases - engineer, mixing | ||
**Joe Sidore - original CD mastering engineer (mid-1980s) | **Joe Sidore - original CD mastering engineer (mid-1980s) | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}}[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]] |
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'Fool in the Rain' is a song on English Rock music|rock band Led Zeppelin's 1979 album, In Through the Out Door. It was their final U.S. single released during the band's tenure, reaching number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1980. OverviewThe song exhibits a Latin American music|Latin feel. Drummer John Bonham plays a half-time shuffle beat along with a samba-style breakdown. A master drum track shows that the samba breakdown (2:25) was recorded separately. Bass player John Paul Jones and vocalist Robert Plant got the idea for the samba beat from watching the 1978 FIFA World Cup tournament in Argentina.[1] Guitarist Jimmy Page used an MXR Blue Box effect pedal during the solo to produce the octave sound. Lyrically, the song is about a man who is supposed to meet a woman on a certain corner. When the woman doesn't appear, he is filled with grief at being stood up. By the final verse, he wonders whether he'd been waiting for her on the wrong corner, making him the eponymous 'Fool in the Rain.' This song was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts, as the song was heavily studio-based. The piano was necessary in the song, but with John Paul Jones on piano, there could be no added bass. There is also a twelve-string guitar line at one point in the song and the guitar solo that has to be executed on top. On 5 October 2005, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant however performed the song with Pearl Jam at a Hurricane Katrina benefit show.[2] Chart positionsSingle
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