| Rain | |
| Cover: | YUI_re_rain.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Yui |
| Album: | How Crazy Your Love |
| A-Side: | Rain |
| B-Side: | A Room |
| Released: | November 24, 2010 |
| Recorded: | 2010 (Japan) |
| Venue: | Osaka, Japan |
| Genre: | J-pop |
| Length: | 16:32 |
| Label: | Sony Music Records |
| Producer: | Hisashi Kondo |
| Prev Title: | To Mother |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | It's My Life/Your Heaven |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
"Rain" is the seventeenth single by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Yui. It was released on November 24, 2010. The title song is a tie-in for the Fuji TV drama series Perfect Report. The single reached number 2 on the Oricon chart.[1]
The music video for "Rain" alternates between cuts of Yui and her band playing in the rain and Yui herself running through a rainy street towards a Christmas gift shop. Around the middle of the music video, a happier past is shown through flashbacks of Yui smiling and receiving earrings on a sunny day, along with the lines: "They try to bring back memories / Which are already gone / No matter what I do, I can't get rid of the past."[2] The video eventually ends with an image of hope for the future, with the lyrics: "When someday this rain turns to snow / And slowly consumes this sadness / I'll be greeted by new hope.[3]
| Charts (2010) | Peak position | First week sales | Sales total | Chart run | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Oricon Daily Single | 1 | ||||
| Japan Oricon Weekly Single[4] | 2 | 67,796 | 83,706 | 11 | |
| Japan Oricon Yearly Single | 86 |
The single was certified gold by the RIAJ for having more than 100,000 copies shipped to stores.[5]