Spring Rain (Bebu Silvetti song) explained

"Lluvia de primavera" "Spring Rain"
Cover:	Spring Rain (Bebu Silvetti song).jpeg
Type:	single
Artist:	Bebu Silvetti
B-Side:	"Travel Check" (original release)"Sortilegio" (1977 Spanish re-release)
Released:	1975
Recorded:	1975
Length:	3:08 (Original Version) (Mix used for the album "World Without Words" and the original 1975 single release)5:56 (Tom Moulton mix) (Mix used in the album "Spring Rain" and the 1976 Maxi-Single released by Salsoul Records)2:58 (Short version of the Tom Moulton mix) (Mix used in the 1977 re-release of the single)
Label:	Hispavox (Spain)
Composer:	Bebu Silvetti

"Lluvia de primavera", released in America as "Spring Rain", is an instrumental composition by Bebu Silvetti.^[1]

Chart performance

Released in 1975 the single did not receive airplay and chart in the USA until January 1977 when, driven by popularity in discos, it peaked at #39 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of March 19, 1977,^[2] joining the list of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States. In the US, on the National Disco Action Top 40 chart, "Spring Rain" went to #4.^[3] "Spring Rain" was also a hit on the Easy Listening chart, peaking at #13.^[4]

The single charted in South Africa in June 1977 at #4. The album version is longer than the original 1975 single version, which covered only the Hispavox A-side, with "Travel Check" on the B-side. In March 1977 Polydor Germany issued the album version split over 2 x 7" sides for discotheque use as "Spring Rain Part I / Part II".

TV themes

• The tune was used as the opening theme for Penn State Football TV Highlight Show from 1977.
• The tune was used as the theme of the short-lived 1978-79 syndicated game/talk hybrid show The Love Experts (hosted by Bill Cullen at the time), and the unsold 1978 pilot of Mind Readers (hosted by Geoff Edwards at the time).
• The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1983 pilot called Famous Last Words...^[5] (hosted by Geoff Edwards at the time).
• The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1984 pilot of Jackpot! (hosted by Nipsey Russell at the time).
• The Big Spin.

Popular culture

• The single has been reissued on many compilations, such as Salsoul Jam 2000.

Many radio stations used this instrumental piece as well as its B-side Traffic Check as a station or program jingle, or as a filler.^{[6] [7]}

Samples

• "Spring Rain" has been sampled on songs including: Shangri-La (Denki Groove song), and Helter Stupid.

Notes and References

1. Billboard - 29 Dec 2001 - Page 15 " listeners worldwide may remember Silvetti as the pianist/author of "Spring Rain," a pop instrumental hit in the late 70s written ..."
2. https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1977-03-19 The Hot 100, Week of March 19, 1977  - Billboard.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 234.

4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 221.

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcpWVzmVu0 Famous Last Words...|Geoff Edwards Pilot
6. Web site: Spring Rain (Bebu Silvetti) - Radiopedia.
7. Book: Zeezender Discografie 5A. Soundscapes.