| Summer Rain | |
| Cover: | Summer_Rain_-_Johnny_Rivers.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Rivers |
| Album: | Realization |
| B-Side: | Memory of the Coming Good |
| Released: | November 1967 |
| Genre: | Baroque pop, psychedelic pop, pop rock[1] |
| Length: | 3:30 |
| Label: | Imperial 66267 |
| Prev Title: | The Tracks of My Tears |
| Prev Year: | 1967 |
| Next Title: | Look to Your Soul |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
"Summer Rain" is a song written by James Hendricks and performed by Johnny Rivers on his 1968 LP Realization. Of his several dozen releases, it is considered his sixth greatest hit internationally.[2]
It reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, No. 6 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100, and No. 10 in Canada in early January, 1968.[3]
"Summer Rain" is about lifelong love during "the summer of love" of 1967. It was released in the late fall, as a reminiscence of the previous summer. The song references Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles album which was released during May of that year.
| Chart (1967–68) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 13 | |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[4] | 10 | |
| New Zealand (Listener) | 10 | |
| 14 | ||
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] | 6 | |
| U.S. Record World | 11 |