| The Rains Came | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sir Douglas Quintet |
| B-Side: | Bacon Fat |
| Released: | December 1965 |
| Genre: | Garage rock |
| Length: | 2:13 |
| Label: | Tribe |
| Producer: | Huey P. Meaux |
| Prev Title: | In Time |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | Quarter to Three |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
| The Rains Came | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Freddy Fender |
| Album: | Rock 'n' Country |
| B-Side: | Sugar Coated Love |
| Released: | 1977 |
| Studio: | SugarHill (Houston, Texas)[1] |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:17 |
| Label: | Dot |
| Producer: | Huey P. Meaux |
| Prev Title: | Living It Down |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | If You Don't Love Me (Why Don't You Just Leave Me Alone) |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"The Rains Came" is a song written by Huey P. Meaux and originally recorded by Big Sambo and the House Wreckers in 1962, reaching #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year.
Sir Douglas Quintet covered the song as a single in late 1965. Their version reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1966.
Freddy Fender covered the song as the third single from his 1977 album Rock 'n' Country. His version was the most successful, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart[2] and reaching #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[3]