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Wish It Would Rain
- Peak position
- #13
- Weeks on chart
- 41
"I Wish It Would Rain" is a 1967 song recorded by the Temptations for the Motown label (under the "Gordy" imprint) and produced by Norman Whitfield.
Why this album mattered
"I Wish It Would Rain" is a 1967 song recorded by the Temptations for the Motown label (under the "Gordy" imprint) and produced by Norman Whitfield. Release Issued with the Melvin Franklin-led "I Truly, Truly Believe" as its B-side, "I Wish It Would Rain" peaked for three weeks in February and March 1968 at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and at the number-one position on the Billboard R&B singles chart. The single was the focal point of the Temptations' 1968 album The Temptations Wish It Would Rain. Major singles from the album include "I Wish It Would Rain", "I Could Never Love Another A Feat Er Loving You", "Please Return Your Love To Me".
The music
1 I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- 2
Cindy
3 I Wish It Would Rain
4 Please Return Your Love to Me
- 5
Fan the Flame
- 6
He Who Picks the Roses
- 7
Why Did You Leave Me Darling
- 8
I Truly, Truly Believe
- 9
This Is My Beloved
- 10
Gonna Give Her All the Love I’ve Got
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- May 25, 1968#93
- Jun 1#72
- Jun 8#61
- Jun 15#42
- Jun 22#39
- Jun 29#34
- Jul 6#29
- Jul 13#26
- Jul 20#24
- Jul 27#22
- Aug 3#17
- Aug 10#17
- Aug 17#13
- Aug 24#13
- Aug 31#16
- Sep 7#18
- Sep 14#18
- Sep 21#28
- Sep 28#49
- Oct 5#68
- Oct 12#68
- Oct 19#87
- Oct 26#85
- Nov 2#92
- Nov 9#92
- Nov 16#84
- Nov 23#85
- Nov 30#96
- Dec 7#94
- Dec 14#94
- Dec 21#87
- Dec 28#83
- 1969
- Jan 4, 1969#104
- Jan 11#102
- Jan 18#135
- Jan 25#134
- Feb 1#130
- Feb 8#132
- Feb 15#132
- Feb 22#142
- Mar 1#173
A rocket up the chart — jumping 21 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #93, exploded upward for 13 weeks to reach #13 and fell quickly across 41 weeks on the chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
- I Wish It Would RainThe Temptations
- Hot 100 peak
- #4
- Weeks on chart
- 14
Highest peak · Longest-running single · First charting singleOpen song journey → - I Could Never Love Another A Feat Er Loving YouThe Temptations
- Hot 100 peak
- #13
- Weeks on chart
- 10
Open song journey → - Please Return Your Love To MeThe Temptations
- Hot 100 peak
- #26
- Weeks on chart
- 7
Final charting singleOpen song journey →
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Album facts
- Genrespop · R&B · soul · Funk
- Singles"I Wish It Would Rain" · "I Could Never Love Another A Feat Er Loving You" · "Please Return Your Love To Me"
- ArtistThe Temptations
- Year1968