Rain on the Scarecrow

"Rain on the Scarecrow"
Single by John Cougar Mellencamp
from the album Scarecrow
B-side"You've Got to Stand for Somethin'"
Released1986
Recorded1985
StudioBelmont Mall Studio (Belmont, Indiana)
GenreHeartland rock
Length3:46
LabelRiva
SongwritersJohn Mellencamp, George M. Green
ProducersJohn Mellencamp, Don Gehman
John Cougar Mellencamp singles chronology
"R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A."
(1986) 		"Rain on the Scarecrow"
(1986) 		"Rumbleseat"
(1986)

"Rain on the Scarecrow" is a song by American singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp, released in 1985 as the fourth single from his eighth studio album, Scarecrow. The song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was notable for its powerful social commentary on the collapse of rural farming communities in the United States during the 1980s.

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