Red Rain (song)

"Red Rain"
Single by Peter Gabriel
from the album So
Released29 June 1987
Recorded1985
GenreRock
Length
  • 5:39 (album version)
  • 4:02 (US promo edit)
LabelGeffen
SongwriterPeter Gabriel
Producers
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Daniel Lanois
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"Big Time"
(1987)
"Red Rain"
(1987)
"Biko Live/No More Apartheid"
(1987)
Music video
"Red Rain" on YouTube

"Red Rain" is the first track on English rock musician Peter Gabriel's fifth solo studio album So (1986). In the United States, it was initially only released as a promotional single and reached number three on Billboard magazine's Mainstream Rock chart in June 1986, where it stayed for three weeks between July and August. A year later, in June 1987, it was released as a commercial single in parts of Europe, Australia and the United States, peaking at 46 in the UK Singles Chart after entering the chart in July of that year.

"Red Rain" was included on a Greenpeace benefit album released by Geffen Records titled Rainbow Warriors, which contained over 25 tracks from artists including INXS, Sting, and Grateful Dead. A live version also charted in the UK and North America in 1994.