The Sun and the Rain
| "The Sun and the Rain" | ||||
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| Single by Madness | ||||
| from the album Keep Moving (US) Non-album single (UK) | ||||
| B-side | "Fireball XL5" / "Time for Tea" (USA/Canada) | |||
| Released | 29 October 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Length | 3:28 / 3:18 (US/Canada) | |||
| Label | Stiff | |||
| Songwriter | Mike Barson | |||
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"The Sun and the Rain" is a single by the English ska and pop band Madness. It was released in 1983 as a stand-alone single and in 1984 it was included on the American/Canadian version of their fifth studio album Keep Moving. The single spent 10 weeks on the UK singles chart, peaking at number 5. The song was also their last to ever enter the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking as high as No. 72 on that following chart in 1984.
"The Sun and the Rain" was the last Madness single written solely by Mike Barson until 2009's "Sugar and Spice". It was also the last original release of theirs to reach the UK top 10 until "Lovestruck" in 1999.