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"I Made It Through the Rain"
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album Barry
B-side"Only in Chicago"
ReleasedNovember 1980
GenrePop, easy listening
Length
  • 3:57 (7" edit)
  • 4:25 (album version)
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"Bermuda Triangle"
(1980) 		"I Made It Through the Rain"
(1980) 		"Lonely Together"
(1981)

"I Made It Through the Rain" is a song that became a hit after it was recorded by American singer Barry Manilow, also included on his 1980 album, Barry. The song was originally recorded in 1979 by its co-writer Gerard Kenny who composed it with Drey Shepperd about a struggling musician who never gives up. Manilow heard the song and revised the lyric with Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman to make the song about the everyday person's struggles, rather than those of a profession.

According to Billboard, "I Made It Through the Rain" "sustains a rather contemplative mood with gradual building and finally one of Manilow's most dynamic finishes.[1] Record World praised Manilow's "resounding vocal performance" and the song's "string grandeur."[2]

In the U.S., Manilow's version peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 (his 11th and last top ten on that chart to date) and at number 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3] Kenny's original version was included on his 1979 RCA Records album called Made It Through the Rain, which reached the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart and remains on his set-list at concerts as of 2016.

Chart history

References

  1. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. November 22, 1980. p. 79. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  2. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 22, 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  3. ^ "Barry - Barry Manilow". AllMusic, Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Lonely Together". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 347. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  7. ^ Billboard Adult Contemporary, February 7, 1981
  8. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.


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