Fool in the Rain

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. Fool in the Rain Image:Fitrsingle1980.jpg 1980 Italian single Appears on In Through the Out Door Published by Flames of Albion Music Registration ASCAP 360158983 Release date 7 December 1979 Recorded November - December 1978 Genre Rock music Language English Length Album: 6 minutes 8 seconds, Single: 3 minutes 20 seconds Composer Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones (musician) Label Swan Song Records Producer Jimmy Page Engineer Leif Mases 'Fool in the Rain' is a song on England|English Rock music|rock band Led Zeppelin's 1979 album, In Through the Out Door. It was their final U.S. single released during the band's tenure, reaching number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1980. Overview The song exhibits a Latin American music|Latin feel. Drummer John Bonham plays a half-time shuffle beat along with a samba-style breakdown. A master drum track shows that the samba breakdown (2:25) was recorded separately. Bass player John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones and vocalist Robert Plant got the idea for the samba beat from watching the 1978 FIFA World Cup tournament in Argentina. Guitarist Jimmy Page used an MXR Blue Box effect pedal during the solo to produce the octave sound. Lyrically, the song is about a man who is supposed to meet a woman on a certain corner. When the woman doesn't appear, he is filled with grief at being stood up. By the final verse, he wonders whether he'd been waiting for her on the wrong corner, making him the eponymous 'Fool in the Rain.' This song was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts, as the song was heavily studio-based. The piano was necessary in the song, but with John Paul Jones on piano, there could be no added bass. There is also a twelve-string guitar line at one point in the song and the guitar solo that has to be executed on top. On 5 October 2005, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant however performed the song with Pearl Jam at a Hurricane Katrina benefit show. Chart positions Single Chart (1980) Peak position Canadian CHUM (AM) chart 1 US Billboard Hot 100 21 US Cash Box Top 100 Singles 31 US Record World 100 Top Pop Chart 34 Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart 12 New Zealand Top 50 Singles Chart 44 Single (Digital download) Chart (2007) Peak position Canadian Billboard Hot Digital Singles Chart 69 Credits Personnel Musicians: Jimmy Page – electric guitar, producer, remastering, digital remastering Robert Plant – vocals John Paul Jones – keyboards, bass guitar John Bonham - drums, percussion Production: Peter Grant – executive producer Leif Mases - engineer, mixing Joe Sidore - original CD mastering engineer (mid-1980s) George Marino - remastered CD engineer (1990) References