Let It Rain (Mark Chesnutt song)
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"Let It Rain" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt
. It was released in March 1997 as the second new single from his Greatest Hits
album. The song reached number 8 on the U.S. Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart and peaked at number 16 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that "from the gentle opening bars of the soft and pretty melody to the final hushed notes, this is a great song - definitely one of the best in Chesnutt's already highly distinguished career." She goes on to say that his performance is "superb, sweet, and loving - but never syrupy. The well crafted song also shows off his burning talents as a songwriter."
Mark Chesnutt
Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...
. It was released in March 1997 as the second new single from his Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Mark Chesnutt album)
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It features ten of the greatest hits from his second through sixth studio albums, as well as the newly-recorded tracks "It's a Little Too Late" and "Let It Rain"...
album. The song reached number 8 on the U.S. Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart and peaked at number 16 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that "from the gentle opening bars of the soft and pretty melody to the final hushed notes, this is a great song - definitely one of the best in Chesnutt's already highly distinguished career." She goes on to say that his performance is "superb, sweet, and loving - but never syrupy. The well crafted song also shows off his burning talents as a songwriter."
Chart performance
"Let It Rain" debuted at number seventy-three on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 15, 1997.| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 8 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 16 |