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"I Love a Rainy Night" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in November 1980 as the second single from his album Horizon . It reached number one on the Hot Country Singles , [ 3 ] Billboard Hot 100 , and Adult Contemporary Singles [ 4 ] charts in early 1981.
Although many of Rabbitt's successful songs were country-pop material, "Drivin' My Life Away" began his peak popularity as a crossover artist. The song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and set the stage for his biggest career hit: "I Love a Rainy Night," which reached the top on the country, Hot 100 and adult contemporary charts in early 1981.
Both Newton ("Queen of Hearts", "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me") and Rabbitt ("I Love a Rainy Night", "Every Which Way but Loose") had already enjoyed considerable success on both the pop and country music charts, and their version of the duet went to No. 1 on the Billboard country chart. This was Newton's final No. 1 though her last solo ...
It was released eight months before his death. It included six new songs and six re-recordings of past hits including "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away" from Horizon, "On Second Thought" and "American Boy" from Jersey Boy, "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" from Rocky Mountain Music and "Suspicions" from Loveline.
Horizon reached number one on country album charts and ultimately reached platinum status.AllMusic retrospectively gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5 and praised the tracks on side one for their "sun-inspired, guitar-based productions, heavy on the echo" but described the second side as being "a bit ballad-heavy."
No. Title Writer(s) Length; 1. "I Love a Rainy Night" Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens, David Malloy: 3:08: 2. "Drivin' My Life Away" Rabbitt, Stevens, Malloy: 3:14: 3 ...
U2 honored their longtime friend Shane MacGowan with an acoustic cover of the Pogues’ “A Rainy Day in Soho” last night (Dec. 1) during their residency at Sphere at the Venetian in Las Vegas.
I Love a Rainy Night; I Think It's Going to Rain Today; I Wish It Would Rain; I Wish It Would Rain Down; I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm; Ice Queen (song) Il pleut, il pleut, bergère; It Never Rains in Southern California; It's a Rainy Day; It's Raining Men; It's Raining, It's Pouring