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Rain and Tears

"Rain and Tears"
Single by Aphrodite's Child
from the album End of the World
B-side "Don't Try to Catch a River"
Released 1968 (1968)
Format 45 rpm
Genre Pop
Length 3:17
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Johann Pachelbel arr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, Boris Bergman ()
Producer(s) Pierre Sberro
Aphrodite's Child singles chronology
"Rain and Tears"
(1968)		 "End of the World"
(1968)
End of the World track listing
"Mister Thomas"
(3)		 "Rain and Tears"
(4)		 "The Grass is No Green"
(5)
"Rain and Tears"
Single by The Hi-Revving Tongues
from the album The Tongues
B-side "Watermelon Man"
Released 1969 (1969)
Format 45 rpm
Label Zodiac
Songwriter(s) Johann Pachelbel arr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, Boris Bergman
Producer(s) Zodiac
The Hi-Revving Tongues singles chronology
"Baby Come Back to Me"
(1969)		 "Rain and Tears"
(1969)		 "Take Me to the Pilot"
(1970)
The Tongues track listing
"Melting Pot"
(8)		 "Rain and Tears"
(9)		 "Baby Come Back to Me"
(10)
"Rain and Tears"
Single by Demis Roussos
from the album The Story of Demis Roussos
B-side "Summer Wine"
Released 1987 (1987)
Format 45 rpm
Label
  • Zone
  • BR Music
Songwriter(s) Johann Pachelbel arr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, Boris Bergman
Producer(s)
  • Ed Starink
  • Bert Van Breda
Demis Roussos singles chronology
"Quand je t'aime"
(1987)		 "Rain and Tears"
(1987)		 "Marie Jolie"
(1987)
The Story of Demis Roussos track listing
"Rain and Tears"
(1)		 "We Shall Dance"
(2)

"Rain and Tears" is a song by the Greek band Aphrodite's Child. It was released as a single in 1968 on Mercury.

The song was included on the band's 1968 debut studio album End of the World.

The song was written by Evangelos Papathanassiou and Boris Bergman () on the motives of Pachelbel's Canon.

The recording was produced by Pierre Sberro.

The song reached no. 2 in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Norway. In Belgium it reached no. 1 in Wallonia and no. 7 in Flanders.

7" single Mercury 132 501 MFC (1968, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway)
7" Single Mercury MF 1039 (1968, UK)
7" single Mercury RF-1 (1968, Australia)
7" single Philips SFL-1178 (1968, Japan)
7" single Mercury 45-4124 (1968, Greece)

7" single Mercury 6033 014 (Italy, 1976)
7" single Mercury 6173 691 (1979, France)

7" single Philips 6060 321 (1982, Belgium)

A live version by ex-Aphrodite's Child vocalist Demis Roussos was included on his 1987 album The Story of Demis Roussos on the label BR Music (). The song was recorded live during "Goud van Oud Live" on April 10, 1987 in Rosmalen.

The recording was also released as a single from that album (in 1987 on BR Music).

French-Italian singer Dalida recorded the song with French lyrics as "Quelques larmes de pluie" for her 1968 album Le Temps des Fleurs (Barclay).


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