The Sun And The Rain
	Produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley
	Released on November 1983
	UK CHART POSITION #5 . . . US CHART POSITION #72 (charted March 3, 1984 for 5 weeks)
	Find it at GEMM
7-29350 w. picture sleeve [high resolution scan]

O nly a handful of Madness singles had any success in the US, “The Sun And The Rain” being the last. It’s classic Barson, with a chorus that could only be described as the sound of someone aspiring to flight with rain-soaked shoes. The US flip side is “Time For Tea,” a nonalbum track that was appended to the Keep Moving CD. Typical of Lee Thompson’s tracks, the sax plays a prominent role in the melody and the song has an edgy, modern feel (not unlike his “Blue Skinned Beast”). However, it’s not better than anything else that made the elpee cut for Keep Moving.

TRACK LISTING

UK 7-inch single

1. THE SUN AND THE RAIN
2. FIRE BALL XL5
   
   UK 12-inch single
   
1. THE SUN AND THE RAIN (EXTENDED VERSION)
2. FIRE BALL XL5
3. MY GIRL (LIVE)
   
   US/CAN 7-inch single
   
1. THE SUN AND THE RAIN    (Mike Barson)    3:16
2. TIME FOR TEA    (Lee Thompson/Chris Foreman)    3:08
   
   US 12-inch single
   
1. THE SUN AND THE RAIN
2. WINGS OF A DOVE
3. KEEP MOVING

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