Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head - wikipedia Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head Jump to : navigation , search For the albums , see Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head ( Andy Williams album ) , Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head ( Johnny Mathis album ) , and Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head ( Mel Tormé album ) . `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' From the motion picture Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Single by B.J. Thomas from the album Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head B - side `` Never Had It So Good '' Released October 1969 Length 2 : 57 Label Scepter Records Songwriter ( s ) Hal David ( credited as Mack David ) and Burt Bacharach ( later as Luther Dixon ) Producer ( s ) Hal David and Burt Bacharach B.J. Thomas singles chronology `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) Gold record presented to backup singer Linda November for her work on `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song . David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score . The song was recorded by B.J. Thomas in seven takes , after Bacharach expressed dissatisfaction with the first six . In the film version of the song , Thomas had been recovering from laryngitis , which made his voice sound hoarser than in the 7 - inch release . The film version featured a separate vaudeville - style instrumental break in double time while Paul Newman performed bicycle stunts . The single by B.J. Thomas reached number 1 on charts in the United States , Canada , Norway and reached number 38 in the UK Singles Chart . It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in January 1970 and was also the first American number - one hit of the 1970s . The song also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart . Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song of 1970 . According to Billboard magazine , Thomas ' single had sold over 2 million copies by March 14 , 1970 , with eight - track and cassette versions also climbing the charts . Contents ( hide ) 1 History 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly singles charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Covers 4 See also 5 References History ( edit ) Ray Stevens was first offered the opportunity to record it for the film , but turned it down . He chose instead to record the song `` Sunday Morning Coming Down '' , written by Kris Kristofferson . Bob Dylan is supposed to have been approached for the song , but he , too , reportedly declined . The trumpet solos in the song are performed by Chuck Findley . In 2004 , it finished at number 23 on AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema . In 2008 , the single was ranked 85th on Billboard 's Hot 100 All - Time Top Songs and placed 95th in the 55th Anniversary edition of the All - Time Hot 100 list in 2013 . Billboard Magazine also ranked the song 15th on its Top 50 Movie Songs of All Time list in 2014 . The song , initially when it came out , I believe it was October of 69 , the movie did n't come out until December , it did get some bad reviews . It was a very unique and different sounding song , Bacharach and David never had any qualms about trying to do anything different , or push the envelope so to speak . So nowadays , it sounds pretty tame , but back then , radio resisted it to some degree . But , when the movie came out it hit hugely and sold about 200,000 to 300,000 records a day ( and continued selling ) for about three years . -- B.J. Thomas , Interview , Pods o ' Pop ( August 22 , 2011 ) On December 3 , 2013 , the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced that the single would be inducted into the 2014 Grammy Hall Of Fame . `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' was used in the film Spy Hard , which parodied the scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . Police Constable Pan-Am sings the opening lines at the end of his appearance in Series 2 , Episode 4 of Monty Python 's Flying Circus . It is on the soundtracks to Forrest Gump and Spider - Man 2 , in the latter accentuating Peter Parker 's blissful mood after abandoning his Spider - Man identity and its responsibilities . It was used in the Kevin Smith film Clerks II . The first episode of the second season of the popular medical drama Grey 's Anatomy is named after the song . It is also used in The Simpsons , episode 16 of the fourth season , called `` Duffless '' , at the end of the episode , while credits are presented . It was also used in a season 1 episode of Arrested Development entitled `` Altar Egos '' . It was also used in the 2003 film The In - Laws starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks , which was a remake of the 1979 Peter Falk / Alan Arkin film . Chart performance ( edit ) Weekly singles charts ( edit ) B.J. Thomas version Chart ( 1969 - 70 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 20 Austria Top 40 11 Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Dutch Top 40 28 French Singles Chart 56 German Singles Chart 40 Irish Singles Chart 9 Italian Singles Chart 31 Norwegian Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart South African Singles Chart UK Singles Chart 38 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 Johnny Farnham version Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart Year - end charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1970 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 6 US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box 13 Covers ( edit ) The song has been covered numerous times . In 1969 , Craig Douglas released a version produced by Tony Hatch . From January 24 to March 13 , 1970 , it was a number - one hit ( for seven weeks ) in Australia on the Go - Set National Top 40 for local pop singer , Johnny Farnham . In 1970 , it was also covered by Dionne Warwick on her album I 'll Never Fall in Love Again , by Engelbert Humperdinck on his album We Made It Happen , Johnny Mathis on his album Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head , Perry Como on his album It 's Impossible , The Four Tops on their album Changing Times , Andy Williams on his album , Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head , and The Free Design on their album Stars / Time / Bubbles / Love . Portuguese - born television and radio presenter Pedro Biker released a Danish version re-entitled `` Regndråber Drypper I Mit Hår '' in 1970 . A Swedish version was also made in 1970 , `` Regnet det bara öser ner '' sung by Siw Malmkvist . Genesis referenced the song title in their lyrics of In the Cage '' in 1974 . It has been covered in French by French singer Sacha Distel , whose version Toute La Pluie Tombe Sur Moi was a number 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart , and number 13 in Ireland , as well as number 10 in France . Distel also recorded a version with the original English lyrics , and another in Italian , Gocce Di Pioggia Su Di Me . Bobbie Gentry 's version reached number 40 in the UK chart . Paul Mauriat recorded it with his Grand Orchestra it 1973 . It was the only known cover in the USSR . The Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers cover version is credited with adding greater nuance to the song , the Financial Times citing their recording as transforming the song from carefree optimism to `` an exhortation to keep going in the face of tragedy '' and noting that Bradfield 's voice `` added grit to the facile lyric '' . The group often spent their downtime on the tour bus watching the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , and incorporated the song into live sets . After the disappearance of lyricist Richey Edwards , the band decided to continue rather than split up . Having booked studio time in France to record their fourth album , Everything Must Go , they were invited to record for the War Child album The Help Album . The project required all songs to be recorded in one day . While band biographer Simon Price has described the recording and release of the record as a `` coded message '' that the band still existed , Bradfield recalls the events differently : `` ... us putting it out was n't planned as us saying ' We 're OK , guys ! ' , but the deadline was the next day after we 'd arrived in this place , for some kind of new beginning . '' The band 's recorded version of the song contains the first recorded instance of drummer Sean Moore performing on trumpet , and also appears on their 2003 B - sides and rarities compilation album Lipstick Traces ( A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers ) . The Manics further reference the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with the B - side `` Sepia '' . The Barry Sisters covered the song in a Yiddish version ( `` Trop'ns Fin Regen Oif Mein Kop '' ) on their 1973 album Our Way . Lisa Miskovsky covered the song in the extended version of her self - titled ( 2004 ) album . Preceded by `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' by Diana Ross & the Supremes Billboard Hot 100 number - one single January 3 -- 24 , 1970 ( 4 weeks ) Succeeded by `` I Want You Back '' by The Jackson Five See also ( edit ) 1960s portal Pop music portal List of number - one singles in Australia during the 1970s List of RPM number - one singles of 1970 List of number - one hits in Norway List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1969 ( U.S. ) List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1970 ( U.S. ) List of Hot 100 number - one singles of 1970 ( U.S. ) References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Audio Single : Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head - B.J. Thomas ( October 1969 ) '' . SHS - secondhandsongs . Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 15 . ^ Jump up to : Roberts , David ( 2006 ) . British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed . ) . London : Guinness World Records Limited . p. 136 . ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5 . Jump up ^ Whitburn , Joel ( 1996 ) . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits , 6th Edition ( Billboard Publications ) Jump up ^ Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1970 Jump up ^ `` Photo caption '' . Billboard. 14 March 1970 . p. 1 . Retrieved 3 January 2015 . Jump up ^ A Song A Day - Raindrops Keeps Falling On My Head , Music Aloud Jump up ^ `` Herb Alpert FAQ Herb Alpert / Tijuana Brass Discography and Collector Resource '' . Tijuanabrass.com . Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02 . Jump up ^ The Billboard Hot 100 All - Time Top Songs ( 90 - 81 ) Archived September 29 , 2008 , at the Wayback Machine . Jump up ^ Bronson , Fred ( 2 August 2013 ) . `` Hot 100 55th Anniversary : The All - Time Top 100 Songs '' . Billboard Magazine . Retrieved 3 August 2014 . Jump up ^ Dan , Reilly ( 27 February 2014 ) . `` Top 50 Movie Songs Of All Time '' . Billboard Magazine . Retrieved 3 August 2014 . Jump up ^ B.J. Thomas ( 2011 ) . Pods o ' Pop - BJ Thomas Interview and Songs ( MP3 ) . Pods o ' Pop . Event occurs at 34m 18s . Archived from the original ( Audio ) on December 12 , 2013 . Retrieved 7 December 2013 . Jump up ^ `` 2014 Grammy Hall of Fame '' . Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on my Head . THE RECORDING ACADEMY. 3 December 2013 . Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 . Retrieved 3 December 2013 . Jump up ^ Nimmervoll , Ed ( January 24 , 1970 ) . `` National Top 40 '' . Go - Set . Waverley Press . Retrieved May 16 , 2014 . Note : Australian pop singer , Johnny Farnham 's cover version sits at No. 1 ( first week ) , while B.J. Thomas ' version is at No. 20 . Jump up ^ `` Flavour of New Zealand '' . Retrieved 27 November 2014 . ^ Jump up to : Nimmervoll , Ed . `` Go - Set Australian Charts -- Top Records for the Year of 1970 : Number One Singles 1970 '' . Go - Set . Waverley Press . Retrieved May 16 , 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada '' . collectionscanada.gc.ca . Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1970 / Top 100 Songs of 1970 '' . Musicoutfitters.com . Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02 . Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles , December 26 , 1970 Jump up ^ Farnham , John ( 1969 ) . `` Raindrops keep fallin ' on my head / Bacharach - David ; ( performed by ) Johnny Farnham . Two / ( written and performed by ) Johnny Farnham '' . National Library of Australia . Retrieved 30 July 2014 . Sydney : Columbia ( 1969 ) , DO - 8965 7XCT3526 7XCT3527 Jump up ^ `` Pedro Biker - Regndråber Drypper I Mit Hår / Sjælens Karrusel '' . Discogs. 1970 . Retrieved 30 July 2014 . Polydor - 2054 005 , Denmark Jump up ^ Aspden , Peter ( 22 May 2015 ) . `` The Life of a Song : ' Raindrops Keep Fallin ' On My Head ' '' . Financial Times . Retrieved 18 October 2016 . ^ Jump up to : Price , Simon ( 2 June 2016 ) . `` And If You Need An Explanation : Manic Street Preachers interviewed '' . Quietus . Retrieved 18 October 2016 . ^ Jump up to : Price , Simon ( 1999 ) . Everything ( A Book About Manic Street Preachers ) . Virgin . pp. 199 -- 200 . ISBN 0 - 7535 - 0139 - 2 . Jump up ^ Price , Simon ( 1999 ) . Everything ( A Book About Manic Street Preachers ) . Virgin . p. 220 . ISBN 0 - 7535 - 0139 - 2 . Jump up ^ `` Our Way '' . Album Cover Notes . Stereophonic . Retrieved 10 April 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Our Way '' . MTV . Retrieved 10 April 2014 . Label : Reboot Stereophonic Jump up ^ `` Lisa Miskovsky - Lisa Miskovsky ( New Version ) '' . Discogs. 2004 . Retrieved 30 July 2014 . Stockholm Records - 986 737 - 6 B.J. Thomas Albums On My Way Longhorns & Londonbridges Reunion You Gave Me Love ( When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer ) Love Shines The Living Room Sessions Singles `` I 'm So Lonesome I Could Cry '' `` Hooked on a Feeling '' `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' `` I Just Ca n't Help Believing '' `` Most of All '' `` Long Ago Tomorrow '' `` Rock and Roll Lullaby '' `` ( Hey Wo n't You Play ) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song '' `` Do n't Worry Baby '' `` I Recall a Gypsy Woman '' `` Whatever Happened to Old - Fashioned Love '' `` New Looks from an Old Lover '' `` Two Car Garage '' `` Night Life '' `` As Long As We Got Each Other '' Book : B.J. Thomas Burt Bacharach Albums Hit Maker ! : Burt Bacharach plays the Burt Bacharach Hits Woman Painted from Memory ( with Elvis Costello ) At This Time Film scores What 's New Pussycat ? After the Fox Casino Royale Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Lost Horizon Arthur Compositions A-M `` Alfie '' `` Another Tear Falls '' `` Any Day Now '' `` Anyone Who Had a Heart '' `` Are You There ( With Another Girl ) '' `` Arthur 's Theme ( Best That You Can Do ) '' `` Baby It 's You '' `` Back at You '' `` Blue Guitar '' `` Blue on Blue '' `` Do You Know the Way to San Jose '' `` Do n't Make Me Over '' `` Do n't Say Goodbye Girl '' `` Do n't You Believe It '' `` God Give Me Strength '' `` Heartlight '' `` A House Is Not a Home '' `` I Just Do n't Know What to Do with Myself '' `` I Say a Little Prayer '' `` I Want You '' `` I 'll Never Fall in Love Again '' `` Living Together , Growing Together '' `` Long Ago Tomorrow '' `` The Look of Love '' `` Love Power '' `` Magic Moments '' `` Make It Easy on Yourself '' `` Making Love '' `` Message to Michael '' `` My Little Red Book '' N-Z `` On My Own '' `` One Less Bell to Answer '' `` Only Love Can Break a Heart '' `` Please Stay '' `` Rain on Me '' `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' `` Reach Out for Me '' `` Slow Jamz '' `` The Story of My Life '' `` That 's What Friends Are For '' `` ( There 's ) Always Something There to Remind Me '' `` ( They Long to Be ) Close to You '' `` This Guy 's in Love with You '' `` Three Wheels on My Wagon '' `` Tower of Strength '' `` Trains and Boats and Planes '' `` Turkey Lurkey Time '' `` Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa '' `` Walk On By '' `` What the World Needs Now Is Love '' `` What 's New Pussycat ? '' `` The Windows of the World '' `` Wishin ' and Hopin ' '' `` Wives and Lovers '' Tribute albums Connie Francis Sings Bacharach & David Sings the Music of Bacharach & Kaempfert Four Bacharach & David Songs One Amazing Night To Hal and Bacharach Back to Bacharach When Ronan Met Burt ( also produced by Bacharach ) Related articles Back to Bacharach and David Hal David The Look of Love ( musical ) Promises , Promises ( musical ) John Farnham Studio albums Sadie Everybody Oughta Sing a Song Looking Through a Tear Christmas Is ... Johnny Farnham Johnny Together Johnny Farnham Sings the Shows Hits Magic & Rock ' N Roll Johnny Farnham Sings Hits from the Movies J.P. Farnham Sings Uncovered Whispering Jack Age of Reason Chain Reaction Then Again ... Romeo 's Heart 331⁄3 The Last Time I Remember When I Was Young : Songs from the Great Australian Songbook Jack Friends for Christmas Live albums Johnny Farnham Sings The Big Hits Of ' 73 Live ! Full House Live At The Regent Theatre Highlights from The Main Event John Farnham & Tom Jones -- Together in Concert The Acoustic Chapel Sessions Two Strong Hearts Live Compilation albums The Best of Johnny Farnham Johnny Farnham 's Greatest Hits Anthology 1 : Greatest Hits 1986 -- 1997 Anthology 2 : Classic Hits 1967 -- 1985 ( Recorded Live ) Anthology 3 : Rarities Love Songs One Voice : The Greatest Hits The Essential The Essential 3.0 Videos & DVDs The Main Event Anthology - The Videos An Audience with John Farnham The Last Time One Voice : The Greatest Clips John Farnham & Tom Jones -- Together in Concert Classic Jack Live ! Chain Reaction Live in Concert With The Sydney Symphony Live at the Sydney Opera House Two Strong Hearts Live EPs & Singles `` Sadie ( The Cleaning Lady ) '' `` Underneath the Arches '' `` I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus '' `` One '' `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' `` Help ! 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`` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' From the motion picture Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Single by B.J. Thomas from the album Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head B - side `` Never Had It So Good '' Released October 1969 Length 2 : 57 Label Scepter Records Songwriter ( s ) Hal David ( credited as Mack David ) and Burt Bacharach ( later as Luther Dixon ) Producer ( s ) Hal David and Burt Bacharach B.J. Thomas singles chronology `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' From the motion picture Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Single by B.J. Thomas from the album Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head B - side `` Never Had It So Good '' Released October 1969 Length 2 : 57 Label Scepter Records Songwriter ( s ) Hal David ( credited as Mack David ) and Burt Bacharach ( later as Luther Dixon ) Producer ( s ) Hal David and Burt Bacharach B.J. Thomas singles chronology `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) `` Pass the Apple Eve '' ( 1969 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ( 1969 ) `` Everybody 's Out of Town '' ( 1970 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song . David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score . The song was recorded by B.J. Thomas in seven takes , after Bacharach expressed dissatisfaction with the first six . In the film version of the song , Thomas had been recovering from laryngitis , which made his voice sound hoarser than in the 7 - inch release . The film version featured a separate vaudeville - style instrumental break in double time while Paul Newman performed bicycle stunts . The single by B.J. Thomas reached number 1 on charts in the United States , Canada , Norway and reached number 38 in the UK Singles Chart . It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in January 1970 and was also the first American number - one hit of the 1970s . The song also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart . Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song of 1970 . According to Billboard magazine , Thomas ' single had sold over 2 million copies by March 14 , 1970 , with eight - track and cassette versions also climbing the charts . Ray Stevens was first offered the opportunity to record it for the film , but turned it down . He chose instead to record the song `` Sunday Morning Coming Down '' , written by Kris Kristofferson . Bob Dylan is supposed to have been approached for the song , but he , too , reportedly declined . The trumpet solos in the song are performed by Chuck Findley . In 2004 , it finished at number 23 on AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema . In 2008 , the single was ranked 85th on Billboard 's Hot 100 All - Time Top Songs and placed 95th in the 55th Anniversary edition of the All - Time Hot 100 list in 2013 . Billboard Magazine also ranked the song 15th on its Top 50 Movie Songs of All Time list in 2014 . The song , initially when it came out , I believe it was October of 69 , the movie did n't come out until December , it did get some bad reviews . It was a very unique and different sounding song , Bacharach and David never had any qualms about trying to do anything different , or push the envelope so to speak . So nowadays , it sounds pretty tame , but back then , radio resisted it to some degree . But , when the movie came out it hit hugely and sold about 200,000 to 300,000 records a day ( and continued selling ) for about three years . On December 3 , 2013 , the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced that the single would be inducted into the 2014 Grammy Hall Of Fame . `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' was used in the film Spy Hard , which parodied the scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . Police Constable Pan-Am sings the opening lines at the end of his appearance in Series 2 , Episode 4 of Monty Python 's Flying Circus . It is on the soundtracks to Forrest Gump and Spider - Man 2 , in the latter accentuating Peter Parker 's blissful mood after abandoning his Spider - Man identity and its responsibilities . It was used in the Kevin Smith film Clerks II . The first episode of the second season of the popular medical drama Grey 's Anatomy is named after the song . It is also used in The Simpsons , episode 16 of the fourth season , called `` Duffless '' , at the end of the episode , while credits are presented . It was also used in a season 1 episode of Arrested Development entitled `` Altar Egos '' . It was also used in the 2003 film The In - Laws starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks , which was a remake of the 1979 Peter Falk / Alan Arkin film . Weekly singles charts ( edit ) B.J. Thomas version Chart ( 1969 - 70 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 20 Austria Top 40 11 Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Dutch Top 40 28 French Singles Chart 56 German Singles Chart 40 Irish Singles Chart 9 Italian Singles Chart 31 Norwegian Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart South African Singles Chart UK Singles Chart 38 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 Johnny Farnham version Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart Year - end charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1970 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 6 US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box 13 Weekly singles charts ( edit ) B.J. Thomas version Chart ( 1969 - 70 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 20 Austria Top 40 11 Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Dutch Top 40 28 French Singles Chart 56 German Singles Chart 40 Irish Singles Chart 9 Italian Singles Chart 31 Norwegian Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart South African Singles Chart UK Singles Chart 38 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 Johnny Farnham version Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart Year - end charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1970 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 6 US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box 13 B.J. Thomas version Chart ( 1969 - 70 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 20 Austria Top 40 11 Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Dutch Top 40 28 French Singles Chart 56 German Singles Chart 40 Irish Singles Chart 9 Italian Singles Chart 31 Norwegian Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart South African Singles Chart UK Singles Chart 38 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 Chart ( 1969 - 70 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 20 Austria Top 40 11 Canadian RPM Top Singles Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Dutch Top 40 28 French Singles Chart 56 German Singles Chart 40 Irish Singles Chart 9 Italian Singles Chart 31 Norwegian Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart South African Singles Chart UK Singles Chart 38 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 Johnny Farnham version Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart Chart ( 1970 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 6 US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box 13 Chart ( 1970 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 6 US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box 13 The song has been covered numerous times . In 1969 , Craig Douglas released a version produced by Tony Hatch . From January 24 to March 13 , 1970 , it was a number - one hit ( for seven weeks ) in Australia on the Go - Set National Top 40 for local pop singer , Johnny Farnham . In 1970 , it was also covered by Dionne Warwick on her album I 'll Never Fall in Love Again , by Engelbert Humperdinck on his album We Made It Happen , Johnny Mathis on his album Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head , Perry Como on his album It 's Impossible , The Four Tops on their album Changing Times , Andy Williams on his album , Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head , and The Free Design on their album Stars / Time / Bubbles / Love . Portuguese - born television and radio presenter Pedro Biker released a Danish version re-entitled `` Regndråber Drypper I Mit Hår '' in 1970 . A Swedish version was also made in 1970 , `` Regnet det bara öser ner '' sung by Siw Malmkvist . Genesis referenced the song title in their lyrics of In the Cage '' in 1974 . It has been covered in French by French singer Sacha Distel , whose version Toute La Pluie Tombe Sur Moi was a number 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart , and number 13 in Ireland , as well as number 10 in France . Distel also recorded a version with the original English lyrics , and another in Italian , Gocce Di Pioggia Su Di Me . Bobbie Gentry 's version reached number 40 in the UK chart . Paul Mauriat recorded it with his Grand Orchestra it 1973 . It was the only known cover in the USSR . The Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers cover version is credited with adding greater nuance to the song , the Financial Times citing their recording as transforming the song from carefree optimism to `` an exhortation to keep going in the face of tragedy '' and noting that Bradfield 's voice `` added grit to the facile lyric '' . The group often spent their downtime on the tour bus watching the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , and incorporated the song into live sets . After the disappearance of lyricist Richey Edwards , the band decided to continue rather than split up . Having booked studio time in France to record their fourth album , Everything Must Go , they were invited to record for the War Child album The Help Album . The project required all songs to be recorded in one day . While band biographer Simon Price has described the recording and release of the record as a `` coded message '' that the band still existed , Bradfield recalls the events differently : `` ... us putting it out was n't planned as us saying ' We 're OK , guys ! ' , but the deadline was the next day after we 'd arrived in this place , for some kind of new beginning . '' The band 's recorded version of the song contains the first recorded instance of drummer Sean Moore performing on trumpet , and also appears on their 2003 B - sides and rarities compilation album Lipstick Traces ( A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers ) . The Manics further reference the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with the B - side `` Sepia '' . The Barry Sisters covered the song in a Yiddish version ( `` Trop'ns Fin Regen Oif Mein Kop '' ) on their 1973 album Our Way . Lisa Miskovsky covered the song in the extended version of her self - titled ( 2004 ) album . Preceded by `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' by Diana Ross & the Supremes Billboard Hot 100 number - one single January 3 -- 24 , 1970 ( 4 weeks ) Succeeded by `` I Want You Back '' by The Jackson Five Preceded by `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' by Diana Ross & the Supremes Billboard Hot 100 number - one single January 3 -- 24 , 1970 ( 4 weeks ) Succeeded by `` I Want You Back '' by The Jackson Five
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