Outdoor components of a residential air-source heat pump. A heat pump is a device that transfers heat energy from a source of heat to a destination called a heat sink. Heat pumps are designed to move thermal energy in the opposite direction of spontaneous heat transfer by absorbing heat from a cold space and releasing it to a warmer one.
Mini Bio (1) Screamin' Jay Hawkins was best known for his song I Put a Spell On You,  which he recorded on the Okeh label in 1956 and which helped win him cult status in the United States, Europe and Japan.
I Wish It Would Rain has been covered by a number of artists, including Percy Sledge (1994 on his Blue Night album), Gladys Knight & the Pips (peaking in the US at number 41 pop and 15 R&B). Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin from Get It Right (1983), Little Caesar, have also recorded versions of the song.