Red Rain (song) biography, high resolution photos and videos by Americola
Red Rain (song)
[edit] Americola's celebrity biographies are provided by AmericolaWiki, a celebrity wiki. You can help contribute to Americola and edit this article.
Red Rain is the first track on Peter Gabriel's solo album So. In the USA, it reached #3 on Billboard magazine's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Stewart Copeland from The Police, played the hi-hat for the rain-like background sound.
The song is a combination of several inspirations. The lyrics directly reference a recurring dream Gabriel was having where he swam through red water.[citation needed]
Earlier in his solo career, Gabriel had an idea for a movie,
Mozo. In it, villagers were punished for their sins with a blood red rain. "Red Rain" was to be the theme song. This idea was eventually scrapped, although there was a mention of
Mozo in the song "On The Air" in
Peter Gabriel (II).
According to the sleeve notes from the remastered version of So, it is also a reference to acid rain. The song was covered by Ill Niño on The Under Cover Sessions.
"Red Rain" album appearances: