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Rain (Taeyeon song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Rain
| cover = Taeyeon_Rain_2016_Single.jpg
| alt = Cover artwork for "Rain", depicting Taeyeon as a short blonde haired woman, shot in black and white
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Taeyeon
| album = SM Station Season 1
| B-side = Secret
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = * Jazz
* R&B
| length = 3:42
| label = SM Entertainment
| composer = * Matthew Tishler
* Aaron Benward
* Felicia Barton
* Olivia Holt
| lyricist = * Bong Eun-yeong
* Mafly
* Lee Yoo-jin
| producer = * Matthew Tishler
* Aaron Benward
* Felicia Barton
* Olivia Holt
| chronology = Taeyeon
| prev_title = I
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Starlight
| next_year = 2016
| misc =
}}
"'Rain'" is a song by South Korean singer Kim Tae-yeon, a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released digitally by SM Entertainment on February 3, 2016.
Background and composition
In January 2016, S.M. Entertainment announced that they were to launch a digital music platform called SM Station, in which SM artists would release a new song every week. "Rain" and its B-side track "Secret" served as the opening single of the project and were released on February 3, 2016. "Rain" is described as a midtempo song with jazz and R&B sounds. Lyrically, it uses rain as a metaphor to describe memories of past love.
Music video
The music video for "Rain" was filmed indoors, having the concept of Taeyeon in a "room of memories", missing a past lover. It alternate between black and white scenes of Taeyeon singing alone in front of a microphone, and colored scenes of her in a flooding room. "Rain" was the most viewed music video by a South Korean act on YouTube in February 2016.
Reception
"Rain" debuted atop South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. It won the first place on SBS's music program 'Inkigayo' on February 14, 2016. The song received a Digital Bonsang at the 31st Golden Disk Awards.
Track listing
Credits are adapted from Naver.
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly chart
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References
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