Spring Rain (Bebu Silvetti song)
| ""Lluvia de primavera" "Spring Rain"" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Bebu Silvetti | |
| B-side | "Travel Check" (original release) "Sortilegio" (1977 Spanish re-release) |
| Released | 1975 |
| Recorded | 1975 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:08 (Original Version) (Mix used for the album "World Without Words" and the original 1975 single release)
5:56 (Tom Moulton mix) (Mix used in the album "Spring Rain" and the 1976 Maxi-Single released by Salsoul Records) 2:58 (Short version of the Tom Moulton mix) (Mix used in the 1977 re-release of the single) |
| Label | Hispavox (Spain) |
| Composer(s) | Bebu Silvetti |
"Lluvia de primavera", released in America as "Spring Rain", is an instrumental composition by Bebu Silvetti.[1]
Chart performance
Two years after its release in 1975, the single spent fifteen weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100,[2] debuting at number 96 the week of January 22, 1977 and peaking at number 39 the week of March 19, 1977.[3][4] It eventually joined the list of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States. In the US, on the National Disco Action Top 40 chart, "Spring Rain" went to #4.[5] "Spring Rain" was also a hit on the Easy Listening chart, peaking at #13.[6]
The single charted in South Africa in June 1977 at #4. The album version is longer than the original 1975 single version, which covered only the Hispavox A-side, with "Travel Check" on the B-side. In March 1977 Polydor Germany issued the album version split over 2 x 7" sides for discotheque use as "Spring Rain Part I / Part II".
TV themes
- The tune was used as the opening theme for Penn State Football TV Highlight Show from 1977.
- The tune was used as the theme of the short-lived 1978-79 syndicated game/talk hybrid show The Love Experts (hosted by Bill Cullen at the time), and the unsold 1978 pilot of Mind Readers (hosted by Geoff Edwards at the time).
- The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1980 pilot called Strictly Confidential[7](hosted by Dick Clark at the time).
- The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1983 pilot called Famous Last Words...[8](hosted by Geoff Edwards at the time).
- The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1984 pilot of Jackpot! (hosted by Nipsey Russell at the time).
- The Big Spin.
Popular culture
- The single has been reissued on many compilations, such as Salsoul Jam 2000.
Many radio stations used this instrumental piece as well as its B-side Traffic Check as a station or program jingle, or as a filler.[9][10]
Samples
- "Spring Rain" has been sampled on songs including: Shangri-La (Denki Groove song), and Helter Stupid.
References
- ^ Billboard - 29 Dec 2001 - Page 15 " listeners worldwide may remember Silvetti as the pianist/author of "Spring Rain," a pop instrumental hit in the late 70s written ..."
- ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of April 30, 1977 – Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of January 22, 1977 – Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of March 19, 1977 – Billboard.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 234.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 221.
- ^ Strictly Confidential Unsold Pilot 1980 incomplete
- ^ Famous Last Words...|Geoff Edwards Pilot
- ^ "Spring Rain (Bebu Silvetti) - Radiopedia".
- ^ Zeezender Discografie 5A. Soundscapes.