Red Rain by Peter Gabriel

Genre: Rock
Year: 1986

"Red Rain" is the first track on Peter Gabriels 1986 solo album So. In the USA, it reached #3 on Billboard magazines Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Stewart Copeland from The Police played the hi-hat for the rain-like background sound; the rest of the drumming was handled by Jerry Marotta. The song is a combination of several inspirations. The lyrics directly reference a recurring dream Gabriel was having where he swam in his pool drinking cold red wine. 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). Down The Dolce Vita, Here Comes The Flood, Read full article at wikipedia.org

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