Raincloud (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Raincloud


Caption = UK CD single #1
Artist = Lighthouse Family
from Album = Postcards from Heaven
B-side = "From a Desert to a Beach"
Released = 17 August, 1997
Format = CD, cassette [http://web.archive.org/web/20010307072503/www.lighthousefamily.wildcardrecords.co.uk/themusic/raincloud_info.html]
Recorded = Miraval and Sarm West
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:06
Label = Wildcard / Polydor
Writer = Paul Tucker
Producer = Mike Peden
Last single = "Loving Every Minute"
(1996)
This single = "Raincloud"
(1997)
Next single = "High"
(1997)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Greatest Hits
Type = Greatest hits
prev_track = "High
prev_no = 3
this_track = "Raincloud"
track_no = 4
next_track = "Lost in Space"
next_no = 5Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = singles


Lower caption = UK CD single #2

"Raincloud" is a song by the Lighthouse Family, released as the duo's first pop single for their second album "Postcards from Heaven" (1997). The song was produced by Mike Peden. It was released as the second in August 1997 and reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom.

With "Raincloud", another song called "From a Desert to a Beach" was included. This song wasn't in any of the Lighthouse Family's albums apart from their remix album Relaxed & Remixed.

Track listing and formats

Chart performance

When the Lighthouse Family released "Raincloud", they reached to #6 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1997. This meant that this was their second Top 10 hit and their first from their album "Postcards From Heaven". They were in the UK singles Chart for 7 weeks.

"Raincloud" was also a success in Australia following their #1 with High. It went to #29 in the Australia Singles Chart in November 1998 and were in the charts for 10 weeks. It also went to #47 in the French Singles Chart in January 1998 and #71 in the Dutch Singles Chart in December 1997.

The single "Raincloud" also went in the Eurochart Hot 100. The single peaked at #34 in October 1997. They stayed in the charts for 5 weeks.

External links

* [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=25682 Chart Stats - UK chart performance of Lighthouse Family's "Raincloud"]
* [http://jove.prohosting.com/euro100/archive/1997/1997-42.txt Eurochart Hot 100 which shows the peak position of Lighthouse Family's "Raincloud"]
* [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lighthouse+Family&titel=Raincloud&cat=s French Chart performance of Lighthouse Family's "Raincloud"]
* [http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?key=34172&cat=s Dutch Chart performance of Lighthouse Family's "Raincloud"]
* [http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lighthouse+Family&titel=Raincloud&cat=s Australian Chart performance of Lighthouse Family's "Raincloud"]