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Who sang I'll Take The Rain?

Release date: 2001

Duration: 05:51

R.E.M. released the song I'll Take The Rain. Date of release: 2001.

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The protagonist remembers a past love in summer, but winter has arrived and they are alone. Despite this, they realize that they will take whatever life offers, even if it is rain and loneliness. They compare themselves to birds that sing throughout their lives and embrace the sadness and loneliness of the winter season.

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R.E.M. - Short Biography

- R.E.M. is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980.
- The band members are Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
- Noted for Buck's arpeggiated guitar style, Stipe's vocal quality, stage presence and obscure lyrics, Mills' melodic bass lines and backing vocals, and Berry's drumming style.
- Considered a pioneer of alternative rock in the early 1990s.
- They sold over 90 million albums worldwide and became one of the world's best-selling musical acts before breaking up in 2011.

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"I'll Take the Rain" is a song by the American rock band R.E.M. It is the third and final single from their twelfth studio album, "Reveal", released in 2001. Although it did not reach the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, the song reached number 44 on the UK singles chart. This somber song has a reflective quality that is reflected in its melancholy lyrics. It evokes the emotional turmoil felt during a difficult time, with lines such as "I'll take the rain if that's all you've got...And love, if that's all you bring." (I'll take the rain if that's all you've got...And love, if that's all that you bring.)

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