The usual Old English word for cloud was weolcan. In Middle English, skie also originally meant cloud. The four fundamental types of cloud classification (cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus) were proposed by British amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772-1864) in 1802. Figuratively, as something that casts a shadow, from early 15c.; hence under a cloud (c.1500).
Thanks for the A2A. Okay, the most famous song in the world is no doubt 'Happy Birthday', followed by various Christmas carols (since the majority of human population is Christian indeed and since Santa is a really famous guy), folk songs, army marches and national anthems.
At roughly nine minutes, it stretched the patience of MTVâs viewers. For these reasonsâor maybe in spite of themâthe music video for the Guns Nâ Roses hit âNovember Rainâ remains one of the most infamous, impenetrable rock operas of all time. âNovember Rainâ was a single from the groupâs Use Your Illusion I album. Released in 1991, it broke into the Billboard top 10 and immediately entered music trivia lore as the longest song to make that list. Rose had started writing it in 1983, with an original running time of more than 20 minutes.