Rain (Beatles song) Rain (Beatles song) "Rain" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was first released in May 1966 as the B-side of their "Paperback Writer" single. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for the album "Revolver" although neither appears on that album. The song was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It is noted for its slowed-down rhythm track, an example of the tape-manipulation techniques the band embraced at this time, and backwards vocals over the song's coda. The single's release marked the first time that reversed sounds had appeared in a pop song,
Introducing... The Beatles 1965, Capitol issued "The Early Beatles", which contained 11 of the 14 tracks that had previously been issued on "Introducing... The Beatles". "Misery" and "There's a Place", two of the other three songs, would not make their Capitol Records LP debut until 1980, on the US version of "Rarities". The other "Introducing..." song was "I Saw Her Standing There", first released in the UK on the "Please Please Me" LP. The song appeared in the US on both the Vee-Jay album as well as Capitol's "Meet The Beatles!" LP. These two albums marked the only time that two different Beatles'