Raining in My Heart

Leo Sayer cover

Chart history

Other cover versions

• Kitty Kallen - for her album Honky Tonk Angel, Country Songs with a City Flavor.
• Bobby Vee - for his album Take Good Care of My Baby.
• Johnnie Ray - included in the 5-CD Bear Family Records set Yes Tonight Josephine.
• Patti Page - included in the compilation album From Nashville to L.A.: Lost Columbia Masters 1962-1969.
• Skeeter Davis released her tribute album Skeeter Davis Sings Buddy Holly featuring the song.
• Dean Martin - For the Good Times
• The Dave Clark Five covered this song on their 1971 album, The Dave Clark Five Play Good Old Rock & Roll.
• Anne Murray did a cover of the song on her album New Kind of Feeling.
• Peter Skellern - Still Magic.
• Connie Francis released her tribute album With Love to Buddy featuring the song in 1996.
• Status Quo on their album Don't Stop in 1996
• In 1996, Hank Marvin did an instrumental of the song on Hank Plays Holly.
• Australian blues and root band The Revelators covered the song on their 2000 album, The Adventures of The Amazing Revelators.
• Don McLean on his album Starry Starry Night in 2001.
• Robert Wyatt included a piano based instrumental version on his 2003 album, Cuckooland.
• Eric Idle contributed a Spike Jones-esque cover of "Raining in My Heart" for the tribute album, released in September 2011.

  In popular culture

• In 1968, The Beatles paraphrased the first line of "Raining in My Heart" in their song "Dear Prudence" as "The sun is up ; the sky is blue."
• Rick Danko covered the song on his 1989 tour as a member of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band; he performed it live throughout his solo career.
• This song is referenced in Alvin Stardust's song "I Feel Like Buddy Holly." That song's refrain is: "Well, I feel like Buddy Holly, 'cause it's raining In my heart."