Can You Stop the Rain

This article is about the song. For the album, see Can You Stop the Rain (album).

"Can You Stop the Rain"
Single by Peabo Bryson
from the album Can You Stop the Rain
Released	May 4, 1991
Length	5:34
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	John Bettis Walter Afanasieff
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff
Peabo Bryson singles chronology
"Lover's Paradise" (1990) "Can You Stop the Rain" (1991) "Closer Than Close" (1991)

"Can You Stop the Rain" is a song by American singer Peabo Bryson, taken from his fifteenth studio album of the same name (1991). It was written by John Bettis and Walter Afanasieff, while production was helmed by the latter. Released as the album's lead single, the song spent two weeks at number one on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked at number fifty-two on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It also reached number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Music video

Directed by Rocky Schenck, the video is shot in a sepia tone with Bryson singing the song in places like a plaza, a ballroom containing a band performing and inside a room where he sings to a window that's pouring rain.

Personnel and credits

• Peabo Bryson – lead vocals
• Walter Afanasieff – songwriter, producer, arrangements, keyboards, synth bass, drums, percussion
• John Bettis – songwriter
• Gary Cirimelli – Synclavier programming
• Ren Klyce – Synclavier programming, synthesizer programming (Akai)
• Claytoven Richardson, Jeanie Tracy, Kitty Beethoven, Melisa Kary and Sandy Griffith – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100[2] 52 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[3] 11 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 5

See also

• List of number-one R&B singles of 1991 (U.S.)

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 90.
2. "Peabo Bryson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
3. "Peabo Bryson Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
4. "Peabo Bryson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
5. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2021.