I Made It Through the Rain

{{more citations needed|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox song | name = I Made It Through the Rain | cover = I_Made_It_Through_the_Rain_-_Barry_Manilow.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Barry Manilow | album = Barry | B-side = Only in Chicago | released = November 1980 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop, easy listening | length = *{{Duration|m=3|s=57}} (7" edit) *{{Duration|m=4|s=25}} (album version) | label = Arista | writer = {{hlist|Gerard Kenny|Drey Shepperd|Barry Manilow|Bruce Sussman|Jack Feldman}} | producer = {{hlist|Barry Manilow|Ron Dante}} | prev_title = Bermuda Triangle | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Lonely Together | next_year = 1981 }}

"'''I Made It Through the Rain'''" is a song that became a hit after it was recorded by American singer Barry Manilow, also included on his 1980 album, ''Barry''. The song was originally recorded in 1979 by its co-writer Gerard Kenny who composed it with Drey Shepperd about a struggling musician who never gives up. Manilow heard the song and revised the lyric with Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman to make the song about the everyday person's struggles, rather than those of a profession.

According to ''Billboard'', "I Made It Through the Rain" "sustains a rather contemplative mood with gradual building and finally one of Manilow's most dynamic finishes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top Single Picks|newspaper=Billboard Magazine|access-date=2020-07-08|date=November 22, 1980|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-11-22.pdf|page=79}}</ref> ''Record World'' praised Manilow's "resounding vocal performance" and the song's "string grandeur."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=November 22, 1980|page=1|accessdate=2023-02-07|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/RW-1980-11-22.pdf}}</ref>

In the U.S., Manilow's version peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (his 11th and last top ten on that chart to date) and at number 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/barry-mw0000839483/awards "Barry - Barry Manilow"]. AllMusic, Retrieved November 29, 2012.</ref> Kenny's original version was included on his 1979 RCA Records album called ''Made It Through the Rain'', which reached the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart and remains on his set-list at concerts as of 2024.

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===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1980–81) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|34|chartid=0288|artist=Barry Manilow|song=I Made I Through the Rain|access-date=September 26, 2024}} |- |{{singlechart|Ireland2|20|song=Lonely Together|accessdate=July 2, 2017}} |- |UK Singles Chart<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 347}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|37 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|10 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1981-02-07 ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary, February 7, 1981]</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |U.S. ''Cash Box'' Top 100 | style="text-align:center;"|18 |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (1981) ! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1981.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981|website=Musicoutfitters.com|access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|89 |- |} {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1979 songs Category:1980 singles Category:Gerard Kenny songs Category:Barry Manilow songs Category:Songs written by Gerard Kenny Category:Songs written by Barry Manilow Category:Arista Records singles