Rainy Jane

{{Infobox song | name = Rainy Jane | cover = Rainy_Jane_-_Neil_Sedaka.jpg | alt = | type = Single | artist = Neil Sedaka | album = | EP = | B-side = "Jeannine" | written = | published = | released = 1969 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = | label = * SGC * Atlantic | writer = * Neil Sedaka * Howard Greenfield | composer = | lyricist = | producer = * Neil Sedaka * Howard Greenfield | prev_title = We Can Make It If We Try | prev_year = 1966 | title = Rainy Jane | next_title = Beautiful You | next_year = 1971 }} {{Infobox song | name = Rainy Jane | cover = Rainy_Jane_-_Davy_Jones.jpg | alt = | type = Single | artist = Davy Jones | album = Davy Jones | EP = | B-side = "Welcome to My Love" | written = | published = | released = June 1971 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = | label = Bell | writer = * Neil Sedaka * Howard Greenfield | composer = | lyricist = | producer = | prev_title = Do It in the Name of Love | prev_year = 1971 | title = Rainy Jane | next_title = I Really Love You | next_year = 1971 }}

"'''Rainy Jane'''" is a song co-written and originally recorded by American singer, songwriter and pianist Neil Sedaka in 1969, covered two years later by English actor, singer, and songwriter Davy Jones. Sedaka's rendition became a minor hit in the US, Canada and Australia.

==Davy Jones version== Former Monkees lead singer Davy Jones covered "'''Rainy Jane'''" in 1971 on his second album, ''Davy Jones'' (1971). He achieved a medium hit with the song that summer in the US (No. 52 ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 32 ''Cash Box'' Top 100) and a substantially larger hit in Canada (No. 14 Pop, No. 21 Adult Contemporary).

==Charts== ;Neil Sedaka {| class="wikitable" |- !Chart (1969) !Peak<br />position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report) | style="text-align:center;"|78 |- |Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5974&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5974.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5974|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1971-08-21 |accessdate=2018-12-21}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|78 |- |US ''Cash Box'' Top 100 | style="text-align:center;"|131 |} ;Davy Jones cover {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (1971) !Peak<br />position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=161}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|78 |- |Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7514&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.7514.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7514|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1971-08-21 |accessdate=2018-12-21}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|14 |- |Canada Adult Contemporary (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5362&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5362.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5362|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1971-07-24 |accessdate=2018-12-21}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|21 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|52 |- |US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19710731.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 31, 1971]</ref> |align="center"|32 |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rainy Jane}} Category:1969 songs Category:1969 singles Category:1971 singles Category:Neil Sedaka songs Category:Davy Jones songs Category:Songs written by Neil Sedaka Category:Bell Records singles Category:Songs with lyrics by Howard Greenfield