I Wish It Would Rain Down

"I Wish It Would Rain Down"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album ...But Seriously
B-side	"Homeless" "You've Been in Love (That Little Bit Too Long)"
Released	15 January 1990 (UK)
Genre	Soft rock, blues-pop
Length	5:27
Label	Atlantic Virgin WEA
Songwriter(s)	Phil Collins
Producer(s)	Phil Collins Hugh Padgham
Phil Collins singles chronology
"Another Day in Paradise" (1989) "I Wish It Would Rain Down" (1990) "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" (1990)
Music video
"I Wish It Would Rain Down" on YouTube

"I Wish It Would Rain Down" is a song by English musician Phil Collins from his fourth solo studio album, ...But Seriously (1989). The song was a chart success in early 1990, peaking at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart; in the latter country, it was the most successful song of 1990. Collins felt that it was as close as he had ever got, at the time, to writing a blues song.^[1]

Eric Clapton plays lead guitar throughout the song, which also features a large gospel choir. Regarding Clapton's contribution, Collins recalls, "I said 'Eric, have I never asked you to play? Come on, I've got a song right up your street.'"^[1]