Rain on Me (Ashanti song)

"Rain on Me"
Single by Ashanti
from the album Chapter II
Released	August 11, 2003 (2003-08-11)
Genre	R&B
Length	4:57
Label	Murder Inc.
Songwriter(s)	Ashanti Douglas Irving Lorenzo Andre Parker Burt Bacharach Hal David
Producer(s)	Irv Gotti Chink Santana
Ashanti singles chronology
"Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" (2003) "Rain on Me" (2003) "Breakup 2 Makeup (Remix)" (2004)
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"Rain on Me" is a song recorded by R&B singer Ashanti. Produced by Irv Gotti and Chink Santana, it was released as the lead single from her second album Chapter II on August 11, 2003. The record contains a sample of "The Look of Love" by Isaac Hayes. A commercial success, it reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the top 20 in the United Kingdom.

In 2004, the song earned Ashanti a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The song's music video was released on August 28, 2003, and features Ashanti playing a superstar abused by a jealous boyfriend, played by actor Larenz Tate. The rap remix found on the Collectibles by Ashanti album interpolates "Can I Live" by rapper Jay-Z, which also samples the same Hayes song (and also produced by Irv Gotti). The remix also features Hussein Fatal and fellow The Inc. Records labelmates Charli "Chuck" Baltimore and Ja Rule.