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[[Image:Singin' in the Rain trailer screenshot crop.jpg|thumb|237px|[[Gene Kelly]] performing the song in the 1952 film ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'']]
"'''Singin' in the Rain'''" is a song with lyrics by [[Arthur Freed]] and music by [[Nacio Herb Brown]]. [[Doris Eaton Travis]] introduced the song on Broadway in ''The Hollywood Music Box Revue'' in 1929. It was then widely popularized by [[Cliff Edwards]] and [[Brox Sisters|the Brox Sisters]] in ''[[The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]''.<ref>{{Cite web | last1 = Jones | first1 = Kenneth |first2=Robert|last2=Simonson|author-link2=Robert Simonson
The song is famously associated with the [[History of film|history of cinema]], as it reached popularity during the transition from [[silent film]]s to "[[Sound film|talkies]]". Years later, the lyricist of "Singin' in the Rain", Arthur Freed conceived the idea of the film based on the back catalogs of songs written during the era by himself and Nacio Herb Brown. This resulted in a [[musical film]] of the same name, ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' (1952), which serves a lighthearted depiction of [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] in the late 1920s. The performance by [[Gene Kelly]] dancing through puddles in a rainstorm garnered the song the third spot on the [[American Film Institute]] ranking of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|100 Years...100 Songs]].
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==Covers==
B.A. Rolfe and his Lucky Strike Orchestra recorded the song possibly as early as 1928 but perhaps 1929.<ref>Found on "Music of the Lost Generation 1910s to 1930s", CD compilation issued 2007</ref> The song was recorded by [[Annette Hanshaw]] (reissued on the 1999 CD ''Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929'').
*Singer [[Nick Lucas]] recorded ''Singing in the Rain'' in 1929 (one week after recording what would become the biggest hit of his career, ''Tiptoe Through the Tulips'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nicklucas.com/discography8.html|title=Nick Lucas Discography - Part 8}}</ref>
*British duo [[Bob and Alf Pearson]] recorded the song in 1929 at their first session.
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*The song is best known today as the centerpiece of the [[musical film]] ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' (1952), in which [[Gene Kelly]] memorably danced to the song while splashing through puddles during a rainstorm. The song is also performed during the opening credits of the film, and briefly near the end of the film by [[Debbie Reynolds]].
*The song was recorded in Buenos Aires for [[Odeon Records]] twice under the title "Cantando Bajo La Lluvia," by [[Francisco Canaro]]'s orchestra and with the Spanish lyrics sung by Charlo, on December 23, 1929 (Catalog Number 16243 B, matrix number 5137)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/franciscocanarodiscography/recordings-in-chronological-order/electric-recordings-I#N1876 |title=Electric recordings I (1926-1934) - Discography of Francisco Canaro |website=sites.google.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602180211/https://sites.google.com/site/franciscocanarodiscography/recordings-in-chronological-order/electric-recordings-I |archive-date=2020-06-02}} </ref> and again on March 24, 1930 (Catalog Number 4631 B/LDB 78 B, matrix number 5283).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/franciscocanarodiscography/recordings-in-chronological-order/electric-recordings-I#N1904 |title=Electric recordings I (1926-1934) - Discography of Francisco Canaro |website=sites.google.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602180211/https://sites.google.com/site/franciscocanarodiscography/recordings-in-chronological-order/electric-recordings-I |archive-date=2020-06-02}} </ref> It was also recorded under the same title in 1936 by the Orquesta Tipica Victor, the [[RCA Victor]] in-house orchestra in Buenos Aires.
*The song was also recorded by [[John Serry Sr.]] and his sextet ensemble in 1954 for RCA Victor records under the musical direction of [[Ben Selvin]] on an LP vinyl disc(''See [[RCA Thesaurus]]'').<ref>[https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "John Serry Sextette" Audio recording
*In 1960, [[Adam Faith]] recorded his own version of this song on his debut album ''[[Adam]]''.
*[[Bing Crosby]] and [[Rosemary Clooney]] recorded the song in 1961<ref>{{cite web|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/CBS.html |website=BING magazine|publisher=International Club Crosby|access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref> for use on their [[The Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney Show|radio show]] and it was subsequently included in the CD ''Bing & Rosie – The Crosby-Clooney Radio Sessions'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web|title=allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bing-rosie-the-crosby-clooney-radio-sessions-mw0002076504|website=allmusic.com|access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref> Crosby also included the song in a medley on his album ''[[On the Happy Side]]'' (1962).
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*There is a jazz vocal rendition by Joe Williams on his 1984 album ''Then and Now''.
*[[Diana Krall]] included it on her 2020 album [[This Dream of You]].
*In 2022, the song is an important [[plot device]] in the film [[Babylon (2022 film)|Babylon]].
==Mint Royale version==
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==In popular culture==
*'''1959''' –
*'''1971''' –
▲*'''1959''' – "Singin' in the Rain" is whistled by [[Cary Grant]] as he takes a shower after the crop duster plane attack in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]’s ''[[North by Northwest]]''.
▲*'''1971''' – "Singin' in the Rain" is sung mockingly by [[Alex (A Clockwork Orange)|Alex DeLarge]], played by [[Malcolm McDowell]], in the rape scene in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s film ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''. The Gene Kelly version plays during the end credits.<ref>MacDougal, Stuart Y. (2003) ''Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange'' Cambridge University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Uwj5qK-RUj0C&dq=%22Singin%27+in+the+Rain%22+%22Clockwork+Orange%22&pg=PA98 p.98] {{ISBN|9780521574884}}</ref>
*'''1982''' – "Singin' in the Rain" is sung by [[Jacques Clouseau|Inspector Jacques Clouseau]] played by [[Peter Sellers]] as part of the extended version of the grocery scene from ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' in [[Blake Edwards]]'s film ''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]''.
*'''1990''' – The song is referenced in the [[Terry Pratchett]] novel ''[[Moving Pictures (novel)|Moving Pictures]]''. As people are infected with the dangerous idea of the clicks (movies), Mr. Dibbler, purveyor of sausages-inna-bun, dances down a wet and rainy road and swings off light poles, much to the bemusement of the city Watch.
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* ''[[The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]'' (1929)
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