Rain (Taeyeon song)

"Rain" is a song by South Korean singer Kim Tae-yeon, a member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released digitally by SM Entertainment on February 3, 2016.

"Rain"
Single by Taeyeon
from the album SM Station Season 1
B-side	"Secret"
Released	February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)
Genre	Jazz R&B[1][2]
Length	3:42
Label	SM Entertainment
Composer(s)	Matthew Tishler Aaron Benward Felicia Barton Olivia Holt
Lyricist(s)	Bong Eun-yeong Mafly Lee Yoo-jin
Taeyeon singles chronology
"I" (2015) "Rain" (2016) "Starlight" (2016)
Music video
"Rain" on YouTube

Background and composition

In January 2016, S.M. Entertainment announced that they were to launch a digital music platform called SM Station, in which SM artists would release a new song every week.^[3] "Rain" and its B-side track "Secret" served as the opening single of the project and were released on February 3, 2016.^[4] "Rain" is described as a midtempo song with jazz and R&B sounds. Lyrically, it uses rain as a metaphor to describe memories of past love.^[5][6]

Music video

The music video for "Rain" was filmed indoors, having the concept of Taeyeon in a "room of memories", missing a past lover. It alternate between black and white scenes of Taeyeon singing alone in front of a microphone, and colored scenes of her in a flooding room.^[6][7] "Rain" was the most viewed music video by a South Korean act on YouTube in February 2016.^[8]

Reception

"Rain" debuted atop South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. It won the first place on SBS's music program Inkigayo on February 14, 2016.^[9] The song received a Digital Bonsang at the 31st Golden Disk Awards.

Track listing

Credits are adapted from Naver.^[10]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Rain"	Bong Eun-yeong Mafly Lee Yoo-jin	Matthew Tishler Aaron Benward Felicia Barton Olivia Holt	Matthew Tishler	3:42
2.	"Secret" (비밀)	Mafly	Im Kwang-wook (Devine Channel) Ryan Kim (Devine Channel) Aurora Pfeiffer Tyler Shamy Thaddeus Dixon Kiana Brown	Thaddeus Dixon	3:37

Charts

Weekly charts Chart Peak position South Korea (Gaon)[11] 1 US World Digital Songs (Billboard)[12] 3

Monthly chart Chart (2016) Position South Korea (Gaon)[13] 2 Year-end chart Chart (2016) Position South Korea (Gaon)[14] 24

Sales

Region	Sales
South Korea (Gaon)[15]	2,500,000

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	8th Melon Music Awards	Best Ballad Song	Nominated	[16]
		Song of the Year	Nominated
	18th Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Vocal Performance Female Solo	Nominated	[17]
2017	31st Golden Disc Awards	Digital Bonsang	Won	[18]
	6th Gaon Chart Music Awards	Song of the Year – February	Nominated	[19]

Music program awards

Program	Network	Date	Ref.
Inkigayo	SBS	February 14, 2016	[20]

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide[21]	February 3, 2016	Digital download	SM Entertainment
South Korea[22]	February 4, 2016	Contemporary hit radio