Released: June 22, 1993

Songwriter: Allee Willis Cyndi Lauper

Producer: Cyndi Lauper

[Verse 1]
Things like this
Can always take a little time
I always thought
We'd be together down the line
We start to fight
And can't get over what was said
'Cause you see black and white
And I see red

[Chorus]
And I wonder who let in the rain
You know without you
I'm not the same
When love gets strong
People get weak
Sometimesthey lose control
And wind up in too deep
They fall like rain
Who let in the rain?

[Verse 2]
I make the bed and cover
Where you used to sleep
I'm smoothing over promises
Made in these sheets
I envy lovers passing by
Out on the street
'Cause what they have
I couldn't keep

[Chorus]
And I wonder who let in the rain
You know without you
I'm not the same
When love gets strong
People get weak
Sometimes they lose control
And wind up into deep
They fall like rain
Who let in the rain?
Who let in the rain?

And I wonder who let in the rain
You know without you
I'm not the same
When love gets strong
People get weak
Sometimes they lose control
And wind up into deep
They fall like rain
Who let in the rain?

[Outro]
Who let in the rain?
Who let in this rain?
Who let in the, who let in the, who let in the
Who let in, who let in, who let in the rain?
Who let in the rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain?

Cyndi Lauper

An 80’s pop starlet that skyrocketed her way to the top of the mainstream game, Cyndi Lauper has made her mark as an artist both socially and musically.

Beginning her solo career in the 1983 with hit debut album She’s So Unusual, Lauper came to be a household name with the four top-five hits that came with the record, including breakthrough single “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and the visceral, chart-topping “Time After Time”. Her camp attitude, electrifying vocals, and unrelenting earworms made an impression on the general public, and she would take home Best New Artist and Best Album Package at the Grammy’s for She’s So Unusual, amidst 4 other nominations. Lauper would never reach the same sort of stardom again musically following She’s So Unusual, but her legacy was far from over.

She’s So Unusual set the ground for her next True Colors. Released in 1986, the album most notably contained title-track “True Colors”, which would grow to become a primary anthem of the gay rights movement. Lauper would later serve as a key advocate of the LGBT community, and she has fairly consistently addressed homophobia throughout her career.