Duran Duran - Hold Back The Rain Lyrics






Hold back the rain
Yes we're miles away from nowhere and the wind doesn't have a name
So call it what you want to call it still blows down the lane
People tell me I haven't changed at all but I don't feel the same
And I've bet you've had that feeling too you can't laugh all the time

And if the fires burn out there's only fire to blame (hold back the rain)
No time for worry cause we're on the roam again (hold back the rain)
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane (hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain

So what if the words ain't rhyming did you thing that it's just a game
I probably didn't even say that right and i really don't give a damn
Okay go off and wander I'm guilty just the same
Sometimes you're needed badly so please come back again
And if the fires burn out there's only fire to blame (hold back the rain)
No time for worry cause we're on the roam again (hold back the rain)
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane (hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain

And if the stars burn out there's only fire to blame (hold back the rain)
No time for worry cause we're on the roam again (hold back the rain)
The clouds all scatter and we ride the outside lane (hold back the rain)
Not on your own so help me please hold back the rain
Hold back the rain, hold back the rain. hold back the rain
Hold back the rain (hold back the rain), hold back the rain
(Hold back the rain), hold back the rain (hold back the rain)
Hold back the rain (hold back the rain), hold back the rain





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  1. R.... J....

    I have the album.

  2. c.... ....

    I like the original version of this song on my 1982 tape.

  3. N.... B....

    While The Chauffeur is their masterpiece, and Hungry Like the Wolf is their most popular song, this is my favorite - irreverence and silliness masking deepness, and musically happy transcendence!

  4. F.... F....

    Opening movie scene: It's the 80s guy is driving to work listening to this song jamming out he pulls into the parking lot gets out takes of his jacket to reveal a nazi ss uniform puts on his cap and smiles "times to go to work" walks his happy ass into the Nazi American SS headquarters. :)

  5. c.... ....

    After 30+ years, rediscovering Duran Duran.

  6. D.... E....

    This song is about cocaine. Too much cocaine.

  7. M.... P....

    Song written for John ?

  8. D.... T....

    uno dei loro album più belli in assoluto , RIO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. B.... S....

    They had it all, didn't they? Just watched the Rio album dissected on "Classic Albums" on AXS-TV. Great stuff.

  10. A.... A....

    Patrick Nagel was a genius to paint and draw the Nagel Girl. An genuine 80s artwork indeed.

  11. M.... ....

    I like the last 10 seconds or so. The whole song is awesome.

  12. A.... G....

    THAT BASS❤️👌❤️

  13. D.... S....

    SO WHAT if the words ain’t rhymin?
    He really doesn’t give a DAAAMMNNNN

  14. M.... W....

    That bassline...my goodness!!

  15. J.... L....

    Drums at the end.. sick :)

  16. K.... L....

    This song always makes my mood!

  17. k.... d....

    OMG!!! I LOVE THIS GROUP OF GEORGIOUS MEN! BEEN A HUGE FAN SINCE 1983

  18. n.... B....

    This and Wildboys. Vastly underrated Duran Duran songs.

  19. S.... A....

    Princess Di’s favorite band and now I know why. The bass is kicking arse!!

  20. O.... E....

    2019...Still going strong!!!!!
    I love Duran Duran ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  21. K.... ....

    Think this is the best version

  22. O.... W....

    Duran Duran,
    Das Album Rio
    Grandios.
    OH Jugend wie warst du schön.

  23. j.... ....

    1: Nigel John Taylor is THE Bass God. 2: Incredible follow up to 'sound of thunder'. 3: 35 year old song still rocks my BMW x5M. (how can this still be a thing??)

  24. A.... J....

    Sorry to make this racial, but if Duran Duran were comprised of a black membership, all we would hear is how great a pioneers they were. Since they're white...meh. downvote all you want, but you know it's true.

  25. R.... P....

    Lebon should have done a once in a lifetime duet with bowie. Tha would have been epic.

  26. B.... H....

    This should have been a top 10. This song is my favorite Duran Duran song. Yeah, I'm a 46 year old female. Kids don't realize how BIG this band was. MEGA STARS.

  27. P.... H....

    Top bass line

  28. R.... O....

    Love this

  29. D.... G....

    John Taylor > Bass Guitar. He killed every bass line and I'd consider him the best bass player of all time, even surpassing Sir. Paul McCartney

  30. C.... S....

    DD comes from a music legacy of funk. It's all in the bass.

  31. J.... F....

    Love good memories

  32. N.... e....

    Patrick Nagel anyone?

  33. S.... L....

    when ur listening to hold back the rain tryna forget that its about simon being scared shitless that johns gonna overdose on coke and die 🤘🥵

  34. D.... P....

    What bass playing!!!! John was my biggest crush when I was 12

  35. J.... I....

    brings back memories! This is such a good song! The entire Rio album is fantastic!!!!

  36. n.... ....

    The best UK band of the 80's!

  37. M.... M....

    OMG John Taylor, too fine!!! Great memories!!!

  38. d.... ....

    John Taylor handsome good looking gorgeous sexy talented. I love him forever.

  39. S.... N....

    Was 15 when this came out! Perfect age to totally enjoy all that Duran Duran put out ! Thanks!

  40. J.... ....

    Wow and keep in mind most people under 25 have never even heard of Duran Duran.

  41. m.... h....

    If there was blood pumping through veins in a song it would be his bass playing !

  42. m.... h....

    John Taylor is an underrated bass player in ‘this last 40 years !

  43. R.... O....

    wow...I am 17 years old again....utter brilliance

  44. A.... ....

    It was a crime they buried John's bass so low in the mix on subsequent albums. This is top shelf here

  45. B.... B....

    Bass is sharper than razor blades 💋

  46. G.... H....

    I belive Simon wrote this song out of concern for the brilliang bassist who may have been at serious risk of going off ' rhe fame ridden rails

  47. G.... H....

    It's certainly all about the bass, the bass!

  48. C.... S....

    sound tune

  49. K.... T....

    Please don't hold back the rain, we need it to grow vegetables and to get oxygen from trees!

  50. c.... m....

    On the original LP version released in the UK in 1982 these lyrics were not on this song ...
    "People tell me, I haven't changed at all, but I don't feel the same,
    And I bet you've had that feeling too, you can't laugh all the time"

    Not sure why they did that but it's a true fact.

  51. K.... N....

    Love how Simon wrote this for John

  52. I.... R....

    dear all, if you like bass players, have a listen to Chic's Barney Eastwood - awe inspiring stuff

  53. F.... H....

    return to starbase 2 , theres nothing I can do

  54. F.... H....

    warp factor 8

  55. K.... ....

    Why did the record company edit the album version verse wise? Not wise. Just my opinion.

  56. R.... A....

    The 80's were the best time for music!!!! No disrespect to the 60's!!!! One of my all time faves from Duran Duran!!!!

  57. L.... M....

    Je ne connaissait pas du tout, ce morceau de DD, une pure merveille (y)

  58. l.... ....

    The best B side ever!

  59. J.... G....

    If you've had enough of this terrible world and need to escape from it for a while put the Rio album on and think of how this can help you escape for a short while

  60. S.... R....

    Dann I love this song!! Great fucking band, always be a favorite, since my childhood :)

  61. B.... H....

    Hold Back the Rain has some serious funk on it.

  62. E.... J....

    Funny how i hated DD back in the day, now I have to admit they were pretty cool

  63. K.... 7....

    Total banger of a tune.

  64. D.... ....

    F***ING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  65. A.... ....

    JT gets free rain to FUNK ROCK OUT on this second album - wow - aren't we all glad he was a big fan of Bernard Edwards...I've been playing this for 36 years .......... think I'll put 'Late Bar' on Vinyl on the table........

  66. a.... h....

    My number one band 💜

  67. g.... 4....

    Well they should be. :/

  68. g.... 4....

    Is Duran duran in Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame??????? :\

  69. I.... B....

    This song was written for John by Simon as a warning sign of his drug and alcohol consumption

  70. M.... P....

    although it wasn't one of the singles or one they tend to do live, I always thought this was arguably one of their finest. crammed full of Duranness

  71. c.... m....

    qualcuno mi puo spiegare il motivo per il quale nella versione di questo pezzo contenuta nella versione di Rio 2009 Remastered mancano due parti di strofa???

  72. B.... ....

    Bruce Banner wear's a shirt with this album cover in Thor.

  73. A.... M....

    The biggest killer of testosterone is marriage.

  74. A.... S....

    I 💘 Duran Duran 😘😘😘

  75. S.... C....

    I've looked for this song (mix) and you have it! Thank you!

  76. t.... ....

    This is not the first mix of the song. When I bought the Rio album in 1982, this song had slightly different lyrics.

  77. P.... P....

    I love🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝

  78. G.... ....

    I own their Greatest Hits CD and am quite surprised that this song didn't make the cut for it!

  79. A.... M....

    wish Andy Taylor's version was on YouTube

  80. A.... ....

    The dislikes came from the people who remember what the 80's tape version sounded like...that version can be heard on youtube as well:)

  81. A.... M....

    80s RULES The whole music

  82. A.... ....

    I told a woman at work she looked like the cover art to this album... she had no idea what I was talking about, and I felt old. It really was meant as a compliment:)

    A.... ....

    My, she must be the most beautiful woman in the world! (I’ve always thought that about this particular Nagel).

    A.... ....

    @Jay Janssen. I'm nearly 26 and I had this on cassette in middle school

    A.... ....

    Deadsea1993 Gaming I regret writing what I did. The song is timeless...for everyone to know.

    A.... ....

    Jay Janssen I’m 15 :) I’ve got this and a few more of their albums on my phone

    A.... ....

    I'm 21 and I've been listening to DD pretty much since birth. Rio was probably the first album I ever heard as a whole, and I still love it to this dry

  83. a.... ....

    Giro di basso scadente io avrei fatto di meglio sicuro

  84. K.... S....

    the sex pistols and chic not hardly. this Five Headed Beast took the best of Roxy Music and David Bowie and really all of 1970s music and put a spin on it that was damn good. God bless my sister Kelly darn good taste in music.

  85. A.... L....

    50 next year and my fire hasn't burnt out...thanks duran duran x

  86. K.... T....

    WHAT THE FUCK? I'M BACK IN THE TENTH GRADE!!!!!!!!! Still a VIRGIN.

  87. J.... C....

    perfect song!!!!

  88. J.... H....

    yesssss

  89. M.... M....

    Duran Duran Rocked! I would give anything to go back to the 80s!

  90. K.... 7....

    Love this song, tho gotta ask who is this Lorraine they seem to be rather infatuated with. :)

  91. A.... M....

    Sadly love the song but nick Rhodes needs to leave the original songs alone!!!

  92. S.... G....

    ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

  93. S.... G....

    💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

  94. S.... ....

    play the fucking bass jhon

  95. G.... M....

    Listen all the song paying attention to the bass!! Amazing

  96. j.... s....

    Durans best dance track by a mile!

  97. N.... ....

    Several versions, but i think this is their greatest, finest, most fearless song. Longer outro version's better got to say

    N.... ....

    Noodles37UK it's the bass. John and that damn bass!

  98. b.... ....

    There is no greatest DD song of all time, it probably starts with *Tied for 11th place is...*