The Weather GirlsIt's Raining Men

Label:

Columbia – 44-03181

Format:

Vinyl , 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Disco

Tracklist

A It's Raining Men (Vocal) 5:27
B It's Raining Men (Instrumental) 5:29

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyColumbia
  • Mastered AtRCA Recording Studios
  • Distributed ByColumbia Records
  • Manufactured ByColumbia Records
  • Manufactured ByCBS Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗CBS Inc.
  • Copyright ©CBS Inc.
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

Credits

  • Arranged ByGreg Mathieson
  • Art DirectionAllen Weinberg
  • Cover, Artwork [Art]Teresa Alfieri
  • Lacquer Cut ByJA*
  • Mastered ByJack Adelman
  • Mixed ByRandy Tominaga
  • Performer [The Weather Girls Are:]Zenobia*
  • ProducerPaul Jabara
  • Written-ByP. Shaffer*

Notes

[Labels]
℗ 1982 CBS Inc.
Mastered at RCA Recording Studios, NY
The Weather Girls are: Martha Wash and Izora Redman (courtesy of Honey Records), Zenobia, Stephanie Spruill, Maxine Willard Waters and Julia Tillman Waters

[Cover, rear]
The Entertainment Company Records.
Distributed by Columbia Records.

© 1982 CBS Inc./℗ 1982 CBS Inc./Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc./51 W. 52 Street, N.Y., N.Y./"Columbia," are trademarks of CBS Inc.

Some copies have a sticker on front cover.
Another release with a label variation (but without a picture sleeve) also exists. Some copies of this release also came in a plain black sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): XSS 170296
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): XSS 170297
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 1): XSS - 170296 - 1A JA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 1): XSS - 170297 - 1B JA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 2): XSS - 170296 - 1E JA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 2): XSS - 170296 - 1F JA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 3): XSS - 170296 - 1A JA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 3): XSS - 170297 - 1F JA
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched/stamped, variant 4): XSS-170296 - 1A A JA P o
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched/stamped, variant 4): XSS-170297 - 1A C JA o P

Other Versions (5 of 62)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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It's Raining Men (12", Maxi-Single, 33 ⅓ RPM) CBS CBSA 12-2924 Netherlands 1982
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It's Raining Men (7", 45 RPM, Single, Orange Injection-Moulded Labels) CBS CBS A2924 UK 1982
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It's Raining Men (7", 45 RPM, Single) CBS BA 223037 Australia 1982
It's Raining Men (7", Single, 45 RPM) CBS CBSA 2924 1982
It's Raining Men (7", 45 RPM, Single, Styrene, Stereo) Columbia 38-03354 US 1982

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  • FlatWaxAU's avatar
    FlatWaxAU
    Edited one year ago
    Classic club anthem, but a very flat / dull pressing - note each side has slightly different mastering. Virtually no dynamics, though pressing is dead-quiet.

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