She's My Kind of Rain

"She's My Kind of Rain" is a song written by Tommy Lee James and Robin Lerner, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in January 2003 as the third single from his album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Content

"She's My Kind of Rain" is a mid-tempo piece in which the narrator describes his wife in an abstract fashion.

Critical reception

The song earned a Broadcast Music Incorporated award for reaching Number One on the former Radio & Records country singles charts.^[1] It also received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Vocal Performance-Male at the 46th Grammy Awards.^[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Tommy Lee James's usual director of choice: Sherman Halsey, and was filmed in London. McGraw's wife, Faith Hill, is featured at the end walking with Tim McGraw down the sidewalk. It also shows Tim walking through London with a cloak on, and him performing the song in a royal dining room of a restaurant. It premiered on CMT on November 22, 2002.

Chart positions

"She's My Kind of Rain" re-entered the charts as an official single at number 47 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of January 25, 2003. The song reached a peak of number 2 on the Billboard country singles charts in early 2003.

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	27

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	23

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Gold	500,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

↑ ""She's My Kind of Rain" Pools #1 Prize". BMI. 2003-09-14. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
↑ Susman, Gary (December 4, 2003). "Grammylicious". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
↑ "Tim McGraw – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Tim McGraw – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Tim McGraw.
↑ "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
↑ "American single certifications – Tim McGraw – She's My Kind of Rain". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 31, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Tim McGraw singles

Discography

Not a Moment Too Soon	"Indian Outlaw" "Don't Take the Girl" "Down on the Farm" "Not a Moment Too Soon" "Refried Dreams"

All I Want	"I Like It, I Love It" "Can't Be Really Gone" "All I Want Is a Life" "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"

Everywhere	"It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill) "Everywhere" "Just to See You Smile" "One of These Days" "Where the Green Grass Grows" "For a Little While"

A Place in the Sun	"Please Remember Me" "Something Like That" "My Best Friend" "Some Things Never Change" "My Next Thirty Years"

Set This Circus Down	"Grown Men Don't Cry" "Angry All the Time" "The Cowboy in Me" "Unbroken"

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors	"Red Rag Top" "Tiny Dancer" "She's My Kind of Rain" "Real Good Man" "Watch the Wind Blow By"

Live Like You Were Dying	"Live Like You Were Dying" "Back When" "Drugs or Jesus" "Do You Want Fries with That" "My Old Friend"

Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"When the Stars Go Blue" "My Little Girl"

Let It Go	"Last Dollar (Fly Away)" "I Need You" (with Faith Hill) "If You're Reading This" "Suspicions" "Kristofferson" "Let It Go" "Nothin' to Die For"

Southern Voice	"It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You" "Southern Voice" "Still"

Number One Hits	"Felt Good on My Lips"

Country Strong	"Me and Tennessee" (with Gwyneth Paltrow)

Emotional Traffic	"Better Than I Used to Be"

Two Lanes of Freedom	"Truck Yeah" "One of Those Nights" "Highway Don't Care" (with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban) "Southern Girl"

Sundown Heaven Town	"Lookin' for That Girl" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Faith Hill) "Shotgun Rider" "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (with Catherine Dunn)

Damn Country Music	"Top of the World" "Humble and Kind" "How I'll Always Be"

Guest singles	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Faith Hill) "Let's Make Love" (with Faith Hill) "Bring On the Rain" (with Jo Dee Messina) "Over and Over" (with Nelly) "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Faith Hill) "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" (with Tracy Lawrence and Kenny Chesney) "Nine Lives" (with Def Leppard) "Feel Like a Rock Star" (with Kenny Chesney) "Lovin' Lately" (with Big & Rich) "May We All" (with Florida Georgia Line)

Other songs	"City Lights" "The Ride"

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