B.J. Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head, is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The uplifting lyrics describe somebody who overcomes his troubles and worries by realizing that “it won’t be long ’till happiness steps up to greet me.”
The single by B. J. Thomas reached No. 1 on charts in the United States, Canada and Norway, and reached No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in January 1970 and was also the first American No. 1 hit of the 1970s. The song also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 4 song of 1970. According to Billboard magazine, Thomas’ single had sold over 2 million copies by March 14, 1970, with eight-track and cassette versions also climbing the charts. It won an Oscar for Best Original Song. Bacharach also won Best Original Score.
B.J. Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head
From the album Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
B-side “Never Had It So Good”
Released October 1969
Studio A&R Recording Studios, New York City
Genre Pop soft rock
Length 3:02
Label Scepter
Songwriter(s) Burt Bacharach Hal David
Producer(s) Burt Bacharach Hal David
COUNTRYPEDIA
B.J. Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Raindrops are fallin’ on my head
And just like the guy whose feet
Are too big for his bed
Nothin’ seems to fit
Those raindrops are fallin’ on my head
They keep fallin’
[Verse 2]
So I just did me some talkin’ to the sun
And I said I didn’t like
The way he got things done
Sleepin’ on the job
Those raindrops are fallin’ on my head
They keep fallin’
[Bridge]
But there’s one thing I know
The blues they send to meet me
Won’t defeat me
It won’t be long ’til happiness
Steps up to greet me
[Verse 3]
Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head
But that doesn’t mean my eyes
Will soon be turnin’ red
Crying’s not for me
‘Cause I’m never gonna stop the rain
By complainin’
Because I’m free
Nothing’s worryin’ me
[Trumpet Solo/Verse 4]
It won’t be long ’til happiness
Steps up to greet me
[Verse 5]
Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head
But that doesn’t mean my eyes
Will soon be turnin’ red
Cryin’s not for me
‘Cause I’m never gonna stop the rain
By complainin’
Because I’m free
Nothing’s worryin’ me
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