This is the original Album Version utilizing the keyboard portion of the song more prominently than subsequent mixes of the song. As compared to other mixes, this version lacks two vocal verses, starting with ‘People tell me I haven’t changed at all…’ and ‘So what if the words ain’t rhyming…’. This...
[Intro]
Hold back the rain
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Okay, go off and wander
I'm guilty just the same
Sometimes you're needed badly
So please come back again
[Chorus]
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
(Hold back the rain), hold back the rain, (Hold back the rain)
Hold back the rain
Hey, hey, hold back the rain
Everyone, please, please, please, help me hold back the rain
I just.. want to stay to.. help you hold back the rain
Hold, hold back the rain
Hold, hold back the rain
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
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 was written by Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) & Simon Le Bon & Nick Rhodes & John Taylor & Andy Taylor.
Hold Back the Rain was produced by Colin Thurston.
Duran Duran released Hold Back the Rain on Mon May 10 1982.