Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain (ahh)
Telling me just what a fool I've been (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain (ahh)
And let me be alone again (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)

The only girl I care about has gone away (ahh)
Looking for a brand new start (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)
But little does she know that when she left that day (ahh)
Along with her she took my heart (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)

Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care?
I can't love another when my hearts somewhere far away (ooh)

The only girl I care about has gone away (ahh)
Looking for a brand new start (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)
But little does she know that when she left that day (ahh)
Along with her she took my heart (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)

Rain won't you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow
Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow (ooh)

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain (ahh)
Telling me just what a fool I've been (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain (ahh)
And let me be alone again (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)

Oh, listen to the falling rain (ahh)
Pitter patter, pitter patter (ahh)
Ooh listen, listen to the falling rain (ahh)
Pitter patter, pitter patter, ohh (ahh)
Ooh listen, listen to the falling rain (ahh)

Overall Meaning

The Cascades' "Rhythm of the Rain" is a heart-wrenching ballad about heartbreak and longing for a lost love. The song's opening lines, "Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain, telling me just what a fool I've been," set the stage for a tale of regret and sadness. The sound of the rain serves as a reminder of the singer's lost love and the mistake of letting her go. The song's melody is light and wistful, with the rhythm mimicking the sound of raindrops falling on a windowpane.

The lyrics go on to describe the pain of being without the one you love. The singer laments that he can't love anyone else because his heart still belongs to his lost love. He wishes the rain would go away so he could cry in peace, alone with his heartache. He pleads with the rain to communicate his love to his ex-girlfriend, begging it to "tell her that I love her so" and asking it to "ask the sun to set her heart aglow."

Overall, "Rhythm of the Rain" is a timeless classic that speaks to the universal experience of heartbreak and the longing for a lost love. Its simple yet poignant lyrics, combined with the song's upbeat melody and wistful sound effects, make it a must-listen for anyone dealing with the pain of lost love.

Line by Line Meaning

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain (ahh)
The sound of the raindrops falling represents the singer's emotional state

Telling me just what a fool I've been (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)
The rain is making the singer realize their mistakes and foolish behavior

I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain (ahh)
The singer wishes the rain would stop so they can cry alone and unobserved

And let me be alone again (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)
The repetition of the rain sounds emphasizes the artist's desire for solitude

The only girl I care about has gone away (ahh)
The artist is heartbroken because the person they love has left them

Looking for a brand new start (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)
The person the singer loves left to start a new life

But little does she know that when she left that day (ahh)
The singer feels hurt that the person they love left without knowing how much it would affect them

Along with her she took my heart (pitter patter, rap-tap-tap)
The artist is expressing the feeling of being incomplete and shattered without their loved one

Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
The artist is asking if it's fair that their heart was broken by the departure of the one they love

For her to steal my heart away when she don't care?
The artist is questioning the morality of the person they love leaving them without a second thought

I can't love another when my hearts somewhere far away (ooh)
The singer is admitting that they can't move on because their heart is still with the person who left

Rain won't you tell her that I love her so
The artist is asking the rain to pass on their message of love to the person who left them

Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow
The singer is hoping that the person they love will feel the same way and return their love

Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow (ooh)
The singer is asking the rain to bring back the love they once shared and revive their relationship

Oh, listen to the falling rain (ahh)
The singer is expressing their sadness and longing in the repetitive sound of the rain

Pitter patter, pitter patter (ahh)
The onomatopoeic words represent the sound of the rain and add to the emotional impact of the song

Ooh listen, listen to the falling rain (ahh)
The artist is emphasizing the importance of the sound of the rain to their emotional state

Pitter patter, pitter patter, ohh (ahh)
The repetition of the sounds shows the singer's fixation on the rain as a representation of their sadness

Ooh listen, listen to the falling rain (ahh)
The singer is urging listeners to focus on the sound of the rain as a symbol of their emotional state

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: John Gummoe

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@lizamorandi7877

1y↑33

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again
The only girl I care about has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know
That when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart
Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care
I can't love another when my hearts somewhere far away
The only girl I care about has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart
Rain won't you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow
Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again
Oh, listen to the falling rain
Pitter pater, pitter pater
Oh, oh, oh, listen to the falling rain
Pitter pater, pitter pater

All comments from YouTube:

@margarethill8100

2y↑1K

I think I was 15 when this was a hit. I loved it then and I love it now. Where has the time gone. I'm 75 now, married for 52 years to my high school sweetheart, 3 wonderful children, 4 grandsons, and pretty good health. It doesn't get much better than this! Beautiful memories!!

@mickeyjones5311

2y↑3

Hi can u cut hair

@melseyT

2y↑12

We are so lucky. But you are especially lucky! x

@mickeyjones5311

2y↑2

@Mel Taggart can u cut hairx

@TheCorvairGuy

2y↑3

Keep enjoying, brother!

@TheCorvairGuy

2y↑2

You go girl!

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@tpir0426

2y↑559

I was born in 2002 and I can't resist listening to this kind of music. It's so peaceful and charming, and sung from the heart instead of from auto tune.

@franklatona7094

1y↑15

You make an excellent point. This music has a very soothing element, charming as you put it. It's hard to feel my anxiety when listening to this.

@eunealfredcavite

1y↑7

I agree!

@ESponge2000

The music used to be more about music but don’t forget that today’s young people still do appreciate and still in a very dedicated smaller percentage perform new original pieces of songs like this one , such as this Portugal 2020 performance (click the blue link) https://youtu.be/eYhpZ_eFjGQ

Or this recent emerging artist named Yebba with a sound like the Carpenters https://youtu.be/cFAARmBeUT8

Or this original production from Serbian kids in the 2021 year about life in children’s eyes https://youtu.be/UyQS66swDJU

Or this recent Norwegian Christmas Carol https://youtu.be/kl9ZMxkyYTA

@brad2548

1y↑10

And it's also not filled with anger. Rage. Darkness. Death. Violence. But its filled with joy,nature and inspires life.

@yuanda

1y↑2

2001 growing up in China

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@louchieamartinez6878

19w↑7

I'm 26 now but for some reasons 1950's and 1960's is my music taste. 😂

@FoxGoldEnterprises

2y↑1.6K

As someone in their mid 20, I still say this music is a thousand times better than anything that comes out today.

@michaelwilson9925

2y↑29

God, you have that right. Though Madonna is critizied for her overt sexuality, she has some beautiful songs on the record, no pun intended. This used to be my playground, Take a Bow, I'll remember, You'll see, Live to tell, Oh Father, Majesty, etc. Of course, she is post-60's. One song that is reminicient of the 60's is TRUE BLUE. In the 60's, I loved The Association, Loving Spoonful(Summer in the City), Peter and Gordon(I Go to Pieces), The Outsiders(Time Won't Let Me) and many other groups, duos, and individual singers. Now I have to go Downtown.

@anindyaroy5692

2y↑9

@Michael Wilson Madonna is kind of my grandmother, but I have a huge crush on her! 😁🤣 But she does have good songs. I loved her version of 'Don't cry for me Argentina'. Also, 'Cherish', 'Borderline', 'La Isla Bonita', 'Live to tell' are my favourites, only to name some.

@suemcknight9051

2y↑20

@ TFoxyBoy… Bless your sweet heart for being brave enough to say that…so many in your age range would loudly disagree. I’m in my late 70’s so have been lucky enough to have spanned so many genre’s & changes in music. I’ve tried to like most of them (sorta 😂), but, still completely in love with the music starting in the 50’s. The 60’s were magical ( for several reasons). I was young & present to see the likes of Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, the Righteous Brothers, the onset of Dolly’s career & of course Elvis, Motown & on & on. Not to mention so many of the groups like these guys. So many of these songs take me back to an exact place & time…💝. Good music is a gift to us all….

@wolfmei5ter

2y↑13

Music just moves on. It's always exciting. Shame that you can't take in anything new. I'm not saying that old stuff is bad at all. It's just that 80% of people stop listening to new music when they hit their 30s. Fact! Not saying that chart music is any good, but there is brilliant new stuff out there. And there will always be. Btw. the Cascades didn't even play on the recording. It was the Wrecking Crew. Glen Campbell etc.

@brwnyes56

2y↑24

Great Music like this will never get old.

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@coindetectorkid

2y↑168

I was born in 2005 and I love this generation of music 🎶 . Brings positive joy everytime

@joelleneve1486

42w

Never better music

@melseyT

31w

How right you are !

@umji3389

20w↑1

fitting because in 2005 this band actually did a remake of this song. check it out!

@davidh2674

2y↑621

These kind of music(songs) will never get old. Hurray for the 60s and 70s💕

@bimboganaden1017

2y↑6

Hurray

@melseyT

31w↑1

Those songs and records are more alive and probably more widely listened to now than they were getting on for 60 years ago. Forever young and forever loved.

@hayling122

3y↑1.7K

Honestly, the 60's was probably the best time for music ever.

@florencioguastavino5376

3y↑36

I have to agree with you 100%!

@mcdus78

3y↑30

That's what my Mom always says. Now at 43 years of age, I believe her.

@jigsaw6127

3y↑35

the 60s are damn good, but it cant beat the 80s i must say

@TheKingb1943

3y↑18

@Jigsaw and many songs from the 50’s!!

@dannycorsaro546

3y↑34

Fifty’s sixties and seventies!

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@user-zm4fp9pi2c

48w↑120

I am 77 years old, but wgen ever I hear this song, my teen days even my feelings just swayed with the tune and lyrics of this song!! I can not stop to move my body with the rhythm of this song! Very contaminating to the heart and body! I love it.

@melseyT

31w↑2

I'll be that age next month, and distance or where we live has nothing to do with it - we all feel the same, great music from a great time.

@ghostrider-ek8gu

25w↑2

79 years ... and still return

@AimeedeFanon

2y↑58

I'm a teenager, 15 years of age. I remember my dad playing this on the radio of a 4 hour roadtrip. Ever since I've heard of it, it has never left my head. Always calms me down when it's being played. Who cares if it's an oldies song? It's better than WAP!

@rosiered6712

29w↑3

Fuck yeah man. Music is music!

@raywillcox8622

21w

So true

@p.v.chandrasekharan5666

2y↑324

A song that rings in my heart even after 60 years.I am 75 .one of the evergreen songs.Even now the rain and thunder falls around me as the song is played.

@maryannesteinberger7652

1y↑1

It is pouring rain right now where I live. This song, my very favorite since I was 15 (1962), is perfect for the storm.

@melseyT

31w↑1

All of us on here are with you my friend, such music brings us together, and for a few moments fill our hearts and souls with such happiness, and memories.

@giselazimmermann9199

25w

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@simonsimon2888

21w

Bro!..did you see the flash of lightning before we hear the thunder? i am 75 of the same generation.

@garyblanchard1084

43w↑24

I have no idea if they ever had a hit after this great enduring classic. It’s been around longer than I have and still sounds superb!

@wendyallard6219

36w↑43

Great song I met a boy at a dance when I was nineteen in 1966 and danced with him to this it was magic and I still feel goose bumps when I hear this song.What a time to be young it was the best.Thanks for the memories💙💙💗

@BrendaDrumm

34w↑2

Same as God bless x

@melseyT

31w↑3

What a lovely memory, how lucky we were. x

@alanpagle1176

25w↑1

We're some of the luckiest people. Growing up in this time. Great changes and great music

@BrendaDrumm

23w

They say the grass is greener don't know my son of 51 still mentions past loves even tho he is settled with a family isn't feelings strange lol x

@melseyT

3y↑4.2K

I am 74 now, and still can't understand where time goes. In my heart, when I hear this song and others of the 60's, I'm 16 and walking in the dark along the summer beach with my girlfriend. All our friends could see were four distant white legs by the surf. The music plays and I'm 'back there in a heartbeat'.

@zenonkusy7990

3y↑73

Mam 72 i mysle podobnie jak Ty - i'am 72 and i think exactly like you

@rons5319

3y↑183

Science doesn't have a clue what time is, much less where it went. Time is God's music, and we are in his song.

@hendrikdebruin4012

3y↑103

The brain has no time perception. It is a flaw of biology causing endless heartache.

@HolgerRuneFan

3y↑98

Beautifully said. I understand exactly what you mean.

@lastnamefirst4035

3y↑32

Four white legs 😀 Its why I dont go to the beach. Live in Ca and white as a ghost

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@petercoombes3082

2y↑97

I listened to The Cascades in the early 60 and all their music was great. I was a singer in a band back then and this song was one of our most requested, and it meant a lot to me. A year and a half ago after 35years of marriage my wife decided to wave goodbye, now this song means more to me than ever.

@oldermusiclover

2y↑6

i'm soo sorry

@Waystolii

1y↑6

I’m sorry 😢

@norvindcosta6466

1y↑5

I'm sorry mate

@galloping3265

45w↑1

Sad😢

@leslijones4443

40w↑1

Best Wishes

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@AmberSimmonds332

30w↑9

This is a song that my mum would sing often as I was growing up. I heard it at work a few days ago and it really struck a chord with me. Now I can't stop listening to it!

@patrickmccarthy3123

18w

Me too I'm 78 lost my wife almost 2years ago married for 58 years and this song brings tears to my eyes as I think of times past.

@timothylittel7468

19w↑2

Songs like this will never come back except in our hearts during a time in the 60s❤😂

@deborahsnell8453

2y↑92

I love this song!! God how great it was to grow up in the 60’s! Good times!! Wish I could go back!!

@bonifacioespinosa1470

Who doesn't?

@michelleA9502

1y↑1

I was born in 1968. So glad I grew up without the internet! My friends & I climbed trees, waded in the creek, caught toads, built outdoor forts, & you could wander the neighborhood without being shot. We also had the 2 story metal slides at school that really let you zip down! Not like my grandson on the plastic slides now. A comedian called them "scoots" cause you stop & go! 😀 Got to ride in the bed of an open pickup & nobody called CPS! So glad my childhood was "back then." Who doesn't remember the family's first microwave, VCR, & the magical cordless telephone? Haha Also loved my great grandfather's 1969 Impala with the V8 engine. You could really have fun on snow in an empty parking lot then! He didnt have a radio in the car, which for a teen in 1985 was unthinkable! I took the boombox that took tons of D size batteries & sat it in the passenger seat. One time leaving my driveway, i was fiddling with it, & scraped a pine tree. With those heavy metal bumpers, it took bark off the tree but the car was still pristine! So funny compared to the styrofoam & plastic crap we have now! Reminds me of the song "I wanna go back, go back, and do it all over, but I can't go back I know." Good memories though.

@ruchojz8358

1y↑2

No one can go back in time, but think that you are fortunate to have lived those years & you'll always keep the memories. It's a part of your life & it will be forever

@philipnorris6542

1y↑1

Keep on rocking, Deborah.

@ruchojz8358

You can close your eyes & be back there with the songs

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@michaelandrew4488

4y↑1.2K

For a song that is over 50 years old to get over 19 million views it must be special.

@MrLASCOM1

4y↑37

I don't know that the song itself is special so much as the era the song is from. Much of the music from the 60's And 70's was done with emotion. AND, the artists actually learned to play instruments instead of using synthesizers.. So, many of the songs capture an individuals emotions and that makes a song "special" imo.

@patgavigan1396

4y↑17

BMI has this at #9 most played song on American radio in 20th century!

@chrisgault8427

4y↑13

@MrLASCOM1 you are so right. There emotion in these songs you just don’t hear in the charts now.

@eliortega1745

4y↑9

58 years ago to be exact. And still sounds good.

@king_fresh27

3y↑5

To be fair, Dream Lover by Bobby Darin and American Pie by Don McLean have almost 100M views

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@bobkids009

1y↑158

I came to know this song when I was still in school days in the 60s......I am now 74 and it still ring my bell....! Great song never dies.......

@melm9487

Lol…haven’t heard that in years…Ring my Bell!!!😂

@laidsgpr63

I'm with you Bobby ! Don't worry about age !!!

@bobkids009

@Geoff Laidler 🙏🙏

@BrendaDrumm

23w

Thought I was the only one who kn0ws or loves this song never heard it played in coventry when I was growing up I've loved it from day one im now 74 xx

@mohammadjawidnoorulhaq873

32w↑22

Nothing can beat the music of the sixties. They are real music.

@sharonmeagher8077

2y↑71

When I hear this song I think of my parents, both passed now. They had the radio on all the time, in the house, in the car. We lived out bush and I grew up with music from the 50’s and 60’s. Still some of the best I’ve ever heard.

@2msvalkyrie529

🙏 🙏 🇬🇧 !

@philipnorris6542

1y↑1

Keep on rocking, Sharon.

@reginaldtucker1686

48w

I can relate, I was born in late fifties and I miss my parents

@ronaldmurray7746

1y↑76

You'll never hear songs as good as this still is

@BrendaDrumm

52w

You do

@rokovitherieh4315

25w

I agree 👍

@stanlim2136

2y↑31

I like the rhythm of this song. It is so touching and meaningful. Great song. I will never resist hearing this very special song. Tribute be given to the group of singers. ❤

@wilrobles5392

8y↑2.1K

For today's youth, the 60s is nothing more than history. For us who lived through it, a divine era.

@caboose2163

8y↑99

hey now, i'm a 90's baby and 80% of the time I prefer a classic than a crap new album of today...my peers mock me for my obscurity in this matter.

@wilrobles5392

8y↑31

+rhonda terry I love the music of the 80s and the early 90s. The quality of music has spiraled downward, unfortunately, and so has the moral fiber of society. Songs that degrade women, proclaim violence against police, and is so vulgar in describing sexual activity is not worthy of praise, but of the most pronounced criticism possible. I do not hide my head in the sand. Music has always influenced behavior, and if it's harmful toward youth and society as a whole, I'm against it. The music today is vile, polluted, and is greatly harmful toward our most impressionable youth. Nothing personal against the artists, but the contents have much to be desired. We get all bent out of shape at environmental degradation, but moral degradation poisoning our youth? That's okay. Sorry, I disagree with you as far as far can be. I see the net results of what this music has done and continues to do, and I see a much troubled future n this world. That's how potent good music is, and bad music as well.

@annemccarthy-bonard3124

8y↑12

Could not agree more.

@akishot6735

8y↑19

I am a teen don't consider the 60s history well my dream first car is a 63 Corvair Monza coupe

@wilrobles5392

8y↑9

+orion deschamps When I was your age I was immersed in the 60s music, and beginning the 70s. Although now my memories are fading, I still look back at that time quite fondly. My youth was quite mild compared to today. I remember the corvairs. They were rather abundant, though today you might see one every now and then. May you live a blessed life, and enjoy music as much as you can.

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@josealbertoarnauizquierdo7747

1y↑4

¡Preciosa melodía! Muy buenos recuerdos de juventud.

@tuiteruyo360

1y↑84

I think this beautiful melody and refreshing singing voice is a timeless masterpiece.

@rjzavala87

45w↑3

No question. It seems so simple but theres no song like it.

@mickhubner1913

35w↑3

The good old days in America

@raywillcox8622

21w↑2

I always sò relaxed and happy to hear this song 🎵

@ralphhooper937

49w↑20

What a privilege to be growing up in a time when there was SO much Magic in ALL of the music of the era!

@katyp.2495

27w↑16

I, along with several friends, were going to Latin American and ballroom dancing lessons in the 60's, and I remember being taught the Rumba to this song. Although I can no longer dance, this song will always remind me of those happy days.

@ninamenon

23w↑2

I was staying in a hotel in Seattle in 1987, the entertainment was a guy with a guitar and synthesizer. (quite primitive) he played this song, and I had goosebumps. Went to him and told him it was my absolute favorite. He said "thanks, I wrote it!"
Eddie Preston. Didn't use that name when he was with the Cascades.

@triciac1019

23w↑1

We can dance in our souls.

@katyp.2495

23w

@triciac1019. 'Dance in our souls', I like that 😊.

@Oryon7

1y↑10

Beautiful song. It's one of the songs - from my dad's(RIP) collection - that I memorized as a kid. If I heard any of them, I'm taken immediately back to that old house with my most cherished memories.

@evanxft86

8y↑721

I'm 17 and this is my favorite song. Don't worry, this music will never go out of style

@freeguy77

8y↑28

+Evan Pace Right on, Evan! Even when other styles come and go, this soft rock sound will be considered wonderful and timeless.

@hxbibiiii

5y↑3

nerd

@mikeb8948

5y↑15

Aww, come on habibi

@ohitspaula1464

5y↑30

Habibi Beats if you think he’s a nerd for listening to this song then what are you doing here in the first place? lmaoo

@hxbibiiii

5y↑1

@ohitspaula nerd

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@robertorezende9499

24w↑4

Que música linda demais e seja ela em português e inglês é de apaixonar por essa linda canção das décadas de 70! ❤️❤️❤️ Ritimo da chuva!

@rosana14

33w↑3

Essa MÚSICA é muita Linda demais OUVI ELA EM INGLÊS NA VERSÃO BRASILEIRA E INSTRUMENTAL NA GUITARRA SEM COMENTARIOS AS TRÊS SÃO LINDAS DE QUALQUER JEITO ❤❤❤❤💏❤❤❤🎼❤❤❤❤🎸🎶🎶❤❤❤

@SamLesGo

2y↑134

Today is the best day of my life. I’m 35 and I have been looking for this song for the past 25 years. I knew it would come one day. Lovely masterpiece ❤️

@AdityaMahesa

39w↑1

Congratulations, you deserved this song.

@peterthomas6486

35w

Dead right, Masterpiece

@pauloronconi5302

49w↑12

Belíssima música 👍👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

@stanlim2136

2y↑32

I love this song. The music is great. The song is meaningful. It just strikes deeply into my heart. Great singers

@doowopjim1

6y↑914

My girlfriend and I would listen to this beautiful song during our college years. We celebrated our 50th anniversary August 12, 2017!!!!

@RS-up4kx

3y↑12

Lovely, so romantic

@kimhuattan5940

Z111 /+@1

@cordeliamaintenance6418

3y↑4

ok boomer

@MRBAMBAM1959

3y↑7

Congratulations!

@yoyonanafiger

3y↑3

One of my fave in my HS days.

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@myrnaveira2340

39w↑35

Greatest music ever i will never stop loving it

@allgood6760

46w↑11

Timeless!.. great song 👍🎵

@tinap7672

2y↑7

I love this classic song. It is sure a true ledgenary and will never die out. Love listening to this song especially when it is a rainy day. Song goes well with the weather. Thank you for sharing. :)

@AnimateTronix

20w↑1

i was like 8 when i was introduced to this song by my grandpa. he played his songs in the car everytime he'd pick me up from school. i'm still fairly young and he's still alive to this day and we still see each other. this song, along with some others, has a very special place in my heart.

@MUSIC4U..

21w↑4

My dad was born in 1938 and I'm born In 1996 and he showed me the best music and this type of music is unbeatable

@michaelscarpinito1779

3y↑264

I am 75 years young and I still love this song because it brings back memories of my younger days when I was abandoned by the woman I loved.

@mitchellhawkes22

3y↑17

Dude. We were ALL abandoned by the woman we loved.

@edwardli8562

2y↑6

@Mitchell Hawkes And they crawl back for a second chance. Too late.

@fatimaalmeida6866

2y↑2

😣

@davidh2674

2y↑8

I know what you’re went through. I had mines broken too. Your heart will mend back in due time, but it will be awhile or for some never. I hope yours do

@ianmceldowney9145

2y↑5

I know the feeling

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@jellybean4583

47w↑32

My grandma passed away more than a year ago due to heart problems. Anytime we would go on vacation she would call it Vacation Music and this is one of the many precious songs that were on there. I just remember sitting in the car laying on her shoulder as this song would drift me to sleep and every time I hear it I realize how sweet and sour 1900’s music makes me feel. ❤

@mattarby8931

1y↑12

My parents are so lucky to grow up with peaceful music like this

@anjalipayneeandy8770

2y↑101

Used to hear it on the radio when I was a kid...my mum's retro songs 🤣 but I absolutely love it.

@user-wc6pn9ds2t

אדם סנדלר מוצץ לאלוהים המפגר לפני המוות של אלוהים את הנקניק שלו ויורק עליו שהוא שופך🏃🏃

@stchannel2476

We used to have the record and we played t endlessly. I still love it!

@jmrodas9

38w↑3

Beautiful song a lamentation but without desires of revenge, curses,, or bad feelings. Good to listen so many years later, proof it is timeless. The lyrics are nice as is the music, and the voices are very good too.

@montsesr2809

2y↑12

Preciosa canción melódica ,buena época tuvo mucho éxito ,hoy ya no se produce estas maravillas .

@123chelseajane

8y↑493

I'm 18 and I absolutely love this genre of music. I find it so relaxing.

@papafoundry5537

8y↑6

Same

@Backs3atGaming

8y↑24

What does age have to do with anything😅 comments like these are so cringey

@ringostarr6167

8y↑1

+Brandon true

@123chelseajane

8y↑43

Brandon Honestly what is the big deal with putting my positive input on here. I wasn't slating anybody, however I know that it comes to a surprise that not a lot of people my age like this style of music and I know a lot of older people who found out that I know most of the 50's and 60's songs, American and British. Can't put something nice on here now days without somebody saying that my opinion is "cringey" as such. Move along.

@123chelseajane

8y↑5

Now, now QuangThichDuc. No need for the abusive language is there. Lol wow, how mature.

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@flamingpieherman9822

31w↑7

I used to sing this to my little girl before she was born and then when she was just a baby I'd seen it to her.... Now she's all grown up. And I hope the song means the same to her as it does to me for her

@kadams9148

2y↑10

this is one of those songs that makes you feel sad and happy at the same time. Always lifts my spirits a little when I hear it.

@randyrogers8568

19w↑5

Back in the 1962 my very first radio was a clock radio. The very first time I used it I woke up to this song. It's been a favorite ever since.

@CosmicBayB

2y↑30

When I was 5 yrs old my mom was a 20 yr old kid. She had this 45 and I played it over and over again. It’s now 2022, I’m all of sudden tossed back to a time and place that was totally magic for me and outta the blue this song is playing in my head. Every note, rhythm, beat and word. Nothing missed. It’s been forever since I’ve even heard this song. I love it.

Another song just popped on. Hey Hey Paula! Who remembers that one? Oh my goodness the music never dies or fades thank you GOD!

🎶♥️🎤

@MrPiperian

1y↑1

https://youtu.be/SUNNkIyFjRE

@CosmicBayB

@MrPiperian

thank you 🙏🏽.

Beautiful.

@freeguy77

34w

Your mom was 15 when she had you? I'm so sad she couldn't have been married and at least 19 before having you. It is difficult enough to raise a child when with both parents, but with a single girl that age with the care needed, and the money needed to spend, makes it that harder to make sure the child gets the love and surroundings needed to feel secure. I hope it wasn't as difficult for you in growing up as I detailed.

@freeguy77

34w

"Hey Paula" by Ray Hildebrand (82) died on Aug. 18, 2023 (five months and 60 years after it hit #1), was another big 1963 hit, #1 for 3 weeks (Feb. 9-23, 1963), released in late-1962. Jill Jackson ("Paula") is alive at 80, so Ray was 22, and Jill was 20 when they hit their only #1, and one of the most memorable, lovely, unforgettable ballads that year. If you saw the college movie classic, "Animal House" (Jul. 1978), Boon (Peter Riegert) and Katy (Karen Allen) sang "Hey Paula" to each other, with their film highlighting the 1962-63 school year. "Animal House" clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4eS2SceeFk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYVuITwJOE
"Hey Paula" full song here

@anopinion4this

33w

Hey Paul...I want to marry you

@pahkwan3143

28w↑3

One of my favorite rain songs !!

@CherryFrog321

3y↑452

I wasn't born until the 90s, but I remember listening to this song as a kid because it was one of my mom's favorite songs ever since she was a little girl. So she played it a lot, and in turn, I loved it too!

@tonychung3816

3y↑3

😊

@mitchellhawkes22

3y↑6

You're a lucky boy. Think of the lonely sailor who wrote it while serving for the US Navy billions of miles from his favorite girl.

@sandiking7723

3y↑7

I can relate. Loved this song as a child. Reminds me the radio playing in the car with my Mom and the rain was coming down in upstate NY.

@jacobfranz1204

2y↑7

You poor kid. I was born in 1949 and boy you missed the music ever, the best TV, the best of everything.

@josephsturek4332

2y↑4

You and mom have good taste

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@karenk152

1y↑20

One of my mom's favorite songs! ❤️

@gregnormal55.

1y↑2

Hello!!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day. Stay Safe

@jmrodas9

2y↑15

One of my favorites, which I used to hear on the radio in 1962, after finishing my school homework. And sixty years later, it is still great to hear, and to remember so many things.

@Everest4Peace

1y↑6

😔When I was a teenager of 15 in 60s, now 73 still love to hear this great nostalgic rhythm. Thanks for the revival👍👌🙏

@willylast9004

2y↑4

Such beautiful music it warms my heart! ❤️🔥

@prinn8095

2y↑7

im 16 and have a whole playlist for music like this. I already feel lost in this world, but music like this makes me feel understood and relaxed. Its definitely better than any music these days

@thecinematicmind

3y↑349

This is one song I will cherish for the rest of my life.

@ferjolito

3y↑5

Me too!

@mitchellhawkes22

3y↑7

Cherish is the Word...

@lesbonnick5335

2y↑3

@Mitchell Hawkes So true Mitchell

@lanalovesjohn

48w

When love meant something

@kudumohammed9684

33w↑1

I was around 14/15. The first song that stuck to me like glue. Didn't know what they were saying, but I couldn't go anywhere or do anything without me humming it under my breath. Phew! Great song!!

@JOSECarlos-qc1fv

2y↑12

Música realmente muito linda. Lembro da minha infância em Brasília, no início dos anos 80.

@carlosfaria860

44w

Certamente você não a ouviu nos anos 80. Essa linda canção foi lançada no início dos anos 60.

@sandravargo1432

43w↑6

One of my all time favorite songs!

@jeffreytao8677

32w↑3

This catchy song brings back many memories -- I used to sing it with my friends in high school.

@LeticiaGomes-kq9er

3y↑58

They are one of my favourites…Their songs will never die… ❤️❤️❤️

@mitchellhawkes22

Dont get mushy.
The Cascades have only ONE Song. This one. And it probably won't die.
The rest of their stuff is long forgotten.

@felipesants8936

NAO MORRERÁ.

@anthonylewis62

37w↑18

THIS SONG IS TIMELESS, AND BEAUTIFUL AS IT WAS THEN, I WAS JUST A YOUNG GIRL I LOVED IT THEN AND NOW.

@middi6

43w↑5

Voices like silk absolutely love it.

@lizamorandi7877

1y↑33

@lian-colechien5528

47w↑1

Thanks for sharing the lyrics!

@volkmarmaleika1623

35w↑1

THANK YOU

@richardcreel3267

43w↑3

I remember when this song came out in the early '60s. I loved it then and still do. It's a timeless classis.

@cynthiagonzalez658

2y↑19

I remember endlessly playing this album. I loved that peal of thunder at the beginning of the song.

@diyaniiwelaratna7065

4y↑41

This song and music never goes out of style .... its beautiful

@RailGoddess

2y↑2

I always loved this song. First heard it when I was very young, perhaps around 8 or so. Every time I hear this song, I remember exactly what I was doing on the day that song was playing on the radio (I was in the back seat of the family car). Family about to go out for an outing.

@CP-sg2ih

27w↑4

Always love this song 💓

@jackygale992

2y↑10

I really loved this song way back when I was 5 years old in 1992. And until now I really love the song 🥰🥰❤️❤️

@user-ws9de1gd8v

38w↑14

I was about 14 when that song came out. Wonderful memories. I loved the 60s music. Glad I was born in the 40s great era

@carmenfoote7999

2y↑11

My second most favorite song ever. At 74, I'm glad I grew up and lived through the 60's where such songs graced the airways. A beautiful melody that has never grown old. Joe S.

@mervcrowe9596

3y↑19

Absolute gold....what a magnificent tune, just 10/10 over and over again

@rosesuarez3372

43w↑9

The best song of the Cascades, I love it 🎶🎵🎼🎧😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️

@newnews3361

43w

You must be old, like me. Fun times, yes.

@joegongora2200

24w↑6

In the early 60's around 1962 I was 7 years old and my Mom listened to this song on the radio. It was one of her favorite songs. About 20 min ago I got through listening to the Spanish version of this song that was recorded soon after this song became a hit. Most of these songs that were recorded in Mexico that's where the Spanish versions came from. Songs that became hits here in America were later recorded and translated in Spanish by Mexican Rockers in Mexico. They also did an awesome job with this particular song but the Cascades are the original artists. It's a great song and over the years I've heard it countless times on oldies stations. It's a very wonderful song and had to listen to it.

@adrianacmr7088

1y↑4

ADORO ESTA MÚSICA!!!!!!!!! MUITO OBRIGADA POR POSTÁ-LA!!!! BEIJOS ADRIANA

@margaretkrings4807

1y↑44

AND THE GREAT THING IS YOU CAN STILL REMEMBER THE WORDS AFTER ALL THESE YEARS ...WONDERFUL !!

@gregnormal55.

Hello!!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day. Stay Safe

@yesterdayproductions1019

42w↑4

Great song. Very melodic with excellent vocals, (Especially the lead vocal). Nice instrument accompaniment.

@harsanoya3048

8y↑299

As you get older and older and listening more to oldies songs, you realize that you're young again and the feelings are much more fantastic and amazing. Just how I feel, that's all.

@drspaseebo410

5y↑4

Right-on, Bro !

@dioluciano

5y↑5

HP SanOyamas I was 6, got locked out of house because I forgot keys. Tv was on, the song was for double mint ads and it played a few times. I hated the song , not anymore now that I feel good hearing it again.

@jennifursun3303

5y↑1

true

@royfowler1583

4y↑1

Har SanOya Me too!

@mitchellhawkes22

Don't feel young again, but still love this song.
Interesting to find out Glen Campbell and the Wrecking Crew improved it greatly.

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@donchallans185

1y↑2

The wonder years of the best music. Takes me back to the time I was a child. I know it effects others like this. Plus it brings back a lot of memories.

@user-ik3cw9fu5y

42w↑6

Timeless classic! 🙂🙂🙂

@chrisc6159

15w

I wish I was born in this generation. I know there have always been problems but I can't help but think of how much more simple and fun life must have been back then. Just listening to these songs makes me nostalgic for a time I never even knew

@keithmcintyre3447

37w↑3

This, and most of the 60's and early songs were sung and performed by real musicians. Not the wanna-be's of today who can't tell a guitar from a flute and rely on computers to "try" and make up for their lack of talent! I'm glad I was born in 56 and was able to listen to all the great talent that was around then!

@tntblaster137

31w↑10

Man, born in 2002, and this song speaks to me now more than ever, even tho I listened for 8 hears almost.
Can't believe my first gf was at 20. She left me for a brand new start, and along with her, she took my heart. Half a year later and it still hurts...

@losascio

10y↑16

I have loved this song since I was a kid. What a pretty ballad/love song. Gee, you can even understand the words ! I still play it on acoustic at parties. Lots of younger people never heard it. But they still like it !

@margitayrjola707

29w↑3

Very lovely song's from the past and our youth!! Sooo beautiful, nice to listen to them and remember lot of wonderful thing's!! Thank's for sharing such music to us!❤❤🤗🥰❤️

@JiayingYu-pq2fq

27w↑2

I was born in 1999, the first time I listened to this music was in my mom's belly when I could recognize a song and dance through the rythm, which really excited me. It is still the most familiar song for me.

@davidburtenshaw7251

29w↑1

The music from the 50s and 60s nothing will ever beat it pure melodies

@mechcavandy986

29w↑1

I had this record when I was a kid. I later became a DJ at local radio stations. 💙

@ruimougao4811

2y↑12

非常好聽，讚！😊💐🎧🎸🎻👍👍👍
值得收藏，好聽不得了！😊💐💕

@miltonwilliams168

8y↑73

Just another simple little song from the early 60's, all those simple little songs still put a smile on your face. The 50's and 60's music were a great time to grow up and have such timeless songs.

@aurorasherman9995

6y↑1

kezia

@aurorasherman9995

6y↑1

Milton Williams 👏

@mitchellhawkes22

Not simple. Ripped right into the music tastes of an entire nation. Sophisticated stuff, helped immensely by several genius musicans on the Wrecking Crew, who made this a hit.

@caroldilts4180

2y↑7

I love listening to all of the older songs, bringing back so many memories 💓

@r.o.g.79

1y↑2

Absolutely amazing song, hearing this alot growing I'm 43, what can I say magnificence in lyrics and music....

@volkmarmaleika1623

35w↑2

I was just 14 when this song came out on the radio. Loved it the 1st time I heard it and still do today.

@shannanbrown3366

2y↑17

Listening to this about a year after my dad passed away. Music from this time always make me think of him, because I grew up listening to the oldies. I'm 37 now.