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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Rain Over Me
| cover = Pitbull featuring Marc Anthony - Rain Over Me.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Pitbull featuring Marc Anthony
| album = Planet Pit
| released =
| recorded = 2010
| studio =
*Henson Recording, Los Angeles
*Al Burna, Miami, Florida
| genre =
*Dance-pop
| length = 3:51
| label =
*Polo Grounds
*J
*Mr. 305
| writer =
*Armando C. Perez
*RedOne
*Marc Anthony
*Bilal "The Chef" Hajji
*AJ Janussi
*Rachid "Rush" Aziz
| producer =
*RedOne
*Rush
*Jimmy Joker
| chronology = Pitbull
| prev_title = Boomerang
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Suave (Kiss Me)
| next_year = 2011
| misc =
}}
"'Rain Over Me'" is a song by Cuban-American rapper Pitbull from his sixth studio album, 'Planet Pit'. It features vocals from Puerto Rican-American singer Marc Anthony. The song was written by Pitbull, RedOne, Marc Anthony, Bilal "The Chef" Hajji, AJ Janussi and Rachid "Rush" Aziz. It was also produced by RedOne, Rush and Jimmy Joker. It was released on June 10, 2011, as the third promotional single from the album and received a full release as the album's third official single on June 8, 2011.
It charted at number 30 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100. The song also became Pitbull's second number one single on the 'Billboard' Hot Latin Songs chart as well his first number-one single on the Tropical Songs. In addition, it is Marc Anthony's sixth number-one single on the Hot Latin Songs and twentieth number-one single on the Tropical Songs, reclaiming his position as having the artist with the most number-one Tropical Songs chart after a two-year tie with Vctor Manuelle. The music video was directed by David Rosseau, who also directed a previous Pitbull single, "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" in 2009. The song is featured on the dance rhythm game, 'Just Dance 2020'.
Background and composition
"Rain Over Me" is a dance song produced by RedOne, David Rush and Jimmy Joker. It contains dramatic "disco-rave" synths. According to Robert Copsey of Digital Spy the song is "a step outside his [Pitbull's] usual robotic sound. Bill Lamb of About.com noted that both Pitbull and Marc Anthony are of Latin Caribbean descent, referring to the song as a "superstar Latin Caribbean duet".
Music video
The music video was released onto Pitbull's official Vevo channel on July 22, 2011. The video was directed by David Rousseau. It features both Pitbull and Marc Anthony in the desert along with actress Natalie Martinez, with many water effects.
On April 13, 2020, the video surpassed the 1 billion views mark, thus making it in the first 200 YouTube videos to reach this milestone. This is the third and second video to accomplish this feat for Pitbull and Marc Anthony in that order respectively.
Track listing
*'Digital download'
#"Rain Over Me" 3:51
*'German maxi CD single'
#"Rain Over Me" (Album Version)
*'Other remixes'
#"Rain Over Me" (Benny Benassi Remix) 5:16
#"Rain Over Me" (Jorge Duran Remix) 2:53
#"Rain Over Me" (Laidback Luke Remix) 6:15
Credits and personnel
*Pitbull songwriter, vocals
*RedOne songwriter, producer, instruments, programming and vocal editing
*Marc Anthony songwriter, lead vocals and backing vocals
*Bilal "The Chef" Hajji songwriter
*AJ Janussi songwriter, vocal editing and recording
*Rachid "Rush" Aziz songwriter producer, instruments and programming
*Jimmy Joker producer, instruments and programming
*Trevor Muzzy vocal editing, recording and mixing
*Al Burna Pitbull vocal recording
*Tom Coyne mastering
Credits adapted from 'Planet Pit' album liner notes.
Charts
Weekly Charts
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|Bulgaria (IFPI)
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|Global Dance Tracks ('Billboard')
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|Greece Digital Songs ('Billboard')
| style="text-align:center;"|4
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|Iceland (Lagalistinn)
| style="text-align:center;"|27
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|Israel (Media Forest)
| style="text-align:center;"|6
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|Lebanon (The Official Lebanese Top 20)
|style="text-align:center;"|3
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|Luxembourg ('Billboard')
|style="text-align:center;"|6
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|Mexican Airplay Chart ('Billboard' International)
| style="text-align:center;"|6
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|Poland (Video Chart)
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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|Romania (Romanian Top 100)
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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|Spanish Airplay Chart (Promusicae)
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Year-end charts
All-time charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
*List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs of 2011
*List of number-one Billboard Hot Tropical Songs of 2011
*List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2010s
References
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