Flowers in the Rain

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For the album by Mad at the World, see Flowers in the Rain (album).
"Flowers in the Rain"
Move
B-side"(Here We Go Round) the Lemon Tree"
Released25 August 1967
Recorded6 July 1967
StudioAdvision Sound Studios, London
Genre
Length2:29 (original version)
2:41 (2007 remastered version)
LabelRegal Zonophone (UK)
A&M (US)
Songwriter(s)Roy Wood
Producer(s)Denny Cordell
The Move singles chronology
"I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
(1967) 		"Flowers in the Rain"
(1967) 		"Fire Brigade"
(1968)
Official audio
"Flowers in the Rain" on
YouTube

"Flowers in the Rain" is a song by English rock band

UK Singles Chart,[2] and number four in Ireland
.

It achieved its own place in pop history by being the first record

Johnny Dankworth's "Beefeaters" were the first tracks to be heard on the station.[4] "Beefeaters" was Tony Blackburn's theme tune for Daily Disc Delivery and so it was heard before "Flowers in the Rain".[3][5]
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The song was written by the Move's guitarist/vocalist Roy Wood. As with many of Wood's early songs, the basis of "Flowers in the Rain" was a book of fairy tales which Wood authored while at The Moseley College of Art.[6] The distinctive instrumental arrangement, including oboe, clarinet, cor anglais and French horn, was suggested by assistant producer Tony Visconti.[3]

Promotional stunt

In a promotional stunt for the record, — typical of the band's manager

Spastics Society and Stoke Mandeville Hospital during the period of the single's chart success. In the 1990s, The Observer newspaper reported the royalties had exceeded £200,000 and that the Harold Wilson Charitable Trust had extended the range of beneficiaries to include, among others, the Oxford Operatic Society, Bolton Lads Club and the Jewish National Fund for Israel.[3]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1967) Peak
position
Australia (Go-Set)[7] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 17
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 19
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 5
New Zealand (Listener Chart)[14] 1
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid)[15] 4
Sweden (Tio i Topp)[16] 13
UK Singles (OCC)[17]
 2

Covers

  • On 25 September 2007, BBC Radio 4 featured a programme called The Story of Flowers in the Rain, hosted by Tony Blackburn, on the court action and its related history, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song.[18]

References

  1. ISBN 9781493064601
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  2. The Official Charts. Official Charts Company
    . Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Flower Power". BBC News. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
  4. ^ Savage, Mark (30 September 2017). "50 facts about Radio 1 & 2 as they turn 50". BBC News.
  5. ^ Another school of thought cites Julie Andrews' "The Sound of Music" as the first track since this was played at 5:30am when the new Radio One frequency opened up with a shared programme, heard simultaneously on Radio Two, hosted by Paul Hollingdale (The Weekly News, Issue 7,946, 29 September 2007)
  6. ^ Sharp, Ken (September 30, 1994). "Roy Wood: The Wizzard of Rock". The Move Online. Archived from the original on January 15, 2008.
  7. ^ "Go-Set Australian charts - 29 November 1967". www.poparchives.com.au.
  8. ^ "The Move – Flowers in the Rain" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  9. ^ "The Move – Flowers in the Rain" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  10. ^ "The Move – Flowers in the Rain" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Flowers in the Rain". Irish Singles Chart.
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 43, 1967" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  13. ^ "The Move – Flowers in the Rain" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  14. ^ "The Move (search)". Flavour of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  15. ^ Kimberley, C (2000). Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. p. 32.
  16. ISBN 919727125X
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  17. ^ "Move: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  18. ^ "The Story of Flowers in the Rain". BBC Radio 4. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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