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Rain or Shine (song)

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"Rain or Shine"
SinglebyFive Star
from the album Silk & Steel
B-side	"Summer Groove"
Released	1 September 1986
Genre	Pop
Length	3:58
Label	RCA, Tent
Songwriter(s)	Billy Livsey, Pete Sinfield
Producer(s)	Billy Livsey
Five Star singles chronology
"Find the Time" (1986) "Rain or Shine" (1986) "If I Say Yes" (1986)

"Rain or Shine" is a 1986 hit single by British pop group Five Star. Peaking at #2 on the UK Singles Chart,^[1] it was held off the top spot for two weeks by British pop band The Communards with the year's biggest selling song, "Don't Leave Me This Way" and the next week by True BluebyMadonna.^[2] "Rain or Shine" spent a total of 13 weeks inside the UK Top 75, five of those in the Top 10.^[1]

Doris Pearson said of making the song, "We had quite an ordeal recording that. The vocal, especially the lead vocal, wasn't happening. We tried a lot of things - moving around, taking the microphone out into the hallway - but I think it was just technique, she [Denise] was lacking at the time. It was tricky, but we got it done in the end. And they do say some of the trickiest ones are the ones that become a hit."^[2]

Ro Newton of Smash Hits considered "Rain or Shine" as "so slow and doddery that even mouth-to-mouth resuscitation couldn't perk it up".^[3]

• 7" single and 7" poster sleeve

A."Rain or Shine" (with extra intro)

B."Summer Groove"

• 12" single: PT40902

A1."Rain or Shine" (remix) (Phil Harding PWL mix) 5:55 *

A2."Rain or Shine" (dub) (Phil Harding PWL mix)

B1."Summer Groove"

B2."Find the Time" (instrumental remix) (Shep Pettibone mix)

All tracks available on the remastered versions of either the 2010 'Silk & Steel' album, the 2013 'The Remix Anthology (The Remixes 1984-1991)' or the 2018 'Luxury - The Definitive Anthology 1984-1991' boxset. * But... the "Rain Or Shine" (Remix) on the 2010 remastered Silk & Steel CD album has some audible imperfections. However on the 2011 compilation Phil Harding Club Mixes of the 80s, there is a digitally remastered and restored version of "Rain Or Shine" (Remix) sourced from the original studio master tapes and is therefore a much higher quality version of this track.

• "Five Star – Rain Or Shine" music videoonYouTube