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It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)

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"It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Where the Fast Lane Ends
B-side"Looking for Love"
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1987
GenreCountry
Length3:58
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Roger Murrah, Steve Dean, James Dean Hicks
Producer(s)Jimmy Bowen
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"You Made a Rock of a Rolling Stone"
(1986)
"It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)"
(1987)
"This Crazy Love"
(1987)

"It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)" is a song written by Roger Murrah, Steve Dean and James Dean Hicks, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in February 1987 as the first single from the album Where the Fast Lane Ends. It was their fourteenth number-one country single. The single went to number one for one week, spending a total of fourteen weeks on the chart.[1]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1987) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 10

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 252.
  2. ^ "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2021.