 " A Year Without Rain " is a song by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene . It was written by Lindy Robbins and Toby Gad , with the latter also producing the song . The song was released on September 7 , 2010 as the second and final single from the band 's second album of the same name . A Spanish @-@ language version of the song was also recorded , entitled " Un Año Sin Lluvia " [ un ˈaɲo siɲ ˈʎuβja ] . Gomez titled the album for the song because she wanted to base all the other songs around it . Musically , the song is a Eurodance ballad with a techno beat . In its lyrics , the song 's protagonist compares yearning for her love to a year without rain . 
