<P> `` Rain '' is a 1998 single released by the group SWV . The musical backing track is based on Jaco Pastorius 's `` Portrait of Tracy . '' First heard in 1997 on the group 's third album Release Some Tension , the song was released as a single the next year . It peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 7 on the US Hot R&B Singles chart . Singer Tyrese appeared in the song 's music video . He would later sing the hook on `` Pullin ' Me Back '' , a song by rapper Chingy , which sampled `` Rain '' . Smooth jazz musician and guitarist Norman Brown covered the song on his 1999 album , Celebration . Toronto based producer duo Team Majestic Music , also sampled `` Rain '' for their song `` Let It Fall . '' New York City house producer Baltra sampled it late 2016 / early 2017 . </P>
<P> `` Rain '' is a 1998 single released by the group SWV . The musical backing track is based on Jaco Pastorius 's `` Portrait of Tracy . '' First heard in 1997 on the group 's third album Release Some Tension , the song was released as a single the next year . It peaked at number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 7 on the US Hot R&B Singles chart . Singer Tyrese appeared in the song 's music video . He would later sing the hook on `` Pullin ' Me Back '' , a song by rapper Chingy , which sampled `` Rain '' . Smooth jazz musician and guitarist Norman Brown covered the song on his 1999 album , Celebration . Toronto based producer duo Team Majestic Music , also sampled `` Rain '' for their song `` Let It Fall . '' New York City house producer Baltra sampled it late 2016 / early 2017 . </P>
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based on Jaco Pastorius 's `` Portrait of Tracy .
based on Jaco Pastorius 's `` Portrait of Tracy .