The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000 a gogo

Songwriter Paul Shaffer and singer Martha Wash tell the story behind 'It's Raining Men'. A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo from 2014 (Dutch Public Television).

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

I'm straight and I have always loved this song. The Weather Girls have wonderful, powerful voices and no one else could have recorded this song. Music does not have to be deep, dark, serious and political. It can be pure joy, which this is. Thank you Weather Girls!

[@cbdallas]

It worked out the way it was supposed to. I can't imagine anyone else singing this song.

[@gillianrosheuvel6750]

Whew! Martha Wash is everything!

[@edwardk6464]

love Donna Summer to death, but it was totally the right choice giving the song to these women! Such great powerful voices

[@CheerUp111]

I'm glad the Weather Girls sang it. Amen.

[@hardcorehopefoundation9925]

As a straight guy with lots of gay friends this song has always made me laugh, but as a musician they should be glad all those other singers passed on it. The Weather Girls can absolutely sing better than most of the others and they really made this song a vocal powerhouse.

[@bsquared4604]

those powerhouse vocals sent it over the top!

[@julieannemichelle]

I love this song! I can't even imagine Donna Summer singing it!

[@68404]

I remember when the Weathergirls first came out with this and it was amazing. So much controlled power in their voices and so much fun. Much, much later Ginger Spice did such a valium-laden cover of it, everyone went to sleep.

[@sheldonk5747]

In hindsight do you really think you could hear Barbra Streisand singing it's raining men?😂😂😂😂😂 I love Barbra but all true. I couldn't image..

[@lolahernandez6871]

It's hard to hear this song and NOT get up to dance. 🤩

[@bazuraivorix007]

Unbelievable Even when Martha speaks it's fun to hear her voice ... Her voice has a lot of power and feminine toughness

[@alanwisdom7777]

Probably one of gayest song in history.... Just perfect hit even decades later.... 💜

[@kazer4]

pfft listen to round the oak fire loool

[@stuartsutherbaker]

Best voice ever to grace this earth.

[@davidram9511]

Yes, prove ppl wrong, how many singers knocked it back & the gays, it has great beat, dance and vocals - classic disco

[@2cvburton]

Bij alle 40 plus party’s een grote hit. Draai dit en de vloer staat vol. Heerlijk dansnummer

[@jaycoleman6552]

*parties*

[@kerry9025]

*Well, they sure showed all the naysayers.*

[@luzrodriguez1214]

What a great song

[@JLPerryTV]

I can hear Diana singing the song but I don’t think she would have got a hit off it. It was destined for The Weather Girls

[@Menstral]

The person who recorded ‘Love to Love You Baby’ was the slightest bit concerned about blasphemy?

[@GMAMEC]

Touché, she had quite a few salacious songs during that era that made her famous... Sex sells. However, she became very selective when she had more options.

[@bsquared4604]

oh honey that's not even the half of it!

[@quajetae12]

After the bashing of disco she became a like... new born Again Christian. It's rumored she said something homophobic and her gay core fanbase turned their back on her

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

The video always made me laugh. All of the naked men in trench coats looked like perverted flashers.

[@jjmcoupebmw6557]

I've never liked paul Shaffer.... he's always bugged the crap out of me on letterman. I especially disliked his performance with Steve Martin. Not that this matters to him or the universe at large, but knowing he had a hand in this song makes me appreciate him as a musician. Good job Paul, well done!

[@Stephanie-vn6ir]

Hallelujah!😆❤

[@souldeep808]

A HUGE part of it for me was the "Men on Film....Books....Art" sketches on In Living Color. This was Antionne and Blaine's THEME SONG!!! LMAO

[@piscesempress1978]

Hated it lol... loved it lol.. Love Men on Film!

[@HoldenNY22]

I guess all the Lesbians were booing the Song.

[@carlminorsr2634]

😂

[@piscesempress1978]

Nah.. lol

[@markg6860]

Donna Summer had some major religious hangups and went through a major low after recording "Love To Love You Baby".

[@djgavint]

"A major low"??? LTLYB was 1975, and Donna's career exploded with success after that!!!

[@markg6860]

@@djgavint I meant she had a personal low after recording LTLYB ... because of the sexual lyrics and the fact that she laid on the studio floor during the recording session.

[@liannegreen692]

@@markg6860 What both your comments are as stupid as fuck. When Paul asked her to record the song it was 1982, and yes Donna was born again and surrounded by church people at the time, so yes she was very into the word of God at the time. But in 1975, her career was just starting, she was pop music first female mega star. The most commercial successful female artist of the 70s worldwide. She was the game changer for all female artists, not just black female artists. She pushed the boundaries by crossing into multiple genres and sold millions of record worldwide.

[@JanuitGroningen]

It may also be nice to mention that Martha Wash is also the singer of 'Black Box'. Ride on Time and Strike It Up. The early nineties. So the beautiful lady in the video clips is not the original singer.

[@AR-ii3ly]

JanuitGroningen no it was Loleatta Holloway’s vocals from ‘Love Sensation’ that was sampled for Ride on time.

[@hanyazzam5073]

She is also the voice on the C & C factory hit "Everybody dance now".

[@JanuitGroningen]

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[@squirleyspitmonkey3926]

Also, Barbara Streisand singing this? I wish I could visit that multiverse where she accepted and did the song. That would be fun.

[@lisamarieclark6778]

Loved ladies' night at the club during drag queen shows. Downtown Orlando was the place to go and dance all night.

[@kervinfondren9226]

This was their only Number one hit song. One hit wonder but they did great backup singing for other hit records.

[@erik_griswold]

Nutty nutty Paul Shaffer, CM, then leader of the David Letterman show’s World’s Most Dangerous Band. (He also led many other bands)

[@tony.bv.]

Good story.

[@crystalglass7106]

We got my friends phone n put this as his ringtone

[@zubileegluckgluck]

I never knew why this song was so annoying, and now I find out that it's Paul Schaffer's,which makes perfect sense.

[@lamper2]

add 9,000 likes

[@robis40]

Fascinated by Company B is another song that came a big hit in gay dance clubs.

[@kbtube8125]

here in so-cal the cha-cha girls loved that one. . .

[@TheGreatAtario]

Why must you hurt me on Gay Pride Day?!

[@leiutley4083]

Weather Girls

[@HelloooThere]

Funniest song in creation!

[@imcavdb5465]

Zo vaak uit mijn dak gegaan op dit nummer, onder andere in De Roze Wolk in Utrecht. De leukste tent destijds. Gelukkig mocht je er op sommige avonden ook in als hetero zijnde. Heerijk! Alles kon, geen vervelend gezeik, alleen maar gezelligheid, lol en dánsen!! Those were the days my friends.. we thought they'd never end 😘 It's raining men... If only this would happen 😜

[@marcangelomaravilla7217]

I just wanna know where they are,they’re not composing songs anymore

[@kbtube8125]

"it's rainin' aids" ( it was too) it was a novelty record. to silly for donna summer and the others. Barbra? I don't thing so. . . they probably thought because they did "enough is enough" they might do this too. perfect for the weather girls though. most of donna summers's disco were done really, really well. pull up "spring affair" or "come with me", heaven knows" lush disco.

[@quinshaytaylor291]

KBtube you just took me out with this comment..lol

[@gabe_s_videos]

Todd In The Shadows made a great observation about this song: it was very obviously written by men because men typically objectify sex partners and fantasize multiple bodies to ogle at once whereas women more typically fantasize about companionship. Of course, a disco song about all of the hot men you could ever want falling out of the sky was going to appeal to OTHER men!

[@-Ender_Dragon-]

I didn't know the song supported gays.😅 My sisters just sang a lot back then and I just went with it 😂 IT'S RAINING MEN!!

[@piscesempress1978]

nothong wrong with supporting gays.

[@piscesempress1978]

Nothing.

[@squirleyspitmonkey3926]

This song is so gay and the video is fucking hilarious. I don't think they intended the video to be hilarious

[@michaelnorman3393]

Paul, i hope you dumped that unsupportive girlfriend lol

[@MarcKloos]

... and he never touched a girl again ...

[@lamper2]

@@MarcKloos or before

[@kbtube8125]

is paul funny like that? I hope not. . .

[@piscesempress1978]

@@kbtube8125 so what if he is.....

[@lewisgreen2957]

Sylvester should have sung it..

[@markwright2946]

Its for women

[@GMAMEC]

OK, this song was originally made for a specific audience, but straight women loved it too. *Rip off the roof and stay in bed!*

[@southbend76]

No wonder I never liked this song. Lol

[@piscesempress1978]

In the closet maybe??/ scared those guys turn you on a bit..?

[@bethlehemeisenhour8352]

One man is enough. what men????? ahahahahahaha No gays in heaven.

[@MICHGO1]

YOU'RE AN IDIOT.

[@bethlehemeisenhour8352]

@@MICHGO1 Read your Bible. LEVITICUS 18:22 ROMANS 1:22-32.

[@piscesempress1978]

@@bethlehemeisenhour8352 well if you are in heaven, id rather be in hell!!! How dare you.

[@piscesempress1978]

@@bethlehemeisenhour8352 also read your bible, do you cut your hair?? do you eat shellfish? dont cherry pick the bible homopobic biatch

[@bethlehemeisenhour8352]

@@piscesempress1978 GOD will judge all evil, no, earth is not heaven.

[@sgg-manny447]

shout out to the 1st CAV at ft.hood