"Georgia Rain" is the title of a song written by Ed Hill and Karyn Rochelle

Karyn Rochelle

Karyn Rochelle is an American country music songwriter. Her credits include several hit singles by country music artists, including "I Wonder", "Red High Heels", and "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" for Kellie Pickler, as well as "Georgia Rain" and "This Is Me You're Talking To" for Trisha Yearwood...

, and recorded by American country

Country music

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 artist Trisha Yearwood

Trisha Yearwood

Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood , is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA...

. It was released in April 2005 as the lead-off single for her ninth studio album Jasper County

Jasper County (album)

Jasper County is the ninth studio album by country singer Trisha Yearwood. It was Yearwood's first studio album in four years since 2001's Inside Out....

. The song, her first Top 40 country hit since "Inside Out" in 2001, reached #15 on the U.S. Billboard

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Hot Country Songs chart. Yearwood's husband, country artist Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

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, provides background vocals for the song.

Yearwood debuted the single as a surprise performer at the 2005 CMT Music Awards

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, for which she received multiple standing ovations throughout her performance.

Content

The song is a piano ballad, that features fiddle and steel guitar fills. The narrator, who remembers the times she spent with her love under the "Georgia rain", returns to the place of her childhood. She notes that although everything has changed over the years, but that one thing remains the same; her affection for her first love and the Georgia rain that still falls, reminding her of the experience.

It was originally titled "A Gust of Rain," but its lyrics were altered upon Yearwood's request to include references to Jasper County.

Music video

A music video directed by Rocky Schenck was released for the song. In the video, Yearwood is seen walking down a dirt road, standing in open grass, and sitting on an old front porch. Throughout the video, rain is seen pouring down on the wildflowers. The video ends with Yearwood strolling away down the railroad tracks that crossed the old dirt road. The video was shot near Yearwood's hometown of Monticello, Georgia

Monticello, Georgia

Monticello is the largest city and the county seat of Jasper County, Georgia , United States. The population was 2,428 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Monticello is located at ....

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Chart performance

"Georgia Rain" debuted at #54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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chart for the week of April 30, 2005. After 24 weeks on the chart, it reached a peak of #15 in December 2005.

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	78
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	99