The song was written by Brill Building songsmith Kenny Young who himself made the original recording of the song – as "Don't Go Out into the Rain (You're Gonna Melt)" – leading a session group credited as the Seagulls.

This version broke in the Miami area in December 1966 and was consequently picked up for national release by Date Records failing to garner enough regional attention to reach the Billboard Hot 100.

"Don't Go Out into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)" was a 1967 hit single by Herman's Hermits.

The group - who had scored a 1965 hit with Kenny Young's "Just a Little Bit Better" – recorded "Don't Go Out into the Rain (You're Going to Melt)" for single release in June 1967; the follow-up to the million-seller "There's a Kind of Hush", "Don't Go Out into the Rain..." just reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a peak of No.

[2] A somewhat minor hit in Australia - with a chart peak of no.39 - the Herman's Hermits version of "Don't Go Out into the Rain..." was not released as a single in the UK.