Other notable versions were later recorded by Eruption, Graham Central Station, Tina Turner, Seal and Lowell George.

The song was written by Peebles, her partner (and later husband) Don Bryant, and DJ Bernard "Bernie" Miller in 1973:One evening in Memphis in 1973, soul singer Ann Peebles was meeting friends, including her partner, Hi Records staff writer Don Bryant, to go to a concert.

So he sat down at the piano and started riffing on the theme, weaving in ideas from Peebles and local DJ Bernie Miller.

[2] Ian Dury made the song one of his choices when he was the guest for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in December 1996.

[5] Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott samples Ann Peebles version of the song on her debut solo single "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)".

In 1984 Tina Turner recorded "I Can't Stand the Rain" for her fifth solo album, Private Dancer, and released it as a single in early 1985 in Europe.