"It's Raining Men" is a song by the American musical duo the Weather Girls from their third studio album, Success (1983).

"It's Raining Men" was a number-one dance hit in the United States, and reached the top ten in various other countries worldwide.

At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1983), "It's Raining Men" received a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

[6] The Waters Sisters (Julia Waters-Tillman and Maxine Waters-Willard), Stephanie Spruill, and Zenobia Conkerite performed background vocals on the chorus of the song.

In 1993, a then-newly recorded version of "It's Raining Men" was released by the Weather Girls, now composed of Armstead and her daughter Dynelle Rhodes, on their sixth album Double Tons of Fun (1993).

In 2005, a live version of the song was released on the Weather Girls' ninth album Totally Wild!

[16] The campaign was reported widely by some press, and the Weather Girls' version reached number 21 on the first day of the chart week.

The song spent a total of eleven weeks on Billboard's Hot 100, ultimately peaking at forty-six on March 5, 1983.

[29] The music video for "It's Raining Men", released in the winter of 1982, was directed by Gary Keys and filmed in an abandoned building in New York City.

Another scene features the Weather Girls wearing lingerie on a heart-shaped bed surrounded by and being adored by men.

"It's Raining Men" was covered by Weather Girls' member Martha Wash and American drag queen and singer RuPaul in 1997.

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Wash "sounds like she's having a blast as she revisits a hit from her heyday as half of the Weather Girls."

He also added that Producer Gary "Headman" Haas "doesn't deviate far from the original recording's disco sound, leaving a posse of remixers to investigate a variety of more trendy ideas.

Several people from around the world start to feel the effects of the forecast and some women are even shown collecting men that fall from the sky into baskets.

The Sequel" "It's Raining Men" was released on April 30, 2001, as the first single from British singer Geri Halliwell's second solo album, Scream if You Wanna Go Faster (2001).

I had the single, I had the video idea all ready and then the producers of the movie said to me, 'do you want to record It's Raining Men for the soundtrack?'

[55] Halliwell's version received positive reviews by music critics, experienced international success and hit the top ten in over two dozen countries around the world, going to number one in several of them.

In the United Kingdom, "It's Raining Men" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks.

Halliwell became the first solo British female artist to have four number-one singles in the United Kingdom, a record she held until 2014.

[59] The single reached number one in France for five weeks, receiving a Diamond certification from the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP).

In July 2006, the song entered at number 79 on the Mexican Digital Sales Chart, spending two weeks inside the Top 100.

The video stars Halliwell ready to dance in an audition for the judges and in the chorus, a big group of dancers join her.

[61] To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Top of the Pops, Comet Awards 2001, Musica Sí, Big Brother Germany, Party in the Park, Live & Kicking, Loft Story, Pepsi Chart Russia, CD:UK and Tickled Pink.