[citation needed] "It's a Rainy Day" was a hit on the charts in Europe and remains one of Ice MC's most successful songs, alongside "Think about the Way".

[1] The single entered the top 10 also in Belgian Flanders (2), Finland (9), France (6), the Netherlands (8) and Spain (2), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it peaked at number six in December 1994.

[2] In Belgium, "It's a Rainy Day" was held off reaching the number-one position for two weeks by Rednex's "Cotton Eye Joe".

A reviewer from Music Week gave "It's a Rainy Day" three out of five, writing that "this dance track has been a hit in a few European countries and uses the familiar formula of diggedy doggedy vocal over a thumping beat.

[5] The accompanying music video for "It's a Rainy Day" was directed by Giacomo de Simone[6] and filmed in Castello Malaspina, Massa in Italy.