"La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" (Castilian for "The Cat Under the Rain") is a song performed by Spanish singer and actress Rocío Dúrcal released as the second single from her twenty-second studio album Confidencias (1981), known as La gata in the European market.
A commercial and critical success, "La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" saw success in Spanish-speaking countries becoming a best-selling single in both the Hispanic American and Spanish markets.
[2] Commercially the song received success specially in Mexico, where it sold a million copies and it is one of the best-selling singles in the country.
[3] Songwriter Rafael Pérez Botija has said that "La Gata Bajo la Lluvia" was not inspired from a real situation that had happened to him but from a character he creates every time he wants to write a song.
[4] Dúrcal has stated that even though the song did not come from a real-life experience it still expresses the feelings of a real heartbreak.