It is the third and final single from his third studio album Third Strike, and It was released on 24 January 2011 as a digital download.

Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating: With his last two singles stalling outside the UK top 20, his Third Strike album yet to threaten the UK top 40, and the Brits panel forgetting conveniently that he exists, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that pretty much every clap of his grime-pop crossover thunder has been stolen by another fashion-conscious MC from our fair capital whose semi-comic nom de plume begins with "T".

Stryder's Made-it-through-against-the-odds rhymes are as earnest as ever, and Canadian soul belter Melanie Fiona turns in a fairly mighty vocal, but, as midtempo electro-R&B tunes go, 'Let It Rain' is a bit like a family saloon that's due its MOT: perfectly serviceable but not terribly exciting.

Not half as exciting, it has be [sic] said, as a similarly-themed recent offering from a certain Mr Tin...

[1] "Let It Rain" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 103 on 9 January 2011.