Night Rains is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian, released in 1979 on Columbia Records.

[2][3] She initially focused on writing film music for Foxes and The Bell Jar,[4] and then adopted a fully commercial pop sound, collaborating with Albert Hammond of "It Never Rains in Southern California" fame on one song and with superstar disco producer Giorgio Moroder on two tracks including the Foxes theme.

[2] E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons played on two songs and jazz pianist Chick Corea on "Jenny (Iowa Sunrise)".

"Fly Too High" and third single "The Other Side of the Sun" also became Ian's first-ever chart entries in the United Kingdom, although Night Rains did not crack the top 75 albums.

Subsequent to Ian's 1990s comeback, "Fly Too High" and "Jenny (Iowa Sunrise)" have remained part of her live setlist, and both those songs have appeared on career-spanning compilations.