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Right As Rain by Adele

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Adele

Right As Rain

Release date: 27th January 2008

From 19
Track 8
3:17
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About This Track

Adele turns the idiom inside out here, finding virtue in heartbreak rather than stability. The song rejects the comfort of being "right as rain", that state of perfect equilibrium, in favour of the rawness that comes with loss. She argues that pain sharpens you, that struggle teaches you how to feel, that the worst moments paradoxically hold more truth than the smooth ones. It's a defiant reframing of romantic failure as something closer to wisdom. The track builds its case through repetition and incremental shifts. Each chorus circles back to the same question, but the verses deepen the argument, moving from personal exhaustion to a broader critique of surfaces and pretence. When she sings "at least when you're at your worst, you know how to feel things", there's a kind of clarity in that surrender. The production stays relatively restrained, letting her voice carry the weight of conviction without ornament.

"Right As Rain" is a single by Adele, from the album 19, released 27th January 2008. The track is 3:17 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Adele.

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Lyrics

Right As Rain

Who wants to be right as rain?
It's better when something is wrong
You get excitement in your bones
And everything you do's a game
When night comes and you're on your own
You can say I chose to be alone
Who wants to be right as rain?
It's harder when you're on top
'Cause when hard work don't pay off
And I'm tired there ain't no room in my bed
As far as I'm concerned
So wipe that dirty smile off
We won't be making up
I've cried my heart out
And now I've had enough of love (of love)
Who wants to be riding high
When you'll just crumble back on down?
You give up everything you are
And even then you don't get far
They make believe that everything
Is exactly what it seems
But at least when you're at your worst
You know how to feel things
See when hard work don't pay off
And I'm tired there ain't no room in my bed
As far as I'm concerned
So wipe that dirty smile off
We won't be making up
I've cried my heart out
And now I've had enough of love
Go ahead and steal my heart
To make me cry again
'Cause it will never hurt
As much as it did then
We were both right
And no one had blame
But now I give up
On this endless game
'Cause who wants to be right as rain?
It's better when something is wrong
I get excitement in my bones
Even though everything's a strain
When night comes and I'm on my own
You should know I chose to be alone
Who wants to be right as rain?
It's harder when you're on top
'Cause when hard work don't pay off
And I'm tired there ain't no room in my bed
As far as I'm concerned
So wipe that dirty smile off
We won't be making up
I've cried my heart out
And now I've had enough of
No room in my bed
As far as I'm concerned
So wipe that dirty smile off
We won't be making up
I've cried my heart out
And now I've had enough of love, whoa
Yeah, enough
Whoa, whoa-oh
Whoa, dee-dow

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Track details

From 19

3:172008Single
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19
19
Adele
27th January 2008
Track number
8
Release year
2008
  1. 1Daydreamer
    3:41
  2. 2Best for Last
    4:19
  3. 4Cold Shoulder
    3:12
  4. 5Crazy for You
    3:28

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    Production & Engineering

    Writer
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    Producer
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    Bass
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    Drums
    Louis Sharpe
    Guitar
    Ben Thomas
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    Simon Hayes
    Hammond Organ
    Neil Cowley
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    Wurlitzer Organ
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