80's Hit Song Review: "Rain in May" by Max Werner (1981)

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Peak Position No. 74

Backstory: Dutch musician and singer Max Werner was a member of the group Kayak who had a couple of minor modest hits here in the States. In 1981, he split from the rest of the group to go onto a solo career, while the rest of the band reformed as Diesel and released "Sausalito Summernight" (No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100) during the same year. This minor hit, released on the now defunct Radio Records, was Werner's only ever U.S. hit. The song, however, was a pretty huge hit in other Europeans countries.

Review: This is a great and slightly different New Wave/ art rock style tune in the same stylings of Phil Collins, Marillion, and Peter Gabriel. In fact, Werner even SOUNDS like Gabriel. I wouldn't peg it for a Top 10 hit, but it should've done much better, at least getting a Top 40 showing.

Final rating:8/10

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