It's Raining Men (Geri Halliwell)

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"It's Raining Men" was the first single of Geri Halliwell's second solo album and was also on the soundtrack to the film Bridget Jones's Diary. It was released on April 30, 2001.

It debuted at number-one in UK Singles Chart staying there for two weeks, it became Geri's 4th consecutive number-one single in United Kingdom selling 155,000 in its first week and 80,000 on its second week, overall the single went on to sell 421,670 copies in the UK alone, becoming the 13th best seller of 2001 and the most successful single of Geri Halliwell so far in the United Kingdom and around the world, reaching #1 in 18 countries.

"It's Raining Men" was the biggest hit from Scream If You Wanna Go Faster; with the single selling 3,987,000 copies worldwide, the reported second world best seller of 2001. So far, of all the solo single releases of the Spice Girls members, this is still the most successful and best-selling. With this song, Geri Halliwell won the International Song of the Year award at the 2002 NRJ Music Awards in France.

In July 2006 the song entered at #79 on the Mexican Digital Sales Chart, spending 2 weeks inside the Top 100.

[edit] Tracklisting and formats

• European 2-Track CD Single

1. "It's Raining Men" [Album Version] - 4:18
2. "Brave New World" - 4:10

• European/UK CD1

1. "It's Raining Men" [Album Version] - 4:18
2. "I Was Made That Way" - 4:45
3. "Brave New World" - 4:10
4. It's Raining Men" (music video)

• European/UK CD2

1. "It's Raining Men" [Album Version] - 4:18
2. "It's Raining Men" [Bold And Beautiful Glamour Mix Edit] - 4:46
3. "It's Raining Men" [Almighty Mix Edit] - 3:46
4. "It's Raining Men" [D-Bop Tall And Blonde Mix Edit] - 6:55

• Australian CD

1. "It's Raining Men" [Album Version] - 4:18
2. "It's Raining Men" [Bold And Beautiful Glamour Mix Edit] - 4:46
3. "It's Raining Men" [Almighty Mix Edit] - 3:46
4. "It's Raining Men" [D-Bop Tall And Blonde Mix Edit] - 6:55

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Chart performance