"Rain Over Me" is a song by Cuban-American rapper Pitbull from his sixth studio album, Planet Pit. It features vocals from Puerto Rican-American singer Marc Anthony. Both artists also co-wrote it, alongside RedOne, Bilal "The Chef" Hajji, AJ Janussi and Rachid "Rush" Aziz. It was also produced by RedOne, Rush and Jimmy Joker. It was released on June 10, 2011, as the third promotional single from the album and received a full release as the album's third official single on June 8, 2011.
It charted at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also became Pitbull's second number one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart as well his first number-one single on the Tropical Songs. In addition, it is Marc Anthony's sixth number-one single on the Hot Latin Songs and twentieth number-one single on the Tropical Songs, reclaiming his position as having the artist with the most number-one Tropical Songs chart after a two-year tie with Víctor Manuelle. The music video was directed by David Rosseau, who also directed a previous Pitbull single, "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" in 2009. The song is featured on the dance rhythm game, Just Dance 2020.
Background and composition "Rain Over Me" is a dance song produced by RedOne, David Rush and Jimmy Joker. It contains dramatic "disco-rave" synths. According to Robert Copsey of Digital Spy the song is "a step outside his [Pitbull's] usual robotic sound. Bill Lamb of About.com noted that both Pitbull and Marc Anthony are of Latin Caribbean descent, referring to the song as a "superstar Latin Caribbean duet".
This song also marks the second collaboration between the two artists, following their guest appearances on their 2010 single Armada Latina alongside hip hop group Crypress Hill.
Music video The music video was released onto Pitbull's official Vevo channel on July 22, 2011. The video was directed by David Rousseau. It features both Pitbull and Marc Anthony in the desert along with actress Natalie Martinez, with many water effects.
On April 13, 2020, the video surpassed the 1 billion views mark, thus making it in the first 200 YouTube videos to reach this milestone. This is the third and second video to accomplish this feat for Pitbull and Marc Anthony in that order respectively.
Track listing Digital download "Rain Over Me" – 3:51
German maxi CD single "Rain Over Me" (Album Version)
Other remixes "Rain Over Me" (Benny Benassi Remix) – 5:16 "Rain Over Me" (Jorge Duran Remix) – 2:53 "Rain Over Me" (Laidback Luke Remix) — 6:15
Credits and personnel Pitbull – songwriter, vocals RedOne – songwriter, producer, instruments, programming and vocal editing Marc Anthony – songwriter, lead vocals and backing vocals Bilal "The Chef" Hajji – songwriter AJ Janussi – songwriter, vocal editing and recording Rachid "Rush" Aziz – songwriter producer, instruments and programming Jimmy Joker – producer, instruments and programming Trevor Muzzy – vocal editing, recording and mixing Al Burna – Pitbull vocal recording Tom Coyne – mastering
Credits adapted from Planet Pit album liner notes.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2011) PeakpositionBulgaria (IFPI)2Global Dance Tracks (Billboard)5Greece Digital Songs (Billboard)4Iceland (Lagalistinn)27Israel (Media Forest)6Lebanon (The Official Lebanese Top 20)3Luxembourg (Billboard)6 Mexico (Billboard Mexican Airplay)6 Mexico Anglo (Monitor Latino)5Poland (Polish Airplay TV)1Romania (Romanian Top 100)1Spanish Airplay Chart (Promusicae)3 Chart (2012) PeakpositionSpain Airplay (Promusicae)33 + 2025–2026 weekly chart performance for "Rain Over Me" Chart (2025–2026) Peakposition Lithuania (AGATA) 13 Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100) 100
Year-end charts Chart (2011) Position Australia (ARIA)62 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)36 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)65 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)51 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 56 France (SNEP)10 Germany (Official German Charts)63 Greece (IFPI)79 Hungary (Dance Top 40)24 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)29 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)97 Polish Dance Singles Chart18 Romanian Top 10022 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 78 Spain (PROMUSICAE)8 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)61 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)15 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) 75 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard) 37
Chart (2012) Position Hungary (Dance Top 40)76 Poland (ZPAV)26 Spain (PROMUSICAE)39
Certifications
Release history Country Date Format United States June 10, 2011 Digital download — promotional single Australia July 4, 2011 Contemporary hit radio United States July 19, 2011 Mainstream radio airplay France September 5, 2011 CD single Germany October 21, 2011
See also List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Songs of 2011 List of number-one Billboard Hot Tropical Songs of 2011 List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2010s
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