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Kane - Rain Down On Me

Music Video | 2003
ArtistKane
SongRain Down On Me
DirectorPatric Ullaeus
Director of PhotographyJens Jansson, Patric Ullaeus
EditorPatric Ullaeus
ProducerBen Hofland (at BMG)
Production DesignerTara Ullaeus
IntroNo
OutroNo
Production CompanyBMG
Companies involved in Productionthe Ranch(Offline Editing Facility), FX2(Online Editing Facility)
Production costsRevolver Film Company AB
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
Release date

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Synopsis

Kane perform "Rain Down On Me" in a polished, performance-led video built around close-ups of frontman Dinand Woesthoff and shots of the band playing together. Warm, softly lit interiors contrast with darker, more dramatic images, while the camera stays closely connected to Woesthoff's emotional delivery. Rather than presenting a conventional storyline, the clip focuses on the song's restless search for love, release, and emotional surrender, using expressive faces, shifting angles, and the band's rock presence to amplify its anthemic mood.

Factoids & Trivia

  • Dinand Woesthoff wrote the song after developing its melody on guitar in the dressing room of Tilburg venue 013. Kane tested the unfinished idea during a show that same night, without completed lyrics or a finished composition.
  • The official video was included as an enhanced-content track on the 2003 European maxi-single, alongside the standard recording, an acoustic version, and the Tiesto remix.
  • "Rain Down On Me" became one of Kane's defining songs and was selected by MTV Europe as a European priority video, giving it exposure from Scandinavia to North Africa.
  • The song also became the theme track for German Bundesliga coverage for a season, helping Kane reach listeners beyond the Netherlands.
  • The most famous rain imagery associated with the song comes from Kane's TMF Awards performance, not the studio video. A curtain of water fell behind the band, and Woesthoff walked into the water despite warnings not to do so.
  • Tiesto's remix pushed the song into dance territory and was later used on the soundtrack of FIFA Football 2004.

Lyrics

I've been running through this town,
I've been combing every street.
I've been searching for the reason within reasons,
Been searching for the higher ground in me.
And I've been trying to surrender,
To trust in every word.
All my days of misery,
Someone could have taken them from me.

I've been searching for myself,
For oh so many times.
I've been searching for the answer within answers,
But no one seems to know what's on my mind.
...
© Kane - Rain Down On Me. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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