Anne Wilson - "Rain In the Rearview"

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Artist: Anne Wilson
Single: Rain In the Rearview
Album: REBEL
Label: Sparrow Records/EMI Nashville
Impact Date: 9th October, 2023
Writers: Anne Wilson, Matthew West, Zach Kale & Jaren Johnston

First country radio single from the Christian music artist. To be released this Friday.

[Michael Smooth]

Out of curiousty, is REBEL- (The Beginning), which came out today a group of country songs? All of the songs are really good. She has a great voice, I hope she is successful in country.

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[Kanenrá:ke]

It’s alright, not sure I like the vocal production. Not sure on it’s radio prospects either.

[diamondinmypocket]

This song is good, but the vibrato in her voice is honestly distracting. I know that’s a stylistic thing these days (Post Malone, Bailey, Nate Smith etc) but in this instance it’s all I can focus on

[.indulgecountry]

This is an interesting song. I like it, but I agree with others that elements of her voice are a bit... odd, and the production job on this all sounds a bit off-kilter as well. No part of this sounds like anything resembling a breakthrough hit for country radio tbh. Always rooting for the females and while I like this song for what it is, I'm not expecting much more than for this to maybe scrape the 40s/50s. Knowing she's a primarily Christian artist makes sense because this certainly gives off that vibe, but it doesn't sound like a smooth transition into something that works for this format.

[LBTrocks]

Her voice make it stop! Couldn't even listen to the song cuz of it.

[recordyear]

Third most added with 19 adds and 20 total historic adds this week.

[fireflies]

[.indulgecountry]

Despite me not being crazy about this initially, it has been quite the grower and has routinely been stuck in my head as the months have gone by. I really have come to enjoy this one a lot more than I ever expected to. There's something really sneakily anthemic about the chorus that has really grabbed me. The music video is nice too. It's nothing particularly special, but executed well and conveys the song's theme.

[raylatch98]

If it's Spin Leaders are any indication, "Rain In The Rearview" is done at country radio as it fell from around 210 spins in leaders last week to only 130 in leaders, which means this should be done. 

Kind of sad this couldn't chart as it would be a nice to have another female artist, but I am not shocked this didn't do much of anything as it didn't sound radio friendly regardless of gender. 

[CoJoFan]

On a side note she’s in the top 5 on the Christian charts with her single “Strong”.

[countryfan43]

I enjoyed this song a lot and it came very close to charting for a few weeks but unfortunately it couldn’t make it on the chart. It is nice to see her succeed at Christian radio at least.

[.indulgecountry]

Shame this couldn't chart, but I hope they try something else from her forthcoming album at radio soon. There seems to be a decent bit of hype around her and she has a solid following judging by the streaming totals for "Rain" on Spotify, so I could see her at least cracking the chart with the right song.