Expert: Bong Santos - 3/16/2010

Question
i am wondering who , what , where sang the reply song to oran juices "i saw you walking in the rain'"? I know it is not thunder and lightening like some claim but a much catchier tune..... any ideas?

Answer
Dear Allison,

The song THUNDER AND LIGHTNING that you are mentioning was like the "official" reply to ORAN "JUICE" JONES' 1986 hit THE RAIN. MISS THANG's ditty came out in 1986 as a one-record novelty song as an answer to THE RAIN. MISS THANG's real name was as mysterious as she is now. Some say it was CANDI SHANNON. Whatever her real name was, she was a DJ for WKYS in Washington, D.C. The song was a minor hit in the US Hot R&B Chart and Hot Dance Music / Maxi Singles Sales Chart back in October, 1986.

However, another different version of THE RAIN was released in 1996 by Eurodance singer SAMIRA BESIC. It's not a totally different song but a rehashed version of JONES' 1986 original minus the spoken part.

Maraming salamat po!

BONG M. SANTOS
Manila, Philippines