No Rain
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"No Rain" is a song by Blind Melon. It was released in 1993 on their debut, eponymous album, Blind Melon and as a single. The music video depicted a "Bee Girl" played by Heather DeLoach. The Bee Girl (though not DeLoach) was also featured on the cover of the album.
An advertisement for the film Sideways, starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen, featured "No Rain". "No Rain" was also used in the movie Private Parts (also with Giamatti) and is heard in the episode "The Rainy Day Women" during the second season of The O.C.
[edit] Music video
| No Rain | |
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 Bee Girl in Blind Melon's 'No Rain' |
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| Directed by | Samuel Bayer |
| Starring | Blind Melon Heather DeLoach |
| Distributed by | Capitol |
| Release date(s) | 1993 |
| Running time | 4:07 |
| Language | English |
The music video begins with a young girl (Heather DeLoach) wearing a bee costume, tap dancing. When she finishes, she is met with laughter, to which she reacts by crying then running off the stage.
The song begins to play and the video switches in between a narrative of the innocent Bee Girl (performing her routine in various urban settings for whoever will watch) and footage of Blind Melon performing in a field of emerald green grass against a clear blue sky.
At the point in the song in which Shannon Hoon repeats the line 'escape', the Bee Girl has discovered a green field behind a large, imposing gate. When she opens the gate, she's met with the happy sight of other "Bee People" like herself, dancing carefree and she joins in. Thus the Bee Girl is no longer a misfit. Like the song indicates, she 'has it made'.
- According to VH1's 100 Greatest Videos of All Time, Blind Melon's 'No Rain' is rated #22. Another VH1 countdown, VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders, "No Rain" was rated #99.
- Heather DeLoach is featured in "Weird Al" Yankovic's song "Bedrock Anthem", in full bee suit.
- Contrary to popular belief, it is not DeLoach who appears in the bee costume on the cover of Blind Melon's debut album. It's actually the younger sister of Melon drummer Glen Graham.
- Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon was purportedly under the influence of LSD whilst filming this video.
