The Weather Girls’ 1983 hit “It’s Raining Men” has been given a gender-neutral update. Transgender singer and LGBTQ+ activist Mila Jam has put her own spin on the hit, which she has retitled “It’s Raining Them”.
The original line “God bless Mother Nature, she’s a single woman too” was changed to “God bless Mother Nature, they’re a single person too.” The reimagined track promotes inclusivity, with Jam also singing: “Cool, strong, bold and keen, proud and loud and here and seen,” instead of, “Tall, blonde, dark and lean, rough and tough and strong and mean.” Jam said of the song in a Deezer blog post, “It’s an honour to perform ‘It’s Raining Them’.
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