"Rhythm of the Rain" is a song performed by The Cascades, released in November 1962. It was written by Cascades band member John Claude Gummoe. It rose to number three on the US pop chart on March 9, 1963, and spent two weeks at number one on the US Easy Listening chart. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song of 1963. The Cascades' recording was used in the soundtrack of the 1979 film Quadrophenia and included in its soundtrack album. The song arrangement features distinctive use of a celesta.