Rainbow in the Dark

Name: Rainbow in the Dark
Duration: 4 min 14 s

~ Recording by Dio

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	1983-05-25 US
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	1983-05-25 US
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	1983-05 DE
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	1983-05 GB
1.1	Rainbow in the Dark	4:10	Dio	Rainbow in the Dark	1983-10-21 GB
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	?:??	Dio	Holy Diver	1983 US
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	1983 GB
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	1983 NL
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	?:??	Dio	Holy Diver	1983 JP
1.8	Rainbow In The Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	1983 JP
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:15	Dio	Holy Diver (Reissue)	1986-07-05 JP
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	1989-12-21 JP
1.6	Rainbow in the Dark	4:15	Dio	MASTERS OF METAL - Strikeforce Volume 1	1989 US
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Dio Great Box	1991-06-15 JP
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	1991-12-05 JP
1.2	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	Diamonds: The Best of Dio	1992-06-04 DE
1.2	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	Diamonds: The Best of Dio	1992 GB
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:13	Dio	Holy Diver	1994-11-06 JP
1.2	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	Diamonds: The Best of Dio	1994 US
2.7	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	Classic Rock: 1982–1983	1996 XE
1.2	Rainbow in the Dark	4:15	Dio	Anthology	1997 US
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	Best of 80's Metal, Volume Two: Bang Your Head	1997 US
1.6	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	Eighteen Rock Hard Hits, Vol. 1	1997 US
1.9	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Steve Austin’s Stone Cold Metal	1998-08-25 US
1.3	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	The Very Beast of Dio (Remastered)	2000-10-03 US
1.9	Rainbow in the Dark	4:09	Dio	Monsters of the Millennium 2	2001 -
1.2	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	Ultimate Metal Classics, Volume 1	2001 US
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver (Reissue, Remastered)	2002-11-13 JP
2.5	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	Stand Up and Shout: The Dio Anthology (Remastered)	2003-05-27 US
1.3	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	The Collection	2003-11-03 XE
2.5	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	Stand Up and Shout: The Dio Anthology	2003 US
2.3	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	We Rock: Greatest Hits	2004-08-25 GB
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:13	Dio	Holy Diver	2005-10-04 GB
1.1	Rainbow in the Dark	4:15	Dio	Metal Hits	2005-10-04 US
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:15	Dio	Hard ’n’ Heavy 2	2005 FI
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	Holy Diver	2007-12-11 -
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:13	Dio	Holy Diver	2007-12-19 JP
1.3	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Rock Legends	2007 XW
1.2	Rainbow in the Dark	4:17	Dio	Diamonds: The Best of Dio	2008-06-25 JP
2.7	Rainbow in the Dark	4:15	Dio	Hard + Heavy	2008 US
1.14	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	Absolute Rock Anthems III	2010-08-02 SE
3.4	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	Okej – Tiden vi aldrig glömmer 1980–1989	2010-12-08 SE
2.5	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	Mightier Than the Sword: The Ronnie James Dio Story	2011-08-02 GB
1.7	Raindow in the Dark	4:15	Dio	Rock Giganten	2011 DE
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver (Deluxe Edition)	2012-01-01 AF 2012-01-01 AL (show 183 more) 2012-01-01 ZW
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver (24 karat gold CD)	2012-02-14 US
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	2012-03-19 XE 2012-03-20 US
2.5	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	Mightier Than the Sword: The Ronnie James Dio Story	2012-03-28 JP
2.1	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	The Singles Box Set (1983–1993) (Remastered)	2012-08-31 GB
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	2012-09-27 JP
2.13	Rainbow in the Dark	4:15	Dio	Greatest Ever! Driving Rock	2013 GB
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	2015 -
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	A Decade of Dio: 1983-1993	2016-07-22 XE
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	?:??	Dio	A Decade of Dio: 1983-1993	2016-07-22 XE
1.1	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	80s Rock	2017-04-17 CA 2017-04-17 US
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:13	Dio	5 Classic Albums	2017-09-15 XE
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver (red vinyl)	2018-01-09 US
1.4	Rainbow in the Dark	4:13	Dio	Rock Legends: The Ultimate Collection	2018-03-30 GB
1.2	Rainbow In The Dark	4:15	Dio	Hard Rock Heretics	2018-10-23 XW
1.2	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	Hard Rock Heretics	2018-10-23 US
1.27	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Golden Rock Classics	2019-08-23 US
1.4	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	80’s Rock Anthems	2020-12-04 US
2.13	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Fetenhits: Best of Rock	2020 DE
2.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver (Super Deluxe Edition)	2022-07-08 -
1.11	Rainbow in the Dark	4:16	Dio	Kinds of Kindness: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	2024-06-21 XW
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	- CA
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	- XE
Bootleg
1.13	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	40 Greatest Metal Songs	2006 -
(unknown)
1.8	Rainbow in the Dark	4:14	Dio	Holy Diver	2021-01-22 US
1.8	Rainbow In The Dark	4:15	Dio	Holy Diver	2021-08 IT

Relationships

assistant engineer:	Ray Leonard
engineer:	Angelo Arcuri
producer:	Ronnie James Dio
drums (drum set):	Vinny Appice (in 1983)
electric bass guitar:	Jimmy Bain (in 1983)
guitar:	Vivian Campbell (in 1983)
keyboard:	Jimmy Bain (in 1983) Ronnie James Dio (in 1983)
lead vocals:	Ronnie James Dio (in 1983)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Phonogram International B.V. Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1983) Mercury Records Ltd. (in 2005)

recorded at:	Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States (in 1983)

part of:	Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 25) (order: 25)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/5qFxuUIAwJlzO60vqOiL7y [info]

recording of:	Rainbow in the Dark (in 1983)

Rainbow in the Dark

lyricist:	Ronnie James Dio
composer:	Vinny Appice Jimmy Bain Vivian Campbell Ronnie James Dio

publisher:	Lite Dusting Music Ltd. Niji Music Vinny Appice Music

Rainbow in the Dark

Genres: heavy metal, hard rock, metal, rock

Other tags: pop-metal, classic metal

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Rainbow in the Dark

Rainbow in the Dark

Genres: heavy metal, hard rock, metal, rock

Other tags: pop-metal, classic metal

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Rainbow in the Dark