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Raindrops on the Lens — A July Writing Challenge

3 min readJul 11, 2026

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Don’t threaten me with love, baby. Let’s just go walking in the rain. Billie Holiday

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Music and rain are popular in movies.

Rain can set the scene like Singing in the Rain which says happiness and tap dancing in the rain. The notion that all your troubles will be washed away in the rain and the rainbow will appear. In the light rain, you can dance and sing in the rain.

The best version and happiest version of this is the Oscar Winning Talent of Gene Kelley in Singing the Rain who dances and sings through the rain. This movie won an Oscar in 1953.

The next song is Raindrops keep Falling on My Head that was in Butch in 1969 by BJ Thomas with Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

The song is really catchy.

The iconic song “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” immortalized by B.J. Thomas, is most famously associated with the 1969 Western film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Its use during a montage of Butch riding a bicycle, performing…

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Rebecca Trocki
Rebecca Trocki

Written by Rebecca Trocki

Lifelong Learner and dedicated servant leader and minion.