Without the vagaries of the European climate would Vivaldi have composed the Four Seasons?

Here are the songs and artisits who made up the ‘Top Five’ that featured in the A to Z on Points West:

1. Travis - Why does it always rain on me?

2. Crowded House - (always take the ) weather with you.

3. The Beatles - Here come the sun

4. Ella Fitzgerald - Stormy weather

5. Burt Bacharach - Raindrops keep falling on my head

Personal favourites of mine which did not make the list include:

Joy Division - Atmosphere

R.E.M. -I’ll take the rain

Garbage - I’m only happy when it rains

David Bowie - Wild is the wind

Zowie - Sunshine on a rainy day

Other contenders include:

Pearl Jam - Hail, hail

Bob Dylan - A hard rain’s gonna fall

Finally, one I am definitely not so keen on:

B*witched - Blame it on the weatherman.