High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Raining Men" is a song performed by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, taken from her fifth studio album Loud (2010). The song was solicited to urban radio on December 7, 2010, as the third single from Loud in the United States. The up-tempo record features rap vocals from Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj. "Raining Men" received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the chemistry between Rihanna and Minaj but criticised the song for failing to create anything new or original. Even though the song received no promotion apart from urban radio adds, it managed to peaked at number forty-eight on the US Billboard Hot R B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song is also included on the set list of the Loud Tour (2011).