Singing in the Rain/Umbrella from Singin' in the Rain/Rihanna ft. Jay Z. is a mash-up featured in The Substitute, the seventh episode of Season Two. It is sung by Will Schuester, Holly Holliday, Artie Abrams and the New Directions.
In the episode Will wants the Glee kids to perform the song Singin' in the Rain from the musical Singin' in the Rain. Because the song is over 50 years old, the club is displeased as they were hoping to sing more modern songs. Will goes to Holly and asks her what he can do to make the song more modern for the kids. They decide to mash it up with the song Umbrella.
In the episode Will wants the Glee kids to perform the song Singin' in the Rain from the musical Singin' in the Rain. Because the song is over 50 years old, the club is displeased as they were hoping to sing more modern songs. Will goes to Holly and asks her what he can do to make the song more modern for the kids. They decide to mash it up with the song Umbrella.
Trivia
- It took 727 to clean up the water used in the performance.
- The outfits for Holly and the girls—black trousers and buttoned-up raincoats—were inspired by Rihanna's "Umbrella." Will and the boys were dressed in costumes inspired by the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain (though from the song "Good Mornin'", not "Singing in the Rain" itself): they wore white shirts, vests, and black hats. In the group scenes, every dancer had a black umbrella, while a yellow umbrella was used in the solo scenes for Will and Holly.
Reception
Benigno and Futterman compared "Singin' in the Rain / Umbrella" favorably to mash-ups performed in the preceding episode. Benigno graded it "B", though he said that by using "Singin' in the Rain" as the chorus, the song lacked catharsis, a sentiment echoed by Flandez, who praised the costumes, props and staging, but wished the rendition had had more "bite" and "attitude". Futterman described it as a "buoyant and catchy homage to the old and the new [that] perfectly captures span Glees musical spirit". In contrast, Vick felt the song could not compare to the previous episode's mash-ups. She deemed the staging implausible, questioning how a glee club in financial difficulty could afford elaborate water features for a rehearsal number. Stack was willing to overlook such improbability; he wrote that he loved the mash-up and graded it an "A". Los Angeles Times appreciated the choreography and the manner in which "Paltrow's sassiness undercuts Morrison's overripe sweetness", and named it potentially her favorite group number of the season.Source
Benigno and Futterman compared "Singin' in the Rain / Umbrella" favorably to mash-ups performed in the preceding episode. Benigno graded it "B", though he said that by using "Singin' in the Rain" as the chorus, the song lacked catharsis, a sentiment echoed by Flandez, who praised the costumes, props and staging, but wished the rendition had had more "bite" and "attitude". Futterman described it as a "buoyant and catchy homage to the old and the new [that] perfectly captures span Glees musical spirit". In contrast, Vick felt the song could not compare to the previous episode's mash-ups. She deemed the staging implausible, questioning how a glee club in financial difficulty could afford elaborate water features for a rehearsal number. Stack was willing to overlook such improbability; he wrote that he loved the mash-up and graded it an "A". Los Angeles Times appreciated the choreography and the manner in which "Paltrow's sassiness undercuts Morrison's overripe sweetness", and named it potentially her favorite group number of the season.Source
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