Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

Lead singer Fran Healy wrote the song while on holiday in Israel. He wanted to go somewhere sunny because in his hometown of Glasgow it rained all the time. In an interview at the Live 8 concert, he explained that he was spending a short holiday in the southern vacation city Eilat in the middle of the winter. The city is known for its hot weather even during the winter time, but surprisingly it began to rain for two days during his stay.

The line "Is it because I lied when I was 17?" is a reference to Healy taking a job in a bar at the age of 17 and telling his employer he was 18.

When Travis started to perform this song at the 1999 Glastonbury Festival, after being sunny for several hours, it began to rain exactly when the first line was sung.