Found myself singing this earlier after getting soaked in a random downpour, my wonderful sense of timing made me leave the house just in time to catch it, but then sunshine broke through and made me smile as raindrops ran down my cheeks.
I knew he wrote it, didn't know he'd actually recorded it though. just listened to your link, and it's totally horrendous in comparison to nico's, i agree it's awful. the nico version has been my mantra for ages
eh, just looked up the browne thing to see about his recording, and apparently he wrote it when he was 16. I find that a bit bizarre tbh.