Lights and Thunder
"Lights and Thunder" | ||||
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Single by White Lion | ||||
from the album Mane Attraction | ||||
B-side | "She's Got Everything" | |||
Released | March 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
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Length | 8:10 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Richie Zito | |||
White Lion singles chronology | ||||
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"Lights and Thunder" is a song by American/Danish glam metal band White Lion and was released as a single in the UK from their 1991 album Mane Attraction.[1] The song charted at No. 95 on the UK Singles Chart.
Background
"Lights and Thunder" was White Lion's longest song, from 1991–2008, an eight-minute heavy rock epic with a complex structure inspired by Led Zeppelin’s Achilles Last Stand.[2] In 2008, "Sangre de Cristo" from Return of the Pride became the band's longest song, with a length of eight minutes and forty-four seconds. The song was one of many songs from the band that addressed social or political issues.[3]
Music video
In 2005, for the White Lion live album Rocking the USA, a music video was made for the live version of the song which features on the DVD Bang Your Head Festival 2005.[4][5]
Versions
In 2024, Mike Tramp re-recorded "Lights and Thunder" for the Songs of White Lion, Vol. II album. The song was also re-released as a single and featured a new music video.[6]
Track listing
7" single[7]
- "Lights and Thunder" – 4:56
- "She's Got Everything" – 5:56
12" maxi-single
- "Lights and Thunder" (edit)
- "Fight to Survive" (live)
- "She's Got Everything"
Personnel
- Mike Tramp – lead vocals
- Vito Bratta – lead guitar
- James Lomenzo – bass guitar
- Greg D'Angelo – drums
Charts
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC)[8] | 95 |
References
- ^ "White Lion singles".
- ^ "White Lion: I was tired of the other guys, or maybe just the guitarist". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Best White Lion Songs of All Time – Top 10 Tracks". Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ "White Lion Video Albums". Spirit of Metal. 2012
- ^ "WHITE LION: 'Bang Your Head Festival 2005' DVD Details Revealed". Blabbermouth. 2021
- ^ "MIKE TRAMP Announces New Album 'Songs Of White Lion - Vol. II'". Blabbermouth. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "White Lion Lights and Thunder".
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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- Fight to Survive
- Pride
- Big Game
- Mane Attraction
- Remembering White Lion
- Return of the Pride
- Rocking the USA
- Live Extended Versions
- White Lion Live
- Escape from Brooklyn
- Concert Anthology: 1987–1991
- Bang Your Head Festival 2005
- "Broken Heart"
- "Wait"
- "Tell Me"
- "When the Children Cry"
- "All You Need Is Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Little Fighter"
- "Radar Love"
- "Cry for Freedom"
- "Goin' Home Tonight"
- "Love Don't Come Easy"
- "Lights and Thunder"
- "Broken Heart '91"
- "Out with the Boys"
- "When the Children Cry '99"
- "Wait (Live)"
- "When the Children Cry (Live)"
- "Cry for Freedom {2023)"
- "Little Fighter (2023)"
- " Lights and Thunder (2024)"
- Capricorn
- Recovering the Wasted Years
- More to Life Than This
- Rock 'N' Roll Alive
- Songs I Left Behind
- The Rock 'N' Roll Circuz
- Stand Your Ground
- Cobblestone Street
- Museum
- Nomad
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Stray from the Flock
- Second Time Around
- Trampthology
- Songs of White Lion
- Discography
- Songs of White Lion
- Freak of Nature (band)