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Lights and Thunder

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"Lights and Thunder"
Single by White Lion
from the album Mane Attraction
B-side"She's Got Everything"
ReleasedMarch 1991
Recorded1991
Genre
Length8:10
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Richie Zito
White Lion singles chronology
"Love Don't Come Easy"
(1991)
"Lights and Thunder"
(1991)
"Broken Heart '91"
(1991)

"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

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"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

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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

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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

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7" single[7]

  1. "Lights and Thunder" – 4:56
  2. "She's Got Everything" – 5:56

12" maxi-single

  1. "Lights and Thunder" (edit)
  2. "Fight to Survive" (live)
  3. "She's Got Everything"

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 95

References

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  1. ^ "White Lion singles".
  2. ^ "White Lion: I was tired of the other guys, or maybe just the guitarist". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Best White Lion Songs of All Time – Top 10 Tracks". Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "White Lion Video Albums". Spirit of Metal. 2012
  5. ^ "WHITE LION: 'Bang Your Head Festival 2005' DVD Details Revealed". Blabbermouth. 2021
  6. ^ "MIKE TRAMP Announces New Album 'Songs Of White Lion - Vol. II'". Blabbermouth. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  7. ^ "White Lion Lights and Thunder".
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 June 2024.