Crying Lightning

Crying Lightning
"Crying Lightning"
Single by Arctic Monkeys
from the album Humbug
B-side "Red Right Hand"
"I Haven't Got My Strange"
Released 6 July 2009 (Digital download)
17 August 2009 (Vinyl release)
Format 7", 10"
Genre Psychedelic rock, indie rock[1][2], post-punk revival, neo-psychedelia
Length 3:42
Label Domino
Writer(s) Alex Turner
Producer Josh Homme
Arctic Monkeys singles chronology
"Teddy Picker"
(2007)		 "Crying Lightning"
(2009)		 "Cornerstone"
(2009)
Humbug track listing
  1. "My Propeller"
  2. "Crying Lightning"
  3. "Dangerous Animals"
  4. "Secret Door"
  5. "Potion Approaching"
  6. "Fire and the Thud"
  7. "Cornerstone"
  8. "Dance Little Liar"
  9. "Pretty Visitors"
  10. "The Jeweller's Hands"

"Crying Lightning" is a song by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released as the first single from their third album Humbug. It was first played on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 on 6 July 2009 and was then made available on iTunes to download the following day. Physical copies of the single were made available on 17 August, one week before the release of the album.[3] The vinyl was made available in Oxfam shops and sold with a download code for fans to get a free MP3 version of the song.[4]

The single debuted at #12 on the UK Singles Chart on 12 July 2009 by downloads alone.

Contents

Music video

The music video for the single debuted on Channel 4 in UK on 24 July 2009.

The music video, directed by Richard Ayoade (who worked with the band previously on the video for "Fluorescent Adolescent", as well as their At the Apollo live DVD), shows the band performing the song on a boat on a rough sea. During a short instrumental interlude, a large figure rises up from the sea in the form of frontman, Turner. He falls to his knees where the boat passes between his legs before the other three band members (Cook, Helders and O'Malley) also rise up out from the water.

Track listing

10", MP3 Digital Download
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Crying Lightning"   Alex Turner Arctic Monkeys 3:42
2. "Red Right Hand"   Nick Cave Nick Cave/Mick Harvey/Conway Savage/Thomas Wydler 4:19
3. "I Haven't Got My Strange"   Alex Turner Arctic Monkeys 1:29
7"
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Crying Lightning"   Alex Turner Arctic Monkeys 3:42
2. "Red Right Hand"   Nick Cave Nick Cave/Mick Harvey/Conway Savage/Thomas Wydler 4:19

Charts

Charts (2009)[5] Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[6] 70
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)[7] 63
Belgium Singles Chart (Wallonia)[8] 49
Canadian Singles Chart 15
French Singles Chart[9] 23
Polish Singles Chart[10] 22
UK Indie Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 12
Japan Singles Chart 44

References

  1. ^ "BBC - Seven Ages of Rock "What the World Is Waiting For"". Seven Ages of Rock. 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/programmes/what-the-world-is-waiting-for. Retrieved 2 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "Arctic Monkeys - Intelligent indie-rock from Sheffield". Clash. http://www.clashmusic.com/artists/arctic-monkeys. Retrieved 11 March 2011. 
  3. ^ Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning - Download on itunes
  4. ^ Monkeys to release Oxfam single
  5. ^ http://acharts.us/song/45397
  6. ^ Austrian Singles Chart
  7. ^ Belgium Flanders Singles Chart
  8. ^ Belgium Wallonia Singles Chart
  9. ^ French Singles Chart
  10. ^ "Polish Singles Chart". http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/notowania/?numer=1443. 
v · d · eArctic Monkeys
Studio albums
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) · Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007) · Humbug (2009) · Suck It and See (2011)
Extended plays
Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys (2005) · Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? (2006) · iTunes Live: London Festival '11 (2011)
Other albums
Beneath the Boardwalk (2004) · At the Apollo (2007)
Singles
"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" · "When the Sun Goes Down" · "Leave Before the Lights Come On" · "Brianstorm" · "Fluorescent Adolescent" · "Teddy Picker" · "Crying Lightning" · "Cornerstone" · "My Propeller" · "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" · "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala" · "Suck It and See"
Other songs
Video albums
Scummy Man · At the Apollo
Tours
Related articles
Awards · Discography · Domino · Submarine · The Last Shadow Puppets · Mongrel · Josh Homme

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