Crying Lightning

"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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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

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	3:43
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	3:43
2.	"Red Right Hand"	Nick Cave	Nick Cave/Mick Harvey/Conway Savage/Thomas Wydler	4:19

Credits and personnel

Arctic Monkeys

Alex Turner - lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitar, Vox Super Continental Organ (track 2)
Jamie Cook - lead & rhythm guitar, baritone guitar (track 2)
Nick O'Malley - bass guitar
Matt Helders - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Josh Homme - backing vocals (track 3)
John Ashton - keyboards, backing vocals (track 1), guitar

Charts

Charts (2009)^[4]	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart^[5]	70
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)^[6]	63
Belgium Singles Chart (Wallonia)^[7]	49
Canadian Singles Chart	15
French Singles Chart^[8]	23
UK Indie Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	12
Japan Singles Chart	44

References

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Arctic Monkeys singles
Discography Songs
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" "When the Sun Goes Down"
Favourite Worst Nightmare	"Brianstorm" "Fluorescent Adolescent" "Teddy Picker"
Humbug	"Crying Lightning" "Cornerstone" "My Propeller"
Suck It and See	"Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala" "Suck It and See" "Black Treacle"
AM	"R U Mine?" "Do I Wanna Know?" "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" "One for the Road" "Arabella" "Snap Out of It"
Standalone singles	"Leave Before the Lights Come On" "Matador" "Come Together"
Other songs	"The View from the Afternoon" "Fake Tales of San Francisco" "Brick by Brick"
as Death Ramps	"Bad Woman" (featuring Richard Hawley) "The Death Ramps" "Nettles" "Little Illusion Machine (Wirral Riddler)" (featuring Miles Kane) "You and I" (featuring Richard Hawley)

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