"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 in the UK.

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

Background edit

"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 bands 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 edit

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 White Lion DVD Bang Your Head Festival 2005.[4] [5]

Track listing edit

7" single[6]

  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 edit

Charts edit

Chart (1991) Peak
position
UK Singles[7] 95

References edit

  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. ^ "White Lion Lights and Thunder".
  7. ^ "White Lion Official Charts". Retrieved 21 August 2021.