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.[1] 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.[2]

"Crying Lightning"
Single by Arctic Monkeys
from the album Humbug
B-side
Released
  • 6 July 2009 (digital download)
  • 17 August 2009 (vinyl release)
Genre
Length3:43
LabelDomino
Songwriter(s)
  • Alex Turner
Producer(s)
Arctic Monkeys singles chronology
"Teddy Picker"
(2007)		 "Crying Lightning"
(2009)		 "Cornerstone"
(2009)
Music video
"Crying Lightning" on YouTube

The single debuted at number 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.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Crying Lightning"Alex TurnerAlex Turner3:43
2."Red Right Hand"Nick Cave
4:19
3."I Haven't Got My Strange"Alex TurnerAlex Turner1:29
7"
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Crying Lightning"Alex TurnerAlex Turner3:43
2."Red Right Hand"Nick Cave
  • Nick Cave
  • Mick Harvey
  • Conway Savage
  • Thomas Wydler
4:19

Credits and personnel
Arctic Monkeys
Additional musicians
  • Josh Homme – backing vocals (track three)
  • John Ashton – keyboards, backing vocals (track one), guitar

Charts
Charts (2009)[3] Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 70
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)[5] 63
Belgium Singles Chart (Wallonia)[6] 49
Canadian Singles Chart 15
French Singles Chart[7] 23
UK Indie Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 12
Japan Singles Chart 44

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Silver 200,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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References
  1. Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning – Download on itunes
  2. Monkeys to release Oxfam single
  3. "Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning – Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  4. Austrian Singles Chart
  5. Belgium Flanders Singles Chart
  6. Belgium Wallonia Singles Chart
  7. French Singles Chart
  8. "British single certifications – Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 February 2019. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Crying Lightning in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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