Lightning Crashes

"Lightning Crashes" is a 1994 song by American alternative rock band Live. It is the third single from their second studio album Throwing Cropper. It went to number 13 in Australia, number 3 in Canada, number 8 in Iceland and number 33 in the United Kingdom. Although it was never released as a single in the United States but topped the single charts on the Mainstream Rock charts.

"Lightning Crashes"
Single by Live
from the album Throwing Copper
Released	September 24, 1994
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge pop rock
Length	5:25 (album version) 4:24 (edit)
Label	Radioactive
Songwriter(s)	Live
Producer(s)	Jerry Harrison Live
Live singles chronology
"I Alone" (1994) "Lightning Crashes" (1994) "All Over You" (1994)

Track listings

All songs were written by Live.

Australian CD single

1. "Lightning Crashes" (edit) – 4:24
2. "The Dam at Otter Creek" (bootleg) – 5:35
3. "Selling the Drama" (bootleg) – 3:35

European CD single

1. "Lightning Crashes" (edit) – 4:26
2. "Lightning Crashes" (live at Glastonbury '95) – 5:21

European maxi-CD single

1. "Lightning Crashes" (edit) – 4:26
2. "Lightning Crashes" (live at Glastonbury '95) – 5:21
3. "The Beauty of Gray" (bootleg, live on tour in late 1994) – 4:43

UK CD1

1. "Lightning Crashes" – 5:25
2. "The Beauty of Gray" (bootleg version, live on tour in late 1994) – 4:44
3. "T.B.D." (acoustic version) – 3:49

UK CD2

1. "Lightning Crashes" – 5:25
2. "Lightning Crashes" (live at Glastonbury '95) – 5:16
3. "White, Discussion" (live at Glastonbury '95) – 5:22

UK cassette single

1. "Lightning Crashes" – 5:25
2. "Lightning Crashes" (live at Glastonbury '95) – 5:16