Lightnin' Strikes

"Lightnin' Strikes"
Single by Lou Christie
from the album Lightnin' Strikes
B-side"Cryin' in the Streets"
ReleasedDecember 1965
RecordedSeptember 3, 1965
StudioOlmstead Studios, New York City, New York
GenrePop
Length3:05
LabelMGM
Songwriter(s)Lou Christie, Twyla Herbert
Producer(s)Charles Calello
Lou Christie singles chronology
"How Many Teardrops"
(1963)
"Lightnin' Strikes"
(1965)
"Outside the Gates of Heaven"
(1966)
Official audio
"Lightnin' Strikes" on YouTube

"Lightnin' Strikes" is a song written by Lou Christie and Twyla Herbert, and recorded by Christie on the MGM label. It was a hit in 1966, making it to No. 1 in Canada in February 1966 on the RPM Top Singles chart, then to No. 1 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 in February, No. 3 on the New Zealand Listener chart in May, and No. 11 on the UK Record Retailer chart. It attained RIAA certification on March 3, 1966, garnering gold status for selling over one million copies.