| "Lightning Strikes" | |
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| Song by Aerosmith | |
| from the album Rock in a Hard Place | |
| Released | August 27, 1982 |
| Recorded | 1981 |
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal |
| Length | 4:26 |
| Label | Columbia |
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"Lightning Strikes" is a song by the American hard rock band Aerosmith from their 1982 album Rock in a Hard Place. It is notable as Aerosmith's only charting song from the lineup without guitarist Joe Perry, who was replaced by Jimmy Crespo after he left the band in 1979.
The song was written by Steven Tyler, Jimmy Crespo and Richie Supa, a friend and collaborator of the band. Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford recorded his parts before leaving the band.
The song reached #21 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.