| "Ride the Lightning" | ||||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:John_Kongos_Ride_the_Lightning.jpg) German single sleeve | ||||
| Single by John Kongos | ||||
| B-side | "I Won't Ask You Where You've Been" | |||
| Released | 11 April 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Kongos, Peter Leroy | |||
| Producer(s) | John Kongos | |||
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| "Ride the Lightning" on YouTube | ||||
"Ride the Lightning" is a song written by South African musician John Kongos and Peter Leroy and originally released by Kongos on 11 April 1975 in the UK and on 11 May 1975 in Germany.[1][2] While the single never charted, the subsequent French adaption by Pierre Delanoë titled "Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?", performed by French pop singer Sylvie Vartan, would be a hit in France and Belgium the following year.[3][4][5]
- ^ "45cat - John Kongos - Ride the Lightning".
- ^ "John Kongos - Ride The Lightning - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ "Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes ? - Sylvie Vartan (1976) Hit-Parade.net". hit-parade.net. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ "Sylvie Vartan - Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes? - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ "45 Tours 70 – Site officiel de Sylvie Vartan" (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-27.