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According to the Crying Lightning Songfacts, “Crying Lightning” received its worldwide, exclusive first radio play during the evening of the 6th of July, on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show. The single was then made available digitally via iTunes from midnight that night in order to beat piracy. Frontman Alex Turner told Lowe, “this was deemed the best signifier of the record. It was a favourite during recording.” When Lowe commented that he thought this track works well as an unconventional pop song, Turner agreed saying, “It’s quite strange as far as a pop song goes, the arrangement.”

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richardfranks wrote:
Thursday evening

Quality tune.

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MCR_17 wrote:
Tuesday evening

<333

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tyciu wrote:
Sunday evening

no ale brzmi jak joshua

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Brownie95 wrote:
last week

No pewnie że Alex ;p

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tyciu wrote:
14 days ago

2 55 : - 3 : 05 who is singin' that ? josh or alex ?

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pacela wrote:
15 days ago

♥

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echerrr wrote:
17 days ago

its about a girl he sees at the ice cream shop who he really wants to fuck and she knows it so she puts on this fake persona to ward off pussies. Alex hates that she can't just be normal and kind like she usually is thus the term crying lightning. Alex is a player and a romantic if you look at his music through that lens it makes alot of sense

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baybibry wrote:
last month

I think it's one of the best songs from Arctic Monkeys.....

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paradoxutku wrote:
last month

crying lightning means something like mascara tears. when girls with huge make ups cry, the mascara traces look like lightnings.

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Nextgen23 wrote:
last month

this is great..;p

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panxtau wrote:
last month

nice rude

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Totenmond wrote:
last month

this is the first song i like from them [3]

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lolspud wrote:
last month

The only really good song on Humbug. The rest is just too, I dunno... Harry Potteresque? It's just missing something.

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TheManOfXD wrote:
last month

this is the first song i like from them [2]

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mikolajp wrote:
last month

could sb explain to me the fuckin' meaning of "crying lightning"?

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Winand wrote:
last month

this is the first song i like from them

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TheEnglishWay wrote:
last month

I'm going to see them live!!! SO good (:

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WirraI wrote:
last month

One of the best things they've written.

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willywonka_cs wrote:
last month

(L) :D

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olmeadows wrote:
last month

I love this song!!

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