Lightnin' Strikes

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{{Infobox song

| name = Lightnin' Strikes

| cover = Lightnin'_Strikes_-_Lou_Christie.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Lou Christie

| album = Lightnin' Strikes

| B-side = Cryin' in the Streets

| released = December 1965

| recorded = September 3, 1965

| studio = Olmstead Studios, New York City, New York

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length = 3:05

| label = MGM

| writer = Lou Christie, Twyla Herbert

| producer =

| prev_title = How Many Teardrops

| prev_year = 1963

| next_title = Outside the Gates of Heaven

| next_year = 1966

| misc = {{external music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|gsrw6KJ-Md8|"Lightnin' Strikes"}}}}

}}

"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 first to No. 1 in Canada in January 1966 on the RPM Top Singles chart,{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5647&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5647.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5647|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1966-02-21 |accessdate=2019-07-16}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=372#n_view_location |title=flavour of new zealand - search listener |website=Flavourofnz.co.nz |date= |accessdate=2016-09-29}} 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.