Thunder Clatter

{{Infobox song

| name = Thunder Clatter

| cover = Wild Cub Thunder Clatter.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Wild Cub

| album = Youth

| released = January 14, 2013

| format =

| recorded = 2012

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Indie rock, indie pop, tropical pop

| length = 4:31

| label = Big Light, Mom + Pop

| writer = Keegan DeWitt, Jeremy Bullock

| producer = Dabney Morris, Wild Cub

| prev_title = Running

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

"Thunder Clatter" is a song by Nashville-based indie rock quintet Wild Cub. The song was released as the lead single from the band's debut album Youth on January 14, 2013, but did not chart until it featured in a Bose advertising campaign later that year.

Critical reception

"Thunder Clatter" received generally positive reviews from music critics.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/wild-cub-mn0003067671/biography |title=Wild Cub – Biography |publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation |accessdate=August 30, 2013 |author=Kerr, Scott}} Paul Brown, founder and managing editor of TV Ad Music, described "Thunder Clatter" as "a catchy piece of tropical indiepop".{{cite web |url=http://www.tvadmusic.co.uk/2013/07/bose-better-sound-makes-everything-better/ |title=Bose – Better Sound Makes Better |publisher=TV Ad Music |date=July 8, 2013 |accessdate=October 7, 2013 |author=Brown, Paul}} The Guardian{{'s}} Michael Cragg called it "disarmingly sweet tropical pop" having "something undeniably captivating about it, especially once they start chanting: 'I hear it call in the centre of it all, you're the love of my life{{' "}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/dec/12/wild-cub-thunder-clatter |title=New music: Wild Cub – Thunder Clatter |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=December 12, 2012|accessdate=August 29, 2013 |author=Cragg, Michael}} Consequence of Sound{{'s}} Alex Young called it a "frenzied composition" with "the right ingredients for dancing" and listed it as one of two essential tracks on the album Youth.{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2012/08/album-review-wild-cub-youth/ |title=Album Review: Wild Cub – Youth |publisher=Consequence of Sound |date=August 14, 2012 |accessdate=September 3, 2013 |author=Young, Alex}} Young noted that the song's "prevailing lyrical themes, which surface through the guitar, the bass, and the claps, are loud and clear: 'I hear it all in the center of my heart / You're the love of my life. In an edition of their "Singles Swap" column, Entertainment Weekly recommended "Thunder Clatter" to people who enjoyed "Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men.{{cite journal |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20671318,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702082929/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20671318,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 2, 2013 |title=Singles Swap |journal=Entertainment Weekly |location=New York |date=February 8, 2013 |accessdate=October 16, 2013}}

Music video

A live in-studio video of "Thunder Clatter", which runs four minutes and fifty seconds,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQe93QIrrqQ |title='Thunder Clatter (Live in-studio)' – Wild Cub |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=30 August 2013 |author=Wild Cub |author-link=Wild Cub }} features band members Keegan DeWitt, Jeremy Bullock, Dabney Morris, Harry West and Eric Wilson at a raucous get-together: they "just invite some friends over to theirs, drink lots of wine and then film it." In December 2013, the band released an official lyric video for the track, featuring photography by Margaret Durow.{{cite web |url=http://www.momandpopmusic.com/2013/12/wild-cub-unveils-thunder-clatter-lyric-video-featuring-photos-by-margaret-durow/ |title=Wild Cub release 'Thunder Clatter' lyric video, photos by Margaret Durow |publisher=Mom + Pop Music |date=December 3, 2013 |accessdate=January 31, 2014}}

Commercial performance

"Thunder Clatter" failed to chart upon its initial single release in January 2013; it was featured in the Bose Corporation's "Better Sound Makes Everything Better" television advertisement campaign in July and subsequently peaked at number 59 on the UK Singles Chart.

Charts

=Weekly charts=

Chart (2014) ! Peak position
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{{singlechart\|UKindie\|11\|date=2013-08-31\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=December 21, 2014}}
{{singlechart\|Billboardrocksongs\|34\|artist=Wild Cub\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 12, 2014\|refname=billrock}}
{{singlechart\|Billboardrockairplay\|20\|artist=Wild Cub\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 12, 2014\|refname=billrockairplay}}
{{singlechart\|Billboardadultalternativesongs\|20\|artist=Wild Cub\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 22, 2014}}
{{singlechart\|Billboardalternativesongs\|17\|artist=Wild Cub\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 22, 2014\|refname=billalt}}

=Year-end charts=

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Chart (2014) ! Position
scope="row"\| US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite web \|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-rock-songs \|title=Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2014 \|work=Billboard \|accessdate=December 21, 2014}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| 78
scope="row"\| US Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite web \|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/alternative-songs \|title=Alternative Songs: Year End 2014 \|work=Billboard \|accessdate=December 21, 2014}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| 39

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Chart (2014)

! Position

scope="row"| US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-rock-songs |title=Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2014 |work=Billboard |accessdate=December 21, 2014}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 78

scope="row"| US Alternative Songs (Billboard){{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/alternative-songs |title=Alternative Songs: Year End 2014 |work=Billboard |accessdate=December 21, 2014}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 39

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Label
scope="row" rowspan="2"\| United States{{cite web \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Clatter/dp/B00GHS18C8 \|title=Thunder Clatter: Wild Cub: MP3 Downloads \|accessdate=July 20, 2014}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.triplearadio.com/adds/ \|title=Going For Airplay \|publisher=TripleARadio.com \|accessdate=June 14, 2014 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111055516/http://triplearadio.com/adds/ \|archivedate=January 11, 2014}} \| November 11, 2013 \| Digital download \| rowspan="2"\| Mom + Pop Music
January 13, 2014 \| Adult album alternative radio

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! Region

! Date

! Format

! Label

scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Clatter/dp/B00GHS18C8 |title=Thunder Clatter: Wild Cub: MP3 Downloads |accessdate=July 20, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.triplearadio.com/adds/ |title=Going For Airplay |publisher=TripleARadio.com |accessdate=June 14, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111055516/http://triplearadio.com/adds/ |archivedate=January 11, 2014}}

| November 11, 2013

| Digital download

| rowspan="2"| Mom + Pop Music

January 13, 2014

| Adult album alternative radio

References

Category:2013 singles

Category:2013 songs