{{Other uses}} {{Use British English|date=April 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = Like Lightning | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Foals | album = Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 | released = 22 November 2019 | recorded = 2018 | studio = 123 (London) | genre = Blues rock | length = 3:34 | label = {{hlist|Transgressive|Warner}} | writer = {{hlist|Jack Bevan|Edwin Congreave|Yannis Philippakis||Jimmy Smith}} | producer = Brett Shaw | prev_title = Into the Surf | prev_year = 2019 | next_title = Neptune | next_year = 2020 }} "'''Like Lightning'''" is a song by British indie rock band Foals, released on 22 November 2019 as the fourth single from their sixth studio album, ''Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2'' (2019).
== Music video == The music video for "Like Lightning" was released on 22 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Christopher |title=Foals Share New Animated Video for "Like Lightning" Addressing Inaction on Climate Change |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/foals_share_new_animated_video_for_like_lightning_addressing_inaction_on_cl/ |website=Under the Radar |access-date=17 April 2021 |date=22 November 2019}}</ref> The storyline was written by Virginie Kypriotis and the video was produced by Rebecca Rice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Foals 'Like Lightning' by Virginie Kypriotis |url=https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/11/26/foals-lightning-virginie-kypriotis/62080 |website=Promonews.tv |access-date=17 April 2021 |date=26 November 2019}}</ref> Un Oeil Sur Tout animated the video. The video features a Sasquatch figure leading a worldwide charge to curb climate change through green initiatives and eco-socialism. The music video premiered on the Music Declares Emergency website to raise awareness about climate change.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richards |first1=Will |title=Foals rally against climate change in their dystopian animated 'Like Lightning' video – watch |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/foals-rally-climate-change-dystopian-animated-like-lightning-video-watch-2577324 |website=NME |access-date=17 April 2021 |date=22 November 2019}}</ref>
== Critical reception == Critical reception to the song was mixed.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} Hannah Jocelyn, writing for ''Pitchfork'', said "'Like Lightning' plays like the kind of utilitarian blues-rock that music directors reach for when The Black Keys aren’t in the licensing budget."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jocelyn |first1=Hannah |title=Foals: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2 Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/foals-everything-not-saved-will-be-lost-part-2/ |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Conde Nast |access-date=17 April 2021 |date=23 November 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{YouTube|gTHmJ1gol9c|Official music video}}
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