# Like Lightning

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Like Lightning
| cover      = 
| alt        = 
| type       = single
| artist     = [Foals](/source/Foals_(band))
| album      = [Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2](/source/Everything_Not_Saved_Will_Be_Lost_%E2%80%93_Part_2)
| released   = 22 November 2019
| recorded   = 2018
| studio     = 123 (London)
| genre      = [Blues rock](/source/Blues_rock)
| length     = 3:34
| label      = {{hlist|[Transgressive](/source/Transgressive_Records)|[Warner](/source/Warner_Records)}}
| writer     = {{hlist|Jack Bevan|Edwin Congreave|[Yannis Philippakis](/source/Yannis_Philippakis)||Jimmy Smith}}
| producer   = Brett Shaw
| prev_title = [Into the Surf](/source/Into_the_Surf)
| prev_year  = 2019
| next_title = [Neptune](/source/Neptune_(Foals_song))
| next_year  = 2020
}}
"'''Like Lightning'''" is a song by British [indie rock](/source/indie_rock) band [Foals](/source/Foals_(band)), released on 22 November 2019  as the fourth single from their sixth studio album, ''[Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2](/source/Everything_Not_Saved_Will_Be_Lost_%E2%80%93_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'', said "'Like Lightning' plays like the kind of utilitarian blues-rock that music directors reach for when [The Black Keys](/source/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>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|gTHmJ1gol9c|Official music video}}

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Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Foals (band) songs
Category:Environmental songs
Category:Songs about climate change
Category:Songs written by Yannis Philippakis
Category:Transgressive Records singles
Category:Warner Records singles

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