Ride the Lightning (John Kongos song)
| "Ride the Lightning" | ||||
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| Single by John Kongos | ||||
| B-side | "I Won't Ask You Where You've Been" | |||
| Released | 11 April 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Kongos, Peter Leroy | |||
| Producer(s) | John Kongos | |||
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"Ride the Lightning" is a song written by South African musician John Kongos and Peter Leroy and originally released by Kongos on 11 April 1975 in the UK and on 11 May 1975 in Germany. While the single never charted, the subsequent French adaption by Pierre Delanoë titled "Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?", performed by French pop singer Sylvie Vartan, would be a hit in France and Belgium the following year.