Ride the Lightning (John Kongos song)

"Ride the Lightning"
Single by John Kongos
Released 1975 (1975)
Format 7-inch single
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) John Kongos, Peter Leroy

"Ride the Lightning" is a song written by John Kongos and Peter Leroy and originally released by John Kongos in 1975.

Track listing

7" single Cube Records BUG 58 (1975, UK)

A. "Ride the Lightning" (4:04)
B. "I Won't Ask You Where You've Been" (4:30)[1]

Sylvie Vartan version (in French)

"Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes ?"
Single by Sylvie Vartan
from the album Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?
Released 1976 (1976) (France, etc.)
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) John Kongos, Peter Leroy, Pierre Delanoë[2]
Producer(s) Jacques Revaux[2]
Sylvie Vartan singles chronology
"Danse-la chante-la"
(1975)		 "Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes ?"
(1976)		 "L'amour c'est comme les bateaux"
(1976)

"Danse-la chante-la"
(1975)		 "Qu'est ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?"
(1975)		 "L'amour c'est comme les bateaux"
(1976)
Music video
"Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?" (French TV, 1975) on YouTube

The song was reworked into French (as "Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?", which means "What makes blondes cry?") by lyricist Pierre Delanoë and recorded by French singer Sylvie Vartan. The recording was produced by Jacques Revaux.

Her version was released as a single and on Sylvie Vartan's 1976 album Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?

The song spent two consecutive weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from February 19 to March 3, 1976).[3]

Track listing

7" single (1976)

A. "Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?" (3:09)
B. "La Lettre" (3:17)[4]

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
France (singles sales)[3] 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "John Kongos - Ride The Lightning at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. 1 2 "ultratop.be - Sylvie Vartan - Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?". Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  3. 1 2 "Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes ? - Sylvie Vartan - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  4. ↑ "Sylvie Vartan - Qu'Est-Ce Qui Fait Pleurer Les Blondes? at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
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