The Lightning Strike The Lightning Strike "The Lightning Strike" is a song from alternative rock band Snow Patrol's fifth album "A Hundred Million Suns", and appears as the last track on the album. The lyrics to the song were written by lead singer Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Snow Patrol. The song is composed of three smaller songs and, at sixteen minutes and eighteen seconds, is the longest the band has released yet. The song has an elaborate live performance where a specially made animation is played simultaneously as the band performs the song. Most of the video features origami,
Gary Taylor (singer/songwriter) and producer, Mr. Taylor has worked with both veteran acts, such as Anita Baker ("Good Love") and The Whispers ("Just Gets Better With Time", "My Heart, Your Heart"), and new wave of soul artists such as Lalah Hathaway ("I'm Coming Back") among them. Gary Taylor (singer/songwriter) Gary Taylor, born Los Angeles, California, is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. His songs have been recorded by a number of leading artists, including "Keep in Touch" by Grover Washington, Jr.; "Good Love" by Anita Baker, Walter Beasley, Lonnie Liston Smith and George Clinton & P-Funk Allstars; "Living Without a Heart" by