"Thunder" is a song by American

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band

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. It was released on May 6, 2008, as the third and final single from their debut album, ''

'' (2006). There are two versions of the song: one version where Martin Johnson sings alone and another version where Bryan Donahue sings some lines and backup vocals. This song was released as an acoustic version first before it appeared on ''Boys Like Girls'', and over two years before the song's official single release. The band first posted the radio remix of the song on their Myspace profile on March 11, 2008. It was the first song Boys Like Girls ever wrote which was written about Martin's high school sweetheart. Despite its poor performance in charts compared to their previous singles, it was certified Gold by RIAA the same week "Hero/Heroine" went Gold.

Music video

The music video for "Thunder", which was released on June 20, 2008, and premiered on

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, shows a group of friends, which includes couples hanging out. The music video starts with the band playing before moving on to a group of friends along with the band members going to a restaurant to eat and commencing a food fight, with intervals of the band playing. The friends then go a field, where they drink and laugh, and then unsuccessfully attempt a human pyramid. The couples start hanging out alone and making out. From this point on, the band is shown playing in the rain. The friends are then shown going to a swimming pool and start swimming, with a couple making out underwater. They then run through a carpark and stand by the railings to see the sunrise. The couples are then making out again, and the music video ends with the band leaving their instruments. The video was shot in many different locations throughout

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, a suburb in

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, which include: the Tall Mouse Crafts store off South Street and Carmenita Road, Jack's Restaurant on Carmenita and South Street, Cerritos Park East Park/Rec Center off Ironbark Drive and 166th Street, Cerritos Park East Swim Center off 166th Street and Carmenita, and a commercial parking structure off Towne Center Drive and Park Plaza Drive near the

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and across the street from the

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. The main location where the band is seen playing in the street is Droxford St. and Pinewood Circle, a

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in Cerritos.

Track listing

# "Thunder" (album version) – 3:57 # "Thunder" (radio mix/single version) – 3:57 # "Thunder" (acoustic version) – 4:02

Personnel

* Martin Johnson –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

* Paul DiGiovanni –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Bryan Donahue –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* John Keefe –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

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Upcoming Tour Dates

Boys Like Girls Home-page

Review of 'Thunder' Contactmusic.com

Review of 'Thunder' on Culturedeluxe.com

Review of 'Thunder on Absolutepunk.com
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