Smokestack Lightning

"Smoke Stack Lightning"
Single by Howlin' Wolf
B-side	"You Can't Be Beat"
Released	March 1956 (1956-03)
Recorded	January 1956
Studio	Chess, Chicago
Genre	Blues
Length	2:32
Label	Chess
Songwriter(s)	Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf
Producer(s)	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon
Howlin' Wolf singles chronology
"Come to Me, Baby" (1955) "Smoke Stack Lightning" (1956) "I Asked for Water" (1956)

"Smokestack Lightning" (also "Smoke Stack Lightning" or "Smokestack Lightnin'") is a blues song recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1956. It became one of his most popular and influential songs. It is based on earlier blues songs, and numerous artists later interpreted it.