"Chain Lightning" is a song by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, credited as composers under the name Steely Dan. It was recorded at ABC Studios in Los Angeles between November 1974 and January 1975, produced by Gary Katz, and released in 1975 on the album Katy Lied, issued by ABC Records on 24 March 1975. The Steely Dan recording is dated April 1975. The song is sung in English and includes a guitar solo, which comes before the story's final scene, when the characters return to the site. Later versions include a 1991 recording by Donald Fagen, a 2005 version by Marian McPartland with Steely Dan, a 2016 recording by Jerry Cortez, and instrumental jazz versions by Cornelius Bumpus and the Mark Masters Ensemble.
