Lightning Strikes

"Lightning Strikes" is a song from the third volume of Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, released digitally on March 18, 2011. It was first performed during the July 9, 2010 soundcheck, under the working title "Zen Baby". In a Twitter update, Billy Corgan said the song is dedicated to Mark Tulin, who died the previous February, and "to all our great fans in Japan" suffering from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

The song as well as "Owata" were the first songs recorded with newly recruited bassist Nicole Fiorentino and drummer Mike Byrne. Guitarist Jeff Schroeder told MusicRadar, "Oddly enough, it took what seemed to be a crazy-long time to do two songs. When you're working piecemeal, you can lose focus on the big picture. So doing Oceania was more in line from what I grew up with. I'm an album guy."