Ride the Lightning is a 1984 album, with an eponymous song, by Metallica.

Ride the Lightning may also refer to:

Ride the Lightning (Marshmallow Coast album), 2001 "Ride the Lightning" (John Kongos song), 1975 "Ride the Lightning (717 Tapes)", a song by Warren Zeiders, 2021

See also "Riding the Lightning", a 2006 episode of Criminal Minds