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White Stripes Top 10 Songs
The duo, White Stripes, hailed from Detroit in the late ’90s. Former Country/Rock drummer (with Goober and the Peas) turned guitarist/vocalist, Jack White (born John “Jack” Anthony Gillis) and drummer Meg White used Punk and Blues as their base while incorporating Folk and Art Rock. Jack worked with several area groups on his way to becoming a highly eclectic and emotive songwriter. The idea for White Stripes was to create simple, basic Rock. Done.
#10. You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)
A track from their sixth studio album “Icky Thump” was released as a CD single in 2007.
The video was filmed in front of the Hudson’s Bay Company historical buildings in the Apex neighborhood of Iqaluit while the band was on tour there.
You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)
#9. The Denial Twist
From the band’s fifth studio album, “Get Behind Me Satan” (2005).
The video features a spectacular array of visual effects as it follows The White Stripes from a talk show performance to a late-night drive back to an apartment. The lyrics refer to what people think to be true is often shaped by the context in which information is presented to them and their willingness to be deceived—even by themselves.
The Denial Twist
#8. Blue Orchid
The song was released six weeks after it was written. Initially, people thought White wrote the song about his breakup with actress Renée Zellweger. He has denied this claim. However, the video featured Karen Elson, a model who married White soon after the shoot.
Blue Orchid
#7. The Hardest Button To Button
Written by White for the band’s fourth album, “Elephant.” The song, according to White, “is about a child trying to find his place in a dysfunctional family when a new baby comes.”
The Hardest Button To Button
#6. Hotel Yorba
Built in 1926, the Hotel Yorba was a hotel in southwest Detroit. The single was recorded in room 206 of the building which was used for government subsidized housing. White has said that, as a child, he heard a rumor that The Beatles had stayed there—a rumor that, although false, he loved.
Hotel Yorba
#5. Dead Leaves On Dirty Ground
Featured on their 2001 third studio album “White Blood Cells,” the song was included in the Rock Band video game.
White performed the song with Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) and The Edge (U2) for the ’09 documentary “It Might Get Loud.”
Dead Leaves On Dirty Ground
#4. Ball And Biscuit
This song was released as a single from “The White Stripes Greatest Hits.” At over 7 minutes long, it is the longest studio recording by the band.
It references the “seventh son” which may have been inspired by White’s own family situation; he was the seventh and final son in a family of nine children. The “seventh son” is thought to possess supernatural powers.
Ball And Biscuit
#3. Icky Thump
The first single and title track from their sixth and final album was recorded and mixed in Nashville.
The song won the ’08 Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Grammy. It also received a platinum certification for digital sales in the US.
Icky Thump
#2. Fell In Love With A Girl
From the band’s third studio album, “White Blood Cells”(2001), it was the band’s first single to reach the U.S. Alternative Rock chart, peaking at #12.
The music video is a Lego animation directed by Michael Gondry with his son featured at the beginning of the video, building Lego blocks. The White Stripes couldn’t strike a deal with Lego, so they had to buy a large number of Lego boxes for the video.
Fell In Love With A Girl
#1. Seven Nation Army
The guitar riff was devised by White while the White Stripes were on the Australian leg of their tour in ’02. He played the riff for an executive with Third Man, the White Stripes’ record label, who felt White could “do better.” White later recalled that the executive “didn’t even think that rhythm was that great, either”.
The song won Best Rock Song at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards on its way to becoming a major sports anthem.
Seven Nation Army
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