The White Stripes were an American rock duo formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1997. The group consisted of Jack White and Meg White.
They were a leading group of the 2000s indie and garage rock revivals.
members: Jack White, Meg White
formed in: Detroit
labels: Warner Bros. Records, Warner Music Group, Third Man Records, Sub Pop, Sympathy for the Record Industry
genres: alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, punk blues, post-punk revival
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In high school, Jack Gillis (as he was then known) met Meg White at a coffee shop in either Ferndale or Hamtramck. The two started dating and began frequenting the coffee shops, local music venues, and record stores of the area. Gillis was an established drummer during this period, performing with his upholstery apprenticeship mentor, Brian Muldoon, the Detroit cowpunk band Goober & the Peas, the garage punk band the Go, the Hentchmen, and Two-Star Tabernacle.
The White Stripes were influenced by blues musicians including Son House, Blind Willie McTell and Robert Johnson, garage rock bands such as the Gories and the Sonics, the Detroit protopunk sound of bands like the MC5 and the Stooges, in addition to groups like the Cramps, the Velvet Underground, and the early Los Angeles punk blues band the Gun Club. Jack has stated on numerous occasions that the blues is the dominant influence on his songwriting and the roots of the band's music, stating that he feels it is so sacred that playing it does not do it justice. Of the Gun Club's music in particular, Jack said, "'Sex Beat', 'She's Like Heroin to Me', and 'For the Love of Ivy'...why are these songs not taught in schools?" Heavy blues rock bands...
The White Stripes have been described as garage rock, blues rock, alternative rock, punk blues, and indie rock. They emerged from Detroit's active garage rock revival scene of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their contemporaries included bands such as the Von Bondies, the Dirtbombs, the Detroit Cobras, and other bands that Jack included on a compilation album called Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit, which was recorded in his living room. Jack wrote all the original songs, while the duo composed and performed them. Jack reasons: "She's very shy and she's super-polite and she won't speak unless spoken to. That's not really the personality of a songwriter." Meg opined that songwriting is "his art; his voice" and it would be "weird for [her] to...
The critical and commercial success of the White Stripes has established Jack and Meg White as key figures of both the indie rock and garage rock revival of the 2000s. Following the release of White Blood Cells, Daily Mirror dubbed them "the greatest band since The Sex Pistols" and Rolling Stone magazine declared "Rock is Back!" on its September 2002 cover. Subsequently christened by the media as the "The" bands, the White Stripes, along with the Strokes and the Hives, are credited by NME for bringing about both a "new garage rock revolution" and a "new rock revolution". They were deemed "the saviours of rock 'n' roll" by Chris Smith. Q magazine listed the White Stripes as one of "50 Bands to See Before You Die". Alternative Press hailed...
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"300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" is a song written by Jack White and recorded by the White Stripes.
It is the third track from the album Icky Thump (2007), as well as one of the band's longest songs, at nearly five and a half minutes long.
"Ball and Biscuit" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes from their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003). The eighth track on Elephant, it was written and produced by Jack White and composed by the duo.
Musically, "Ball and Biscuit" is a hard rock song with lyrics about a self-proclaimed seventh son courting a woman. It is the longest studio recording by the band, lasting over seven minutes.
The White Stripes, an American rock duo composed of guitarist/vocalist Jack White and drummer Meg White, gained international recognition with their third studio album, White Blood Cells. After their rise to fame, they began to create material for their follow-up record, Elephant. "Ball and Biscuit" was one of eleven songs recorded for Elephant through April and May 2002 at Toe Rag Studios in Hackney, London.
"Ball and Biscuit" is characterized as a blues rock and hard rock song with a length of 7 minutes and 18 seconds, the longest studio recording by the band. According to sheet music published by Universal Music Publishing Group, it is composed in the key of E minor with a tempo of 74 beats per minute. The song commits to the structure of traditional 12-bar blues, a three-chord format in which the first line of each verse is repeated and then answered. Its title comes from a STC microphone, nicknamed the "Apple and Biscuit" or "Ball and Biscuit", used during the production of the album.
While "Ball and Biscuit" was never released as a standalone single, it was promotionally released in October 2020 ahead of The White Stripes Greatest Hits compilation album, and earned a visualizer in 2023. It has generated a significant amount of commentary and was received positively by critics. In her review of Elephant, Kitty Empire described the song as "...astonishing, with Jack White playing on his knees, his sexual promises punctuated by liquid guitar emissions." The Washington Post's David Malitz described the song as "perhaps the White Stripes' definitive statement". VICE's Jake Uitti deemed "Ball and Biscuit" as the best track on Elephant and the "most perfect" White Stripes song, praising "Jack with his self-seriousness and Meg...
"Ball and Biscuit" has been used numerous times in popular culture. It was featured in as the background music for the Captain Morgan advertisement "Glass". It was used in the beginning of the film The Social Network (2010).
"Blue Orchid" is the first track by the American alternative rock band the White Stripes from their album Get Behind Me Satan (2005), and the first single to be released from the album. The song was released six weeks after it was written.
Although it was suspected that Jack White wrote the song about his breakup with Renée Zellweger, he has denied this claim. Lyrically, "Blue Orchid" is about White's longing for classical entertainment industries and the turmoil that the newer industries sent him through.
Basic tracking was done on March 10, 2005, with vocal overdubs completed on a later date. The song was mixed by John Hampton and Jack White at Ardent Studios in late-March and mastered on March 28 by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk.
The video for "Blue Orchid" was ranked on Yahoo!'s "Top 25 Spookiest Videos" ranking in 2005, charting at number 21. It features Karen Elson, a model who would marry Jack White soon after the shoot. The video, which was directed by Floria Sigismondi, ends with a horse, its hooves raised in the air, about to stomp on Elson, but just before the hooves land on her, the video quickly goes black, ending.
"Blue Orchid" has been remixed by High Contrast on the album Fabric Live 25. It is the first track on the second disc of the album. It features the main guitar riff accompanied by a largely drum and bass inspired backing beat. The vocals from the song, "You took a white orchid, you took a white orchid and turned it blue" are repeated at various points throughout the track.
"Blue Orchid" is used briefly in the trailer for the 2008 documentary It Might Get Loud, in which Jack White features with other musical artists The Edge and Jimmy Page. The song can also be heard in the movie The Green Hornet, which was directed by Michel Gondry, who also directed a number of music videos for the White Stripes.
"Conquest" is a song written and first recorded by Corky Robbins and popularized in the 1950s by Patti Page. "Conquest" was also covered by the White Stripes on their 2007 album Icky Thump, which features Regulo Aldama on trumpet.
Patti Page's version of "Conquest" was featured on an eBay commercial in the autumn of 2007. The song was used in multiple commercials in 2013 including the Ram trucks "Got Away" advert and also the Machete Kills trailer.
The music video for "Conquest" features a bullfighting theme, directed by Diane Martel in Artesia, California. It premiered November 26 on MTV and November 27 in the iTunes Store as well as Fuse TV.
"Fell in Love with a Girl" is a song by the American rock duo the White Stripes and the fourth track on their third studio album, White Blood Cells (2001). It was released in January 2002 by XL Recordings.
The lyrics were written by Jack White, and the music was composed by the band.
Prior to writing and composing "Fell in Love with a Girl", the White Stripes became prominent figures in the Detroit music scene. Jack and Meg White were married in 1996 and divorced in 2000, but Meg insisted that they continue working together. They then began work on White Blood Cells, their third studio album.
"Fell in Love with a Girl" is an alternative rock and garage punk styled song with an up-beat tempo that holds for a duration of one minute and fifty seconds. The song is written in a common time, time signature with a fast-paced tempo of 192 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of B major, while Jack's vocal range spans from a low of B3 to a high of A4.
White Blood Cells was released through the Sympathy for the Record Industry label in mid 2001, but "Fell in Love with a Girl" would not receive a single release until January 21, 2002, instead by XL Recordings. The track was reissued as a 7-inch vinyl record for Black Friday Record Store Day 2012 on opaque red vinyl by Third Man Records, and later issued on standard black vinyl.
The record peaked at number 21 on both the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and the UK Singles Chart. It was also the band's first single to enter the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 12. "Fell in Love with a Girl" was met with widespread critical acclaim. Comparing it to that of the Ramones, Tom Maginnis from AllMusic called it "an attention-grabbing chunk of primal punk rock confection that flames out in a breathless one minute and 50 seconds. ... Surrendering is the only option; to fight against the infectious brutal and relentless energy of 'Fell in Love With a Girl' is an exercise in futility."
"Fell in Love with a Girl" is a song by the American rock duo the White Stripes and the fourth track on their third studio album, White Blood Cells (2001). It was released in January 2002 by XL Recordings.
The lyrics were written by Jack White, and the music was composed by the band.
Prior to writing and composing "Fell in Love with a Girl", the White Stripes became prominent figures in the Detroit music scene. Jack and Meg White were married in 1996 and divorced in 2000, but Meg insisted that they continue working together. They then began work on White Blood Cells, their third studio album.
"Fell in Love with a Girl" is an alternative rock and garage punk styled song with an up-beat tempo that holds for a duration of one minute and fifty seconds. The song is written in a common time, time signature with a fast-paced tempo of 192 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of B major, while Jack's vocal range spans from a low of B3 to a high of A4.
White Blood Cells was released through the Sympathy for the Record Industry label in mid 2001, but "Fell in Love with a Girl" would not receive a single release until January 21, 2002, instead by XL Recordings. The track was reissued as a 7-inch vinyl record for Black Friday Record Store Day 2012 on opaque red vinyl by Third Man Records, and later issued on standard black vinyl.
The record peaked at number 21 on both the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and the UK Singles Chart. It was also the band's first single to enter the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number 12. "Fell in Love with a Girl" was met with widespread critical acclaim. Comparing it to that of the Ramones, Tom Maginnis from AllMusic called it "an attention-grabbing chunk of primal punk rock confection that flames out in a breathless one minute and 50 seconds. ... Surrendering is the only option; to fight against the infectious brutal and relentless energy of 'Fell in Love With a Girl' is an exercise in futility."
"Hand Springs/Cedar Point '76" is a split 7" single released in 2000 by Detroit garage rock bands the White Stripes and the Dirtbombs. The White Stripes song "Hand Springs" is on the A-side and "Cedar Point '76" by the Dirtbombs is on the B-side.
Only 2,000 copies were pressed and included free with the pinball fanzine Multiball.
"Hello Operator" is the only single released from De Stijl, the second album by the Detroit, Michigan, garage rock band the White Stripes. It was released in May 2000, backed by a cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene".
Live recordings of both songs are available on Under Blackpool Lights.
Paste and Stereogum ranked the song number ten and number seven, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest White Stripes songs. Rolling Stone praised Jack White's "knack for phrasing—both his vocals and guitar lines", and Meg White's "minimal" drumming style.
"Hotel Yorba" is the lead single from White Blood Cells, by American garage rock band the White Stripes. A country song uncharacteristic of the band's punk and rock roots, it was released on November 12, 2001.
Built in 1926, the Hotel Yorba is a former hotel in southwest Detroit that can be seen along I-75 near the Ambassador Bridge to Canada. The single version of the song was recorded in room 206 of the building which is now used as government subsidized housing. Jack says that, as a child, he heard a rumor that the Beatles had stayed there—a rumor that, although false, he loved.
"Hotel Yorba" was released as a single on November 12, 2001. The single was reissued on opaque red vinyl for Black Friday Record Store Day in 2012 by Third Man Records and later released on standard black vinyl.
The White Stripes shot much of the song's music video outside the hotel, but were denied permission to film inside; it's rumored the duo is banned for life from the hotel.
Paste and Stereogum ranked the song number seven and number four, respectively, on their lists of the greatest White Stripes songs.
"Icky Thump" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes from their sixth and final album, Icky Thump (2007). It was released as the album's lead single by Warner Bros. and XL in April 2007.
Written by Jack White and composed by the band, "Icky Thump" is a heavy garage rock piece with lyrics challenging anti-immigration pundits for their hypocrisy.
The name of the track comes from the north-English exclamation "Ecky thump!" (Both "ecky" and "thump" are euphemisms for hell.) The phrase was popularized in an episode of the British comedy series The Goodies. The album title was then changed to "Icky" to make it more accessible to American teenage audiences.
Though grounded in straightforward garage rock to a greater degree than the Get Behind Me Satan singles, "Icky Thump" differed radically from previous White Stripes singles in its unusual construction: angular tempo-changes, stream-of-consciousness lyrics, and chaotic improvised snake-charming solos, played on a Univox synthesizer. The song deals with the topic of immigration to the United States, making it the first political White Stripes track since "The Big Three Killed My Baby". It criticized contemporary American immigration policy, with the defining verse against these policies coming near the end of the song:
"Icky Thump" was made available online through the United States and Canada iTunes Store on Thursday, April 26, 2007. The single reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the group's only Top 40 single on that chart. The song also reached number one (for three weeks) on the Alternative Songs chart and number 11 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song also ended the 15-week run of "What I've Done" by Linkin Park at the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart when the song rose to the top of that chart in August. It was the second song by the White Stripes to top the chart, after "Seven Nation Army". It ended up being certified both Gold for physical shipments and Platinum for digital sales in the US.
The music video for "Icky Thump" premiered on AOL.com at midnight EDT on May 23, 2007. The video was co-directed by Jack and the Malloy Brothers, and it stars both Jack and Meg. The video was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee, though it is set in Mexico. It features Spanish subtitles acting as a translation of the lyrics. The video debuted on MTV's Total Request Live on July 17, 2007, marking the first time a White Stripes video was ever on the countdown.
"In the Cold, Cold Night" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes from their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003). The fifth track on Elephant, it was written and produced by Jack White specifically for Meg White to sing, marking her first time performing as the band's lead vocalist.
The song was also composed by the duo. Musically, it features a minimal soundscape and lyrics about a woman awaiting her lover's return.
The White Stripes made their recording debut in 1998 with the single "Let's Shake Hands", and Jack White was established as the duo's guitarist and lead vocalist and Meg White their drummer. She only performed background vocals for the band's second and third studio albums, De Stijl and White Blood Cells respectively, and shared vocal duties with Jack on the Loretta Lynn cover "Rated X" which features as the B-side to their 2001 single "Hotel Yorba". After the band's international breakthrough with White Blood Cells, they began to create material for their fourth studio album, Elephant.
"In the Cold, Cold Night" is an alternative rock, blues rock, and garage rock song. Unlike the band's prior work, the song does not have any percussion and features a minimalist soundscape of guitars and bass pedals of a Hammond organ. It is written in the key of D minor with a tempo of 112 beats per minute, and Meg's voice ranges from soprano to mezzo-soprano. The song is about a young—and possibly inexperienced—woman pleading for her lover to return, though its lyrics have been interpreted multiple ways. Critics described it as having a cryptic atmosphere.
"In the Cold, Cold Night" was never released as a standalone single, but it was used as the B-side to "Seven Nation Army" in releases from 2003 to 2013, and earned a visualizer in 2023. It was a staple of the White Stripes' live performances and was frequently performed by the band from 2003 onwards. Notable performances of the song include those at the Aragon Ballroom in 2003, Madison Square Garden in 2007, and during their 2007 Canada Summer Tour featured in the documentary Under Great White Northern Lights (2009).
"In the Cold, Cold Night" has received positive reviews from music critics of the time and retrospectively. AllMusic's Tom Maginnis and The New York Times's Jon Pareles both likened the song to Little Willie John's "Fever". They praised the atmosphere of the track and Meg's vocals, with the latter calling it memorable and "uncharacteristic". Matt Harvey of BBC said that "Meg speaks and (unlike her drumming) comes across all fey and, well, sort of pre-Raphaelite in a down-town Motor City kind of way. [...] it's all so divinely confident, so sexy." Alexis Petridis of The Guardian called her vocals "childlike", praising its "stark, unaffected quality" and its "radical departure" from the band's usual sound. Brent DiCrescenzo of Pitchfork...
"Let's Shake Hands" is the debut single of American garage rock band the White Stripes. It was released in April 1998, and marks their first recording.
A live recording of the song is featured on Under Blackpool Lights as well as Under Great White Northern Lights.
"Seven Nation Army" is a song by the American rock duo the White Stripes, released by V2 Records and XL Recordings on February 17, 2003. The lead single from their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003), the song was written by Jack White and composed by the band.
It consists of distorted vocals, a minimal drumbeat, and a bass line created by playing a guitar through a pitch shift effect.
"Seven Nation Army" began with a guitar riff devised by singer and guitarist Jack White at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, while the White Stripes were on the Australian leg of their tour on January 29, 2002. He showed the riff to Ben Swank, an executive with the White Stripes' record label Third Man, who felt Jack could "do better". Jack later recalled that Swank "didn't even think that rhythm was that great, either".
"Seven Nation Army" is characterized as an alternative rock, garage rock, blues rock and punk blues song with a length of three minutes and 52 seconds. According to sheet music published by Universal Music Publishing Group, it is composed in the key of E minor in common time with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. The title of the song comes from when Jack, as a young child in Detroit, misheard "The Salvation Army" as "The Seven Nation Army".
Jack's idea of releasing "Seven Nation Army" as a single faced opposition from the White Stripes' record label, XL Recordings, which wanted to release the song "There's No Home for You Here" instead. Jack persuaded the label to release "Seven Nation Army", and in 2003 it was released as a promotional single alongside Elephant track "In the Cold, Cold Night". It was subsequently released in 2013 as a 7-inch vinyl single and a CD single; the former included a cover of "Good to Me"—written by Brendan Benson and Jason Falkner—as its B-side, while the latter included both "Good to Me" and folk song "Black Jack Davey". The photograph used as the single's artwork was taken by Patrick Pantano; it includes an elephant painting made by Greg Siemasz.
The video was originally planned to be directed by Jim Jarmusch but by the time the song reached the radio it had not come to pass and was instead directed by French duo Alex and Martin. The video consists of one seemingly continuous shot through a kaleidoscopic tunnel of mirrored black, white and red triangles. The triangle slides, which represent the Holy Spirit, alternate between images of Jack or Meg playing, interspersed with marching skeletons and an elephant, referring to the name of the album the song appeared on. The triangles move forward through the tunnel faster and slower in tandem with the dynamics of the song. When the song begins to intensify, the lights surrounding the triangles flash and other effects build up as well....
"The Big Three Killed My Baby" was released in March 1999 as a 7" single and is the third track on re-releases of The White Stripes, the eponymous debut of the Detroit-based American garage rock band the White Stripes. A live recording of the song is featured on Under Blackpool Lights; the band's first official DVD release.
The single is backed with "Red Bowling Ball Ruth".
"The Hardest Button to Button" is a song by American garage rock band the White Stripes from their fourth album, Elephant. According to Jack, the song is about a child trying to find his place in a dysfunctional family when a new baby comes.
The cover of the single is an allusion to the graphics of Saul Bass, seen in the movie posters and title sequences of films such as Anatomy of a Murder and The Man with the Golden Arm. The cover also alludes to White's then-broken index finger and his obsession with the number three.
"The Hardest Button to Button" is an alternative and garage rock song that runs for a duration of three minutes and thirty-two seconds. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, it is written in the time signature of common time, with a moderate rock tempo of 128 beats per minute. "The Hardest Button to Button" is composed in the key of A minor, while Jack's vocal range spans one octave and one note, from a low of G3 to a high of A4. The song has a basic sequence of A5–C5–A5–C5–A5–C5–B5–D5 during the introduction, changes to A5–C5–A5–C5–A5–C5–B5–B♭5 in the verses and follows Asus4–C–Asus4–C–Asus4–C–B–B♭ at the instrumental break as well as the refrain as its chord progression.
"The Hardest Button to Button" earned praise from publications such as Rough Trade, and spawned an acclaimed music video directed by Michel Gondry.
The music video for "The Hardest Button to Button" is the third White Stripes video directed by Michel Gondry, after "Fell in Love with a Girl" and "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" (two years later, he would direct the music video for "The Denial Twist").
The song and video concept is used/spoofed in The Simpsons episode "Jazzy and the Pussycats" (series 18, ep 2), with The White Stripes guest starring as themselves. Bart Simpson starts playing to the song, imitating the video routine, until eventually crashing into Meg's drumkit. She and Jack chase Bart until he leaves them suspended in midair over an open drawbridge at the end of a riff, and they fall onto a garbage barge.
"There's No Home for You Here" is a song by American alternative rock band the White Stripes, featured on their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003). It was released as the fourth single from the album on March 15, 2004, in the United Kingdom.
The B-side of the 7-inch vinyl record is a medley of "I Fought Piranhas" and "Let's Build a Home" – from The White Stripes (1999) and De Stijl (2000), respectively – recorded at Electric Lady Studios on November 16, 2003. The single failed to chart.
"We're Going to Be Friends" is a song by American alternative rock band the White Stripes from their album White Blood Cells. It was released in 2002 and tells the story of meeting a new friend at the beginning of a school year.
"Suzy Lee", who is mentioned in the song in "We're Going to Be Friends", makes recurring appearances in White Stripes' discography, including in their eponymous album, which includes the song "Suzy Lee", as well as on Get Behind Me Satan, which is dedicated to Suzy Lee, "Wherever she may be..."
The video features Jack and Meg White on a couch in front of their house at night time. The couch was on the curb as they planned to discard of it. Jack is playing a Framus 5/59 Sorella guitar, while Meg is sleeping alongside him (Meg was genuinely sleeping as it was approximately midnight by the time the video was filmed). Jack wakes Meg as the song ends. The cover of the single is a still from the video.
Tom Maginnis with AllMusic called the song a "sweet acoustic ballad", and NME called it "fey childhood-sweetheart folk". The A.V. Club said it was "the album's most shocking track."
Featured in the opening credits of the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, writer/director Jared Hess commented that, originally, they could not find the song they were looking for, but wanted to use "We're Going to Be Friends", so a copy of Napoleon Dynamite was sent to the White Stripes, who promptly approved the song's use in the film. It was the first film to feature a White Stripes song.
"The Denial Twist" is the third single released from American alternative rock band the White Stripes' fifth studio album, Get Behind Me Satan (2005). The song took the most time to work on with three takes recorded during the album sessions.
The music video for "The Denial Twist" was directed by Michel Gondry. Like some of his previous work (namely the Chemical Brothers' "Let Forever Be" and Kylie Minogue's "Come Into My World"), 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. As the camera pans in a circle, Jack and Meg appear distorted. This refers to the lyric of the song; that what people think is true is often shaped by the context in which information is presented to them and their willingness to be deceived—even by themselves—as various aspects of the video radically shift in perspective, size, proportion and believability. The choice of Late Night with...
"Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is a song by the American rock band the White Stripes and the opening track of their third album, White Blood Cells (2001). It was released in the United States in July 2002 by V2 Records, with XL Recordings handling the United Kingdom and Australia releases in September 2002.
The song was written by Jack White and composed by him and Meg White. Musically, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is an alternative and garage rock song with lyrics about a man coping with his lover's abandonment.
"Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is an alternative rock and garage rock song that runs for a duration of 3 minutes and 4 seconds. It is written in the time signature of common time, with a mid tempo of 80 beats per minute. The key of the two guitars range from A to D major. Jack White's vocal range spans from G4 to A♯5. Meg White makes extensive use of the crash cymbal, hi-hat, kick drum, and snare drum in the choruses, and introduces the floor tom, tom drum and ride cymbal in the pre-choruses and verses.
In a review of the song for AllMusic, Tom Maginnis describes "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" as a "grimy rocker", noting it as a display of the duo's "keen understanding of musical dynamics". Alexis Petridis of The Guardian ranked it as the greatest White Stripes song, calling it "incredibly exciting" and "the sound of a band who are abundantly aware how special they are [...] It couldn’t be the work of anyone else." Paste and Stereogum ranked the song number three and number five, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest White Stripes songs.
The music video for this song, directed by Michel Gondry, depicts Jack coming back to his trashed London house and surveying reckless destruction. While he goes from room to room, video of the party events that led to the decimation (and of his and Meg's relationship before he left) is projected over the scenery, until in the final scene she leaves him.
Mandolinist Chris Thile covered "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" on his 2006 album How to Grow a Woman from the Ground in a bluegrass style.
"My Doorbell" is a song by American alternative rock band the White Stripes, released as the second single from their album, Get Behind Me Satan, on July 11, 2005. The song was recorded at Third Man Studios in March 2005.
The song garnered the White Stripes a 2006 Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
The video for this single was directed by the Malloys, filmed in black-and-white, and features Jack and Meg performing in front of a crowd of children. It was filmed at The Magic Castle in Hollywood, California throughout two days in July 2005.
Paste and Stereogum ranked the song number eight and number six, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest White Stripes songs.