Blue Orchid
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| Single by The White Stripes | ||
| from the album Get Behind Me Satan | ||
| Released | May 30, 2005 | |
| Format | CD, 7" | |
| Recorded | March 2005 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2 min 37 s | |
| Label | XL Recordings | |
| Producer(s) | Jack White | |
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| The White Stripes singles chronology | ||
| "Jolene" (Live) (2004) |
"Blue Orchid" (2005) |
"My Doorbell" (2005) |
"Blue Orchid" is a rock song by the The White Stripes from their album, Get Behind Me Satan, released as a single in 2005. The song, though basic and riff-driven like much of The White Stripes material, was noticeably different from any of their previous recordings, with a bizarre disco flavor in Jack White's mannered falsetto vocals and Meg White's insistent drum beats underscoring the huge, metallic, processed guitar riffs.
The recorded sound is produced by two guitars playing almost in unison, and each digitally combined with their own signal an octave lower[1]. Live, the sound is produced by a bass-rich guitar tone, used in combination with a whammy pedal to create the heavily metallic sounding breaks of the song ("How dare you, how old are you now anyway" and "get behind me, get behind me now anyway".)
The single comes in three editions, each with different additional tracks. All three covers feature two people dressed up as The White Stripes, but are noticeably different people. The first CD and the 7" feature the couple in the same order as Get Behind Me Satan, with 'Jack' on the right. The second CD version features 'Jack' on the left.
In an NPR interview, Jack White referred to "Blue Orchid" as the song that saved the album.[2] He has denied that the song relates to the ending of his relationship with Renée Zellweger.
The video for "Blue Orchid" was on Yahoo!'s Top Twenty Scariest Music Videos of all Time, charting at number 13. It features Karen Elson, a model whom 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.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] CD Version
- Blue Orchid
- Who's A Big Baby?
- You've Got Her In Your Pocket (live)
[edit] 7" Version
- Blue Orchid
- The Nurse
| Preceded by "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" by American Idol finalists |
Canadian number-one single June 16, 2005 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Inside Your Heaven" by Carrie Underwood |
[edit] References
- ^ Blue Orchid tablature and notes on instrumentation and effects
- ^ NPR interview with The White Stripes
| The White Stripes |
| Jack White | Meg White |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: The White Stripes | De Stijl | White Blood Cells | Elephant | Get Behind Me Satan | Walking with a Ghost | Icky Thump |
| Singles: "Let's Shake Hands" | "Lafayette Blues" | "The Big Three Killed My Baby" | "Hand Springs" | "Hello Operator" | "Lord, Send Me an Angel" | "Party of Special Things to Do" | "Hotel Yorba" | "Fell in Love with a Girl" | "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" | "We're Going to Be Friends" | "Red Death at 6:14" | "Candy Cane Children" | "Seven Nation Army" | "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" | "The Hardest Button to Button" | "There's No Home for You Here" | "Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)" | "Blue Orchid" | "My Doorbell" | "The Denial Twist" |
| DVDs: Candy Coloured Blues (unofficial) | Under Blackpool Lights |
| Other projects: Aluminium | The Go |
| Related articles |
| Third Man Records | Ian Montone | Triple Inchophone | The Raconteurs |
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