List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications The album also spawned the single " Icky Thump", which peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a top 10 hit in Canada and the United Kingdom. Icky Thump became the band's highest-charting album on the Billboard 200, peaking at number two on the chart.
Icky Thump, the band's sixth and final album, followed in June 2007. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and spawned three singles, including the hit single " Blue Orchid". The band then released their fifth studio album Get Behind Me Satan in June 2005. The album spawned the single " Seven Nation Army", which topped the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and became the group's first appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 76. Elephant has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album was a commercial success, peaking at number six on the US Billboard 200 and reaching the top ten in multiple other countries. They later signed to V2 Records and released their fourth studio album Elephant in April 2003. The band's third studio album, White Blood Cells, became their breakthrough album, receiving much acclaim while pushing the band to the forefront of alternative rock.
Their second studio album, the well-received De Stijl, followed in June 2000. The American duo the White Stripes has released six studio albums, two live albums, four video albums, one extended play, 28 singles, and 20 music videos.Īfter three singles, the White Stripes released their self-titled debut album in June 1999. The song is also playable in the music video game Guitar Hero 5.Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes at the 2007 Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Spain
THE WHITE STRIPES BLUE ORCHID ALBUM SERIES
Part of the song is also played in the second episode of Forces of Nature, a 2016 science documentary series aired on BBC One. The song can also be heard in the movie, The Green Hornet, which is directed by Michel Gondry who also directed many other music videos for The White Stripes. The song is used as the theme song for the Australian Radio Show Wil & Lehmo on Triple M it is also 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 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. It features the main guitar riff accompanied by a largely drum and bass inspired backing beat. It is the first track on the second disc of the album. "Blue Orchid" has been remixed by High Contrast on the album Fabric Live 25. 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. It features Karen Elson, a model who would marry Jack White soon after the shoot.
The video for "Blue Orchid" was on Yahoo!'s Top Twenty Scariest Music Videos of all Time, charting at number 13. He has denied that the song relates to the ending of his relationship with Renée Zellweger.
In an NPR interview, Jack White referred to "Blue Orchid" as the song that saved the album. The second CD version features 'Jack' on the left. The first CD and the 7" feature the couple in the same order as Get Behind Me Satan, with 'Jack' on the right. All three covers feature two people dressed up as The White Stripes, but are noticeably different people. The single comes in three editions, each with different additional tracks. Live, the sound is produced by a bass-rich guitar tone, used in combination with Whammy Pedal and the POG 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".).
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The recorded sound is produced by playing a guitar into an Electro-Harmonix creation, the Polyphonic Octave Generator (POG). "Blue Orchid" is the first track by the American alternative rock band The White Stripes from their album Get Behind Me Satan, and the first single to be released from the album.