| "Blue Orchid" | ||||
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| Single by the White Stripes | ||||
| from the album Get Behind Me Satan | ||||
| B-side | "The Nurse" | |||
| Released | April 18, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | March 2005[1] | |||
| Studio | Third Man (Detroit, Michigan)[2] | |||
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| Length | 2:37 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Jack White | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack White | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Blue Orchid" on YouTube | ||||
"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. The song was released six weeks after it was written.[3] 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.[4]
"Blue Orchid" was released to US rock radio on April 18, 2005. Commercially, the song topped the Canadian Singles Chart in June 2005 and reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom, peaking at number nine on the UK Singles Chart the same month. In the United States, the song reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Elsewhere, the song was a top-twenty hit in Denmark and Norway. The music video, directed by Floria Sigismondi, was ranked number 21 on Yahoo!'s list of the "Top 25 Spookiest Videos" in 2005.
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- ^ Perez, Rodrigo (April 12, 2005). "White Stripes Dancing with the Devil? We'll Find Out June 7". MTV. Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ^ Kohn, Daniel (December 3, 2020). "Archivist Ben Blackwell Reveals the Stories Behind Their Greatest Hits". SPIN. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ Benson, Ian (June 30, 2015). "Jack White's Oddball Masterpiece: The White Stripes' Last Real Hurrah". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 23, 2020.