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"Icky Thump" is a song recorded by the American alternative rock band the White Stripes. Written by Jack White, it was the first single released from their sixth and final album of the same name. [3] The song is a heavy garage-rock piece whose lyrics challenge anti-immigration pundits for their hypocrisy.
The 180 g vinyl edition contains alternate versions of both "Icky Thump" and "Rag and Bone". "Icky Thump" is a shorter, radio edit mix with. It contains a short section where the main guitar riff is mixed to sound like it's being played through an AM radio. This mix also edits the penultimate chorus to be 14 seconds shorter before the guitar solo.
Thump may refer to: Thump (Vice), a music and culture channel of the magazine Vice; Icky Thump, 2007 album by US alternative rock band The White Stripes "Icky Thump" (song), by American alternative rock band The White Stripes; Thump Records, US record label
It is the ninth track on their 2007 album Icky Thump. The track was released as a free red 7" vinyl with the June 6, 2007 issue of the NME magazine, with a unique Jack White-designed etching on the flipside of each record. [2] [3] The song is told from the point of view of two rag and bone collectors, portrayed by both Jack and Meg White. The ...
The song was first played live on June 29, 2007, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is the second track from their sixth studio album Icky Thump. The track was released as a CD single on September 18, 2007, with the 7" vinyl version of the single following on September 25. [3]
"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.
On the US Billboard Charts dated May 12, 2007, "Icky Thump"—the first single—became the band's first Top 40 single, charting at number 26, and later charted at number 2 in the UK. Icky Thump entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, [104] and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 223,000 copies sold.
Original, in the style of The Hives and The White Stripes, particularly Icky Thump. Features a guitar lick borrowed from "Rock Me Amadeus". The video was done on JibJab, using the same style as White Stripes videos. "Cockroaches" Peter and the Wolf (1988)