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"Seven Nation Army" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes. It is the opening track on their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003). V2 Records released the song to American alternative radio on February 17, 2003, as the lead single from the album. Worldwide, the single was issued through XL Recordings.
The standard tuning, without the top E string attached. Alternative variants are easy from this tuning, but because several chords inherently omit the lowest string, it may leave some chords relatively thin or incomplete with the top string missing (the D chord, for instance, must be fretted 5-4-3-2-3 to include F#, the tone a major third above D).
Jack White of the White Stripes recorded the riff for "Seven Nation Army" (2003) with the Whammy set one octave down. [12] The Whammy is used by math rock acts such as Three Trapped Tigers and Adebisi Shank to create "video game"-like tones. [2] Other users include Steve Vai, the Smashing Pumpkins, Swervedriver, and Justin Chancellor of Tool. [2]
The album's first single, "Seven Nation Army", was the band's most successful and topped the Billboard rock charts. [73] Its success was followed with a cover of Burt Bacharach's "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself". The album's third single was the successful "The Hardest Button to Button". [74] "
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. [6] [7] The band then released their fifth studio album Get Behind Me Satan in June 2005.
Seven Nations of Canada, a historical First Nations confederacy; Seven Nations (band), a Celtic rock band Seven Nations, a 2000 album by the band "Seven Nation Army", a 2003 song by the White Stripes; Seven Nations (Bible), nations that according to the Hebrew Bible lived in the Land of Canaan prior to the arrival of the Israelites
The track "Seven Nation Army," a cover of The White Stripes's 2003 song from their album Elephant, was released as the album's first single. The track "Beautiful Bluebird" was written and previously recorded by country rock musical artist Neil Young for his 1985 album Old Ways , but was not included and instead featured on his 2007 album Chrome ...
Tom Maginnis with AllMusic called the song a "sweet acoustic ballad," [4] and NME called it "fey childhood-sweetheart folk." [5] ...