Blue Orchid
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| "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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| Composers | Jack White III, Meg White | |||
| Lyricist | Jack White III | |||
| Producer | Jack White III | |||
| The White Stripes singles chronology | ||||
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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 (2005), 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.
Basic tracking was done on March 10, 2005, with vocal overdubs completed on a later date. The song was mixed by John Hampton and Jack White at Ardent Studios in late-March and mastered on March 28 by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk.[5][6]
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-inch 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.[7] He has denied that the song relates to the ending of his relationship with Renée Zellweger.[4]
Music video
The video for "Blue Orchid" was ranked on Yahoo!'s "Top 25 Spookiest Videos" ranking in 2005, charting at number 21.[8] It features Karen Elson, a model who 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, but just before the hooves land on her, the video quickly goes black, ending.[original research?]
Track listings
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US, UK, and Australian 7-inch single[9][10]
US maxi-CD single[11]
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UK and Australian CD1[12]
UK and Australian CD2[13]
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| New Zealand (RMNZ)[30] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[31] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United States | April 18, 2005 | [32][33][34] | ||
| Australia | May 30, 2005 |
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| United Kingdom |
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[36] | ||
| Canada | May 31, 2005 | CD |
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[37] |
| United States | [38] | |||
| Australia | June 6, 2005 | CD2 |
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[39] |
