Blue Orchid

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The cover for the Blue Orchid single features two people dressed up like Jack and Meg.

Blue Orchid is a song by The White Stripes. It is the first single released off of the album Get Behind Me Satan in 2005.


Contents

Track Listing

CD

7"

Chart Positions

  • USA: #43
  • UK: #9
  • Canada: #1

Facts

  • It is believed by some that the song is in fact about Jason Stollsteimer from the Von Bondies, however White has done nothing to confirm or deny whether or not it is.
  • In an NPR interview, Jack White referred to "Blue Orchid" as the song that saved the album. He has denied that the song relates to the ending of his relationship with RenĂ©e Zellweger.
  • The recorded sound is produced by two guitars playing almost in unison, and each digitally combined with their own signal an octave lower. Live, the sound is produced by a bass-rich guitar tone, used in combination with a whammy pedal 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".)
  • A rumored parody entitled "Blue Organ" is said to have been recorded by American parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic for his 12th studio album Straight Outta Lynwood.


Lyrics


You got a reaction
You got a reaction didn't you?
You took a white orchid
You took a white orchid turned it blue

Something better than nothing
Something better than nothing, it's giving up
You need to do something
Try keep the truth from showing up

How dare you
How old are you now, anyway?
How dare you
How old are you now, anyway?

How dare you
How old are you now, anyway?


You're given a flower
But I guess there's just no pleasing you
Your lips tastes sour
But you think that it's just me teasing you

You got a reaction
You got a reaction, didn't you?
You took a white orchid
You took a white orchid turned it blue

Get behind me
Get behind me now, anyway
Get behind me
Get behind me now, anyway

Get behind me
Get behind me now, anyway

You got a reaction
You got a reaction, didn't you?
You took a white orchid
You took a white orchid turned it blue

Video

The video for "Blue Orchid" was on Yahoo!'s Top Twenty-Five Scariest Music Videos of all Time, charting at number 13. It features Karen Elson, a model whom 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.

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