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| Single bythe White Stripes | ||||
| from the albumElephant | ||||
| B-side | "Good to Me" | |||
| Released | February 17, 2003 (2003-02-17) | |||
| Recorded | April–May 2002[1][2] | |||
| Studio | Toe Rag (London, England) | |||
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| Length | 3:52 | |||
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| Lyricist | Jack White | |||
| Producer | Jack White | |||
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"Seven Nation Army" is a song by American rock duothe White Stripes, released byV2 Records andXL Recordings on February 17, 2003. The opening track and lead single from their fourth studio album,Elephant (2003), "Seven Nation Army" was written and produced byJack White, and was composed by the band. The song consists of distorted vocals, a simple drumbeat, and a bass line created by playing a guitar through apitch shift effect.
"Seven Nation Army" peaked at 76 on the USBillboard Hot 100, which is the band's first entry on the chart; it also charted in multiple countries and received severalplatinum certifications. The song received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its distinctive riff and drumbeat. It wonBest Rock Song at the46th Annual Grammy Awards, and a music video for the song directed byAlex and Martin wonBest Editing in a Video at the2003 MTV Video Music Awards. The success of "Seven Nation Army" contributed to thegarage rock revival, and the song has ranked on several professional listicles of the best songs of all time, includingRolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at No. 36.
"Seven Nation Army" has experienced increased commercial success, largely credited to its "ubiquitous" sound and usage in sports. It commonly appears in audience chants in which a series of "oh" sounds or the name of an athlete is sung to the tune of the song's riff. It has also served as a theme song for sports teams, personalities, and events, including the2018 FIFA World Cup. The song has further appeared in various media and has been used in political events in the United Kingdom, particularly as a chant sung by audiences. Various artists have also covered "Seven Nation Army", includingBen l'Oncle Soul andMarcus Collins, both of whose covers reached charts in multiple countries.Third Man Records twicereissued the single in 2014 and 2015.
"Seven Nation Army" began with a guitar riff devised by singer and guitaristJack White at theCorner Hotel inMelbourne, whilethe White Stripes were on the Australian leg of their tour on January 29, 2002.[1][3] He showed the riff to Ben Swank, an executive with the White Stripes' record labelThird Man, who felt Jack could "do better".[4] Jack later recalled that Swank "didn't even think that rhythm was that great, either".[5]
Originally saving the riff for a potentialJames Bond theme, he decided to incorporate it into a White Stripes song after admitting how slim his chances were of ever being asked to create a Bond theme.[6][4] Five years later, he would write and perform "Another Way to Die" withAlicia Keys as the theme for the 2008 Bond filmQuantum of Solace.[4]
"Seven Nation Army" was produced by Jack and recorded atToe Rag Studios in London'sHackney area.[7] He wrote the song as a "little experiment", hoping to create a compelling song that did not include a chorus.[8] The lyrics were written the night before the song was recorded.[1] The title "Seven Nation Army" was initially used as a placeholder for the track before its lyrics were written, but the name ultimately stuck.[4]
"Seven Nation Army" is characterized as analternative rock,[9]garage rock,[10]blues rock[10][11] andpunk blues[10] song with a length of three minutes and 52 seconds.[12] According to sheet music published byUniversal Music Publishing Group, it is composed in thekey ofE minor[13] incommon time with atempo of 120 beats per minute.[14] The title of the song comes from when Jack, as a young child in Detroit,misheard "TheSalvation Army" as "The Seven Nation Army".[15]
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The song is driven by a riff that resembles the sound of a bass guitar.[16] To create this sound, Jack connected a semi-acoustic guitar to aDigiTech Whammy pedal (apitch shift effect), lowering the pitch by anoctave.[4] The riff uses fivepitches and consists of seven notes; it begins with a held note followed by foursyncopated notes, ending with two notes that appear frequently inlaments.[17] The 7-note riff of "Seven Nation Army" has been noted to be similar to the main theme (movements 1 and 4) ofBruckner's 5th symphony.[18] The song also features distorted vocals and a "heartbeat drum", played by White Stripes drummerMeg White.[19]AllMusic's Tom Maginnis noted that the song "manipulat[es] the power of tension and release": it creates a sense of "anticipatory energy", then transitions into what Maginnis described as a"[wordless] crush of what stands for the chorus", consisting of an electric guitar and a "bashing crash cymbal".[10]
John Mulvey ofNME described "Seven Nation Army" as a "diatribe against fame".[19] The song's lyrics were inspired by the growing attention received by the White Stripes. According to Jack, the song tells the story of a person who, upon entering a town, hears its residents gossiping about him and proceeds to leave the town in response.[4] Driven by a sense of loneliness, he ultimately returns.[4] Regarding the song's meaning, Jack stated, "The song's about gossip. It's about me, Meg and the people we're dating."[4] Maginnis described the lyrics as presenting an "obstinate attitude", citing the first verse: "I'm gonna fight 'em off / A seven nation army couldn't hold me back / They're gonna rip it off / Taking their time right behind my back".[10] In regards to the line "I'm going toWichita / Far from this opera forevermore", Jack said he has never visited the city, but was using it as metaphor and getting himself into character for the song with the lyric.[20]
Jack's idea of releasing "Seven Nation Army" as a single faced opposition from the White Stripes' record label, XL Recordings, which wanted to release the song "There's No Home for You Here" instead.[21] Jack persuaded the label to release "Seven Nation Army",[4] and in 2003 it was released as apromotional single alongsideElephant track "In the Cold, Cold Night".[22] It was subsequently released in 2013 as a7-inch vinyl single and a CD single; the former included a cover of "Good to Me"—written byBrendan Benson andJason Falkner[7]—as its B-side, while the latter included both "Good to Me" andfolk song "Black Jack Davey".[22] The photograph used as the single's artwork was taken by Patrick Pantano; it includes an elephant painting made by Greg Siemasz.[7]
On January 3, 2014, Third Man Records announced a limited edition clear 7-inch vinyl reissue of "Seven Nation Army" as part of a package for subscribers to its Vault service.[23][24] A black 7-inch vinyl reissue with updated artwork was released on February 27, 2015.[24]
The video, directed byAlex and Martin, consists of one seemingly continuous shot through akaleidoscopic tunnel of mirrored black, white and red triangles. The triangle slides alternate between images of Jack or Meg playing, interspersed with marchingskeletons and an elephant, referring to the name of thealbum "Seven Nation Army" appeared on. The triangles move forward through the tunnel faster and slower in tandem with the dynamics of the song. When the song begins to intensify, the lights surrounding the triangles flash and other effects build up as well.
The music video wonBest Editing in a Video at the2003 MTV Video Music Awards, and was nominated forBest Group Video,Best Rock Video, andBest Special Effects.[25][26]
"Seven Nation Army" received widespread critical acclaim. Heather Phares ofAllMusic described it as a "breathtaking opener" to the albumElephant,[27] and Bram Teltelman ofBillboard suggested that "adventurous rockprogrammers might want to join the 'Army'".[16] In particular, "Seven Nation Army"'s central riff has been the subject of praise since the song's release. A writer forRolling Stone described it as the best riff of the 2000s decade,[28] and Rebecca Schiller ofNME wrote that the riff is "the most maddeningly compulsive bassline of the decade, and not even actually played on a bass guitar".[29] Critics also praised Meg's drumming—a "hypnotic thud" according to Tom Maginnis ofAllMusic.[10] Teltelman described the drumming as "simple but effective",[16] and Phares said it was "explosively minimal".[27] Critics also distinguished the song from the White Stripes' other work. According to Teltelman, "Seven Nation Army" represented an effort to "defy categorization", especially the garage rock label that had been attributed to the band.[16] He further wrote that it was "much more of a straightforward rock song" than the band's 2002 single "Fell in Love with a Girl".[16] Phares found "Seven Nation Army" to "deliver some of the fiercest blues-punk" of any song by the White Stripes.[27]
"Seven Nation Army" won theGrammy Award forBest Rock Song at the46th Annual Grammy Awards in addition to being nominated forBest Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[30][31] In 2003, it was ranked number three onPazz & Jop based on music critics' votes,[32] and listed as the number-one song of the year on the 2003KROQ Top 106.7.[33]Consequence of Sound,Paste andStereogum all named "Seven Nation Army" as the White Stripes' best song.[34][35][36] Critics ranked "Seven Nation Army" among the best tracks of the 2000s decade; it appeared onNME's,[37]Rolling Stone's,[28]WFNX's,[38] andPitchfork's[39] retrospective lists, and it was placed at number one onConsequence of Sound's "Top 50 Songs of the Decade".[34]
On March 8, 2003, "Seven Nation Army" debuted at number 27 on theBillboardModern Rock chart;[40][note 1] on July 26, it peaked at number one, a position it maintained for three weeks.[42] In late 2023, for the chart's 35th anniversary,[43]Billboard ranked the song as the 80th most successful in the chart's history.[44] The song entered theBillboardHot 100 chart on May 24, peaking at 76 that week.[45][46] It debuted at number 38 onBillboard'sMainstream rock chart on July 12, and it reached its peak position of 12 on November 8.[47][48] In Canada it peaked at number 61 on theCanadian Singles Chart in July 2007.[49] The song debuted on theUK Singles Chart on May 3, 2003, at number seven, its peak position.[50] It also reached theUK Indie Chart andScottish Singles Chart the same week. The song debuted on the former at number one and remained at that position for another week, and it debuted and peaked at number six on the latter.[51][52][53] On May 1, it debuted on theIrish Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 22.[54] On June 22, the song debuted on theAustralian Singles Chart at its peak position of number 17.[55] It debuted on theOfficial German Charts at number 69 on June 27; it peaked at number four two weeks later.[56]
"Seven Nation Army" has continued to chart intermittently years after its release. The song debuted at number four on theFederation of the Italian Music Industry (FIMI) chart on July 27, 2006, and it peaked at number three a week later.[57] On June 29, 2008, it debuted at number 18 on theSwiss Hitparade chart, where it ultimately peaked at number four; it reentered this chart several times afterward, most recently in 2013.[58] The song debuted at number 23 on theÖ3 Austria Top 40 chart on July 4, 2008, and it peaked at number 18 the next week; it later entered the Ö3 Austria Top 75 chart for one week on February 3, 2012.[59] The song also entered theFrench Singles Chart on multiple occasions from 2013 to 2018, peaking at number 48 on February 23, 2013.[60] It debuted on theBillboardHot Rock Songs chart on January 18, 2014, peaking at number 12 during its first week.[61][62]
The song was awarded several certifications in the 2010s. It was certified gold by Germany'sFederal Music Industry Association in 2010, indicating over 150,000 sales of the single.[63] In 2013, theBritish Phonographic Industry awarded "Seven Nation Army" a silver certification; after receiving a gold certification two years later, the song was certified double platinum in 2019 for sales and streams of over 1,200,000.[64] The song was certified gold by the FIMI in 2014; three years later, it received a platinum certification, having sold over 50,000 copies.[65]
"Seven Nation Army" played a significant role in the White Stripes' popularity. A writer forRolling Stone described it as a "career-changing hit",[28] andNME's Daniel Martin viewed the song as the White Stripes' "defining tune", having sparked the band's transition "from their garage rock beginnings to an entirely new level of acclaim".[4] In addition, "Seven Nation Army" contributed to thegarage rock revival movement,[10] becoming the first song in the genre to reach number one onBillboard'sModern Rock chart.[66][note 1] After its initial run on music charts, the song—especially its riff—grew in popularity as a result of its usage in sports. In 2012,Deadspin's Alan Siegel described the "riff-turned-anthem" as "ubiquitous",[3] and according toThe New Yorker'sAlec Wilkinson, the riff "might be the second-best-known guitar phrase in popular music, after the one from 'Satisfaction'".[67] Erik Adams ofThe A.V. Club attributed the song's popularity to its riff's "simplicity"—a characteristic that he remarked makes the song "instantly familiar" and "instantly memorized"[68]—and Nate Sloan said that the four notes following the riff's first note create a feeling of "urgency that makes [the riff] much more memorable".[17]
In March 2005,Q magazine ranked "Seven Nation Army" eighth in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.[69] It was also called the 75th greatest hard rock song byVH1.[70] In May 2008,Rolling Stone placed the song at number 21 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.[71] That same year, it appeared onTriple J's greatest songs ranking based on audience votes.[72][73]Rolling Stone placed the song at 286 on their list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2010;[74] it was re-ranked it at number 36 in its 2021 revision.[75]Loudwire ranked it seventh on their 2012 list of the "Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs".[76] Listeners ranked the song number six onBBC Radio 6 Music's "Top 100 Greatest Hits" in 2015 after being presented with an unranked best songs list that the station had created.[77] In 2018,Rolling Stone polled artists, critics and industry insiders in 2018 to create a list of the 100 greatest songs of the 21st century, and the song was placed at No. 3.[78] The publication ranked "Seven Nation Army" at number four on their 2025 list of the "250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far".[79]The Guardian included "Seven Nation Army" on their list of defining events in popular culture of the 21st century.[80]
According to Alan Siegel ofDeadspin, "Seven Nation Army"'s riff is "an organic part of sports culture".[3] The riff is commonly used in sports audience's chants, in which each note is usually sung using the "oh" sound.[17] This phenomenon has its roots in aUEFA Champions League football match in Italy in October 2003, during which fans of Belgium'sClub Brugge began singing the riff in a game against Italy'sAC Milan.[3][17] They continued the chant after Club BruggestrikerAndrés Mendoza scored a goal.[3][17] Club Brugge won the game, and the song subsequently became the team's "unofficial sports anthem".[3][17]
AfterAS Roma won against Club Brugge in Belgium in 2006, fans of the former team began to use the riff as a chant, having learned it from the latter.[17] Fans of theItaly national football team proceeded to chant the riff at games leading up to the2006 FIFA World Cup,[17] and "Seven Nation Army"—known as the "po po po po po" song among Italians—became the team's "unofficial theme".[3][81] After Italy won the2006 FIFA World Cup final, the riff was sung in Rome's streets.[3] Regarding the song's popularity in Italy, Jack said:
I am honored that the Italians have adopted this song as their own. Nothing is more beautiful in music than when people embrace a melody and allow it to enter the pantheon of folk music.[82]
The song's usage has since expanded into various other sports settings. By 2007, audiences at thePenn State Nittany Lions'American football games had begun chanting the riff in support of the team; before that the Buffalo Bills had used it as their kickoff song, since then, other American football audiences have chanted the riff as well.[17] Meanwhile,Arrangers' Publishing Company began publishing marching band arrangements of "Seven Nation Army", and the song has since been played by marching bands at various colleges, includingBoston College and theUniversity of Southern California.[3][83] The song has been chanted by NFL fans and played by NBA and NHL teams,[17][84] and it was once chanted byFormula One racing driverNico Rosberg.[85] Audiences often replace the "oh"s in the chant with the names of members of sports teams, as withKevin De Bruyne ofManchester City,Thiago Silva ofChelsea,Maximiliano Moralez andAndrea Pirlo ofNew York City FC,Santi Cazorla, formerly ofArsenal, andDivock Origi ofLiverpool.[4][17]
"Seven Nation Army" has served as an official anthem at various sporting events;NPR's Rick Karr remarked that the song is "arguably... the world's most popular sports anthem".[17] It has been played at eachUEFA European Football Championship since 2008,[86] and it was played prior to the start of each game during the2018 FIFA World Cup.[17] Karr estimated that the song has reached "hundreds of millions of television viewers around the world" as a result of its usage in the latter tournament.[17] Multiple sports teams and personalities have also used "Seven Nation Army" as their official song or walkout music, includingboxersGennady Golovkin andAnthony Joshua,[87][88] American football teams theBaltimore Ravens,[89] theBuffalo Bills[90] (specifically when Buffalo kicks off to the opposing team) and theDetroit Lions,[3]ice hockey teamthe New Jersey Devils,[91] baseball team theBaltimore Orioles,[92] and 3 timedarts world championMichael van Gerwen.[93] The song is also played at the home games ofA-League Men teamMelbourne Victory following a team goal; coincidentally, the team plays atAAMI Park – located only 2,300 feet (700 m) from the Corner Hotel, where the riff was originally composed.[94] Current WWE commentatorPat McAfee used the song as an entrance theme, including for his match againstAustin Theory atWrestleMania 38.[95] The song is also played at home games of the NBA teamMiami Heat especially as the intro for the starting lineup and intro video, even to this day.[96][97]
In 2016, the White Stripes stated via Facebook that they were "disgusted" by the song's appearance in a video supportingDonald Trump's campaign for the2016 United States presidential election, and they said that they "[had] nothing whatsoever to do with [the] video".[98] Matthew Strauss ofPitchfork was unable to ascertain which video had prompted the post, though he mentioned a fan-made video that "featur[ed] Trump imagery and audio of his speech at the Republican convention, set to 'Seven Nation Army'".[99] This use ofDonald Trump in music inspired British composerBen Comeau to write, in the style ofJ. S. Bach, a four-partfugue on the riff of "Seven Nation Army" to the words "Donald Trump is awanker."[100][101]
"Seven Nation Army" made multiple appearances at events leading up to the2017 United Kingdom general election. Following a May 2017 speech by then-Labour leaderJeremy Corbyn at the Wirral Live music festival atPrenton Park inBirkenhead, Merseyside, supporters in the audience began to chant "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn" to the tune of the song's riff.[102] This chant was repeated on several occasions in the run-up to the election and afterwards at the2017 Glastonbury Festival, where Corbyn appeared on the Pyramid stage to introduceRun the Jewels.[102] As a result of the chant's appearance at the Glastonbury Festival, "Seven Nation Army" saw a 16,893% increase in streams, according to music streaming websiteDeezer.[103]
Names of other politicians, including Labour politicianRebecca Long-Bailey andConservative politicianDavid Davis, were also chanted to the tune of the song's riff during conferences held for the election.[104] At aPeople's Assembly protest on July 1, 2017, rock bandWolf Alice performed the song.[105] Corbyn's name was again widely chanted throughout football games and public gatherings in the run-up to the2019 general election.[106]
The tune of the song's riff became one of the hallmarks of the2023 anti-reform protests in Israel, sung to the words "Demokratia o mered” (Democracy or rebellion)".[107]
The song has also appeared in various other media. On May 9, 2014, during the celebration of the 825thHamburg Port Anniversary, "Seven Nation Army" was played using the horns of cruise shipMSC Magnifica as it entered the harbor.[108] An instrumental cover of the song arranged byRamin Djawadi was included in a 2018 episode ofHBO television seriesWestworld.[109] The song was performed during the final task ofThe Amazing Race 31 atHart Plaza in Detroit.[110]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[122] | 4× Platinum | 280,000‡ |
| Belgium (BRMA)[123] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[124] | 9× Platinum | 720,000‡ |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[125] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
| France (SNEP)[126] The Glitch Mob Remix | Diamond | 333,333‡ |
| Germany (BVMI)[63] | 5× Gold | 750,000‡ |
| Italy (FIMI)[65] | 2× Platinum | 200,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[127] | 6× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[128] | 2× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[64] | 4× Platinum | 2,400,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[129] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
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| United States | February 17, 2003 | Alternative radio | V2 | [130] |
| United Kingdom | April 21, 2003 |
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| Australia | April 28, 2003 | [132] |
The song has been remixed bythe Glitch Mob, which was used in the first trailer for the 2016 video gameBattlefield 1.[133]
The Glitch Mob remix of the song appears as a playable track inGuitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and inGuitar Hero Live's onlineGHTV mode.[134][135] In 2016, video game companyEA used the Glitch Mob remix of the song in a trailer advertisingBattlefield 1.[133] A surge in streams and digital sales of the White Stripes' version of "Seven Nation Army" followed the release of the trailer: within two weeks, the total number of streams and digital purchases of the song increased by 146 percent and 332 percent, respectively.[133]
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| from the EP Soul Wash: Lesson 1 and the albumBen l'Oncle Soul | ||||
| Released | March 8, 2010 | |||
| Length | 2:57 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter | Jack White | |||
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Frenchsoul singerBen l'Oncle Soul covered the song on his debut EPSoul Wash: Lesson 1 (2009) and subsequently appeared onhis self-titled debut album (2010).[138] It was later released as a single, promotionally on March 8, 2010, and commercially on September 24, 2010, and was a commercial success in multiple countries, peaking at number 16 on the BelgiumUltratop Charts forWallonia[139] and charting in Germany,[140] the Netherlands,[141] and Switzerland.[142]
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| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[139] | 16 |
| Germany (GfK)[140] | 51 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[141] | 57 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[142] | 54 |
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| B-side | "Break These Chains" | |||
| Released | March 4, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Soul-pop | |||
| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter | Jack White | |||
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British singer andThe X Factor 2011 finalistMarcus Collins performed a cover of "Seven Nation Army" based on Ben l'Oncle Soul's cover.[143] A music video for the cover was uploaded to YouTube on February 16, 2012.[144] The song was released as his debut single on March 4, 2012, and appears on hisself-titled debut album (2012).[143][145]
Critically, Lewis Corner ofDigital Spy noted the "distinctive soul-pop" vocals showcased by Collins and wrote that, "Truth be told, we wish he'd fought a little harder to get one of those eight original compositions he has on his forthcoming record out first."[143] Priya Elan ofNME concluded that although the cover may have seemed "disturbing in theory", it was ultimately "disposable and forgettable as a McChicken sandwich [...] but not bad".[146] Collins said that he received "a lot of abuse" from White Stripes fans in response to his cover, and he asserted that people should "listen to the original if you don't like my singing".[145]
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| 1. | "Seven Nation Army" | 2:56 |
| 2. | "Break These Chains" | 2:27 |
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| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[147] | 13 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[148] | 49 |
| Scotland Singles (OCC)[149] | 9 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[150] | 9 |
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| United Kingdom | March 4, 2012[151][152] | Digital download, CD single | RCA |
The song has been covered by blues musicianC. W. Stoneking,[153] thecountry groupthe Oak Ridge Boys (with bass singer Richard Sterban singing the original guitar riffs),[154] rock supergroupAudioslave,[155]alternative rock bandthe Flaming Lips,[156][157]British soul singerAlice Russell,[158] American singer and television personalityKelly Clarkson,[159]hard rock bandthe Pretty Reckless,[160] and Argentineelectrotango bandTanghetto.[161] In 2015, it was covered byHaley Reinhart forScott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox in a style reminiscent of aNew Orleans funeral march.[162] Frenchneofolk groupSKÁLD covered the song in 2019 for theAlfar Fagrahvél edition of their albumVikings Chant, with minor changes to the lyrics, with the city of "Wichita" changed to "Uppsala".[163]
The song was covered duringMaroon 5'sOverexposed Tour in 2012, with lead guitaristJames Valentine providing guitar and vocals and lead vocalistAdam Levine providing drums.[164] The song was also covered byKT Tunstall (as a medley with her own "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree") on her 2013 Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon tour.[165]Ramin Djawadi made a cover version of the song withsitar forWestworld season 2.[166] The song is also included in the "Backstage Romance" number ofMoulin Rouge!, where it is in a medley with "Bad Romance", "Tainted Love", "Toxic", and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".[167] DuringTwenty One Pilots'The Bandito Tour, the musical duo would sometimes perform the song as a mashup with one of their own songs, "Morph".[168] They also performed the song at the 2025Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony in honor of The White Stripes' induction.[169]
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