Blue Blood Blues

"Blue Blood Blues"
Single by The Dead Weather
from the album Sea of Cowards
ReleasedJune 25, 2010
RecordedDecember 2009 (December 2009) at Third Man Studio
GenreBlues rock, hard rock
Length3:22
LabelThird Man
Songwriter(s)A-Side:Fertita/Lawrence/White
Producer(s)Jack White
The Dead Weather singles chronology
"Die By The Drop"
(2010) 		"Blue Blood Blues"
(2010) 		"Open Up (That's Enough)"
(2014)

"Blue Blood Blues" is the second single to be taken from the album Sea of Cowards by the alternative rock group the Dead Weather. It was released digitally on June 25, 2010.

In Elle magazine, the song was named one of 10 "essential" songs produced by Jack White.[1] NME listed the single as one of 20 "unspeakably exciting" songs by White. NME and Rolling Stone pointed out the song's emphatic guitar work based on "Jack Lawrence's grunting fuzz bass [and] Dean Fertita's abrasive skidding guitar".[2] Spin said the guitar runs were "Sabbath-worthy", referring to the hard rock of Black Sabbath.[3] White's vocals were seen to bury those of singer Alison Mosshart.[4] Antiquiet observed that the song was unusual for the Dead Weather in that it felt like a solo piece featuring White.[5]

The song was featured briefly in the E4 comedy-drama television series Misfits in Episode 2, Season 2. It also was played in the closing credits of the Showtime series United States of Tara, in Episode 3, Season 3.

Music video

The video for "Blue Blood Blues" premiered on teamcoco.com, the official website of Jack White's friend Conan O'Brien, on June 24, 2010. The recording is an edited live performance from May 3, 2010, at Third Man Records. The style of the video is high contrast solarized black & white,[6] similar to the video for "Fried My Little Brains" by the Kills, the other band of Dead Weather singer Alison Mosshart.

Track listing

7 inch

The following tracks appear on the 7 inch version of the single.

No.TitleLength
1."Blue Blood Blues" 
2."Jawbreaker (Live)" 

12 inch

No.TitleLength
1."Blue Blood Blues" 
2."No Hassle Night/I Just Want To Make Love To You (Live)" 

Triple-decker record release

In September 2010, Jack White announced a new format of vinyl record: a "triple-decker record" which is an A-side 12" record with a 7" record sandwiched inside containing a hidden track. To listen to the 7" record, the listener must crack the 12" record open with a knife into two circular plates, revealing the inner record which can then be played separately. "Blue Blood Blues" was the first song appearing in this format, in a limited release of 300 units that contained the song "I Feel Strange" inside. A record-pressing plant in Nashville, Tennessee, filled the custom order.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

References

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  2. ^ Fricke, David (11 May 2010). "Sea of Cowards". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "SPIN". SPIN Media LLC. 7 June 2010. p. 93. Retrieved 7 June 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "20 Unspeakably Exciting Jack White Tracks". Nme.com. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "The Dead Weather Cut Through The Cowards". Antiquiet.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ "The Dead Weather – "Blue Blood Blues" Video". Stereogum.com. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ "July14". Issuu.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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  9. ^ Allison, Davis. "New Triple Decker Record Is a Vinyl Turducken". Wired. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Jack White Invents "Triple Decker Record" for New Dead Weather Single :: Music :: News :: Paste". www.pastemagazine.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. ^ "All the latest news from Virgin | Virgin". Virgin.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  12. ^ Guttenberg, Steve. "Jack White's triple-decker LP". Cnet.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Outside Third Man Records: The Debut of the Triple Decker Single! | American Songwriter". www.americansongwriter.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Vinyl madness: Jack White unveils Triple Decker Record". Factmag.com. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Dead Weather Release "Triple Decker" Single". Spin.com. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Jack White's 'Triple Decker': A vinyl record inside a vinyl record. Push it. - on the Download". Archived from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  17. ^ "Third Man Records Debuts 'Triple Decker Record' for The Dead Weather's 'Blue Blood Blues'". Nashvillescene.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  18. ^ Dombal, Ryan (14 September 2010). "Jack White Invents a New Type of Vinyl Record". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Archived copy". www.nme.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "The Dead Weather announce Triple Decker Record release of "Blue Blood Blues"". Consequence.net. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2021.