The White Stripes (album)

Track listing

all songs written by Stephen Gillis, Jack White and Meg White, except where noted

Related Topics:
Stephen Gillis - Jack White - Meg White

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• "Jimmy the Exploder" (Gillis, M. White) - 2:29
• *Said to be about a monkey who explodes everything he sees that is not red. For example "Green apples,/On the tree and growing now./Green apples/Are gonna be exploding now."
• "Stop Breaking Down" (Robert Johnson) - 2:20
• *A live version was recorded and used as the B-side for the "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" single.
• "The Big Three Killed My Baby" - 2:29
• *About the big three automobile makers (Ford, General Motors and Chrysler) whose motors are "running on Tucker's Blood".
• "Suzy Lee" - 3:21
• "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" - 2:54
• "Wasting My Time" (The White Stripes) - 2:13
• "Cannon" - 2:30
• *The lyrics for this song are often disputed among fans of the White Stripes. The break in the middle of the song about "John the Revelator" is from "John the Revelator" by Son House.
• "Astro" - 2:42
• *Written the night before it was recorded. The Astro is whatever you do in secret.
• "Broken Bricks" - 1:51
• "When I Hear My Name" - 1:54
• "Do" - 3:05
• "Screwdriver" - 3:14
• *Jack wrote this song about a screwdriver he saw on his table. This is also the first White Stripes song ever composed.
• "One More Cup of Coffee" (Bob Dylan) - 3:13
• *From the Bob Dylan album "Desire".
• "Little People" - 2:22
• "Slicker Drips" - 1:30
• "St. James Infirmary" (Joe Primrose, Traditional) - 2:24
• "I Fought Piranhas" - 3:07