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“Connected By Love” by Jack White
From the album Boarding House Reach (2018)
“Connected By Love” by Jack White appears on 10 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2018 and 2025. It was first released in 2018 on the album Boarding House Reach. Its best result is #29 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 alternative song of 2018.
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Jack White picked "Connected By Love" to announce Boarding House Reach, his third album, in 2018, and it's a strange, heaving thing: a plea to an old flame that opens in the language of the old blues, sung with enough soul that NPR's Bob Boilen heard Otis Redding in it. Entertainment Weekly called it thrillingly weird, and that's about right.
White wrote it, produced it and plays acoustic guitar and synthesizer, but he spreads the weight around: Neal Evans on Hammond organ, DJ Harrison on more synths, Charlotte Kemp Muhl on bass, Louis Cato on drums and Bobby Allende on percussion, with Ann and Regina McCrary on backing vocals. He took it to Saturday Night Live that April.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 60 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 62 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 53 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2018 | 83 |
| 2018 | 69 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2018 | 104 |
| 2018 | 82 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2018 | 107 |
| 2018 | 29 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 41 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 195 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 483 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 733 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Connected by Love.
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