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“Freedom At 21” by Jack White
From the album Blunderbuss (2012)
“Freedom At 21” by Jack White appears on 15 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2012 and 2025. It was first released in 2012 on the album Blunderbuss. Its best result is #12 on the 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 alternative song of 2012, #5,555 alternative song of all time and #312 of the '10s.
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"Freedom at 21" comes from Blunderbuss, Jack White's 2012 debut as a solo artist, and Third Man Records introduced it in the most Jack White way imaginable: flexi-disc copies tied to 1000 helium balloons and set adrift. The proper single followed that June as a download and a 7-inch, with "Inaccessible Mystery" on the flip.
The track is all twitch and coil, Carla Azar's drums skittering under a tightly wound vocal, Bryn Davies thumping double bass and Olivia Jean adding electric guitar before White tears off a solo of his own. He produced it and mixed it with Vance Powell, who recorded the sessions. Hype Williams directed the video, and the song earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 20 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 | 91 |
| 2012 | 42 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 56 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 38 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 92 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 50 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2012 | 51 |
| 2012 | 87 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2012 | 97 |
| 2012 | 12 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2012 | 96 |
| 2012 | 171 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2013 | 64 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2013 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1987 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1166 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2025 | 655 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 763 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Freedom at 21.
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