“Sixteen Saltines” by Jack White

"Sixteen Saltines" was the second single from Blunderbuss, Jack White's 2012 solo album, and it's the record's most unhinged moment: a jittery, fuzz-blasted riff that lurches and snaps while White yelps over the top. He wrote and produced it himself and mixed it with Vance Powell, backed by Carla Azar on drums, Bryn Davies on double bass, Brooke Waggoner on Hammond organ, Fats Kaplin on fiddle and Ruby Amanfu on backing vocals.

When White played it on Saturday Night Live, the album got a real jolt, and Rolling Stone later named it the eighth-best song of 2012. Third Man Records being Third Man, the 12-inch came as a clear, hollow disc filled with blue liquid, the first liquid-filled record ever put on public sale. AG Rojas directed the video, which leaves White tied up on a windowsill among painted figures.

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