Song · OK Go
“White Knuckles” by OK Go
From the album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky (2010)
“White Knuckles” by OK Go appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2010 and 2014. It was first released in 2010 on the album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky. Its best result is #8 on the WLCA Top 89 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #100 alternative song of 2010, #4,346 alternative song of all time and #456 of the '10s.
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"White Knuckles" comes from Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, OK Go's 2010 album, and it digs into the Prince-style funk and R&B that made him a star, and the band leans into a sly, sticky groove. It later turned up in the film The Cabin in the Woods, and fans got to remix it for the Rock Band games, a contest won by The Big Robot.
The video is a feat of its own. Singer Damian Kulash co-directed it with his sister Trish Sie, the same pair behind the treadmill clip for "Here It Goes Again", and it's one unbroken shot of the band working through choreography with a few props, mostly IKEA furniture, alongside a pack of trained dogs and one goat. Sie's idea was to flip the treadmill gag: this time the band would be the machinery, running the dogs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 85 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 16 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 | 103 |
| 2010 | 8 | 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO | WLCA Top 89 of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 22 | FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI | FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 | 50 |
| 2010 | 42 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010 | 50 |
| 2010 | 22 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 | 95 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1391 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1420 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1478 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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