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“Have Love Will Travel” by The Black Keys
From the album Thickfreakness (2003)
“Have Love Will Travel” by The Black Keys appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2003 and 2024. It was first released in 2003 on the album Thickfreakness. Its best result is #34 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #487 alternative song of 2003.
The Black Keys didn't write "Have Love Will Travel"; it's a Richard Berry song, and the duo gave it a home on Thickfreakness, their second album, released in 2003 as their first for Fat Possum, with Epitaph co-releasing it in the UK and Europe.
Most of that record came together in December 2002 in one 14-hour session in Patrick Carney's basement, cut on an early '80s Tascam 388 eight-track because the pair had spent Fat Possum's small advance on rent. The liner notes call it Carney's "medium fidelity" technique, and the result sounds suitably vintage: raw, heavy, blues-soaked garage rock of the kind that had the press reaching for White Stripes comparisons. "Set You Free", from the same album, ended up on the School of Rock soundtrack.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 34 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2003 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 479 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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