“Steady, As She Goes” by The Raconteurs

"Steady, As She Goes" was the song that introduced the Raconteurs, the first single from their 2006 debut album Broken Boy Soldiers, produced by Jack White and released on Third Man Records. It's garage rock with its shirt tucked in: a loping, patient bass line, a guitar that chops and circles, and a chorus built to be sung back by a whole club, sounding like a band that knows its hook is good enough to take its time.

The rollout was pure record-collector bait. A limited 7-inch came first in early 2006 as a double A-side with "Store Bought Bones", the song went to radio on March 20, and the retail single followed on April 24 with "Bane Rendition" on the flip. Two more vinyl pressings added "Store Bought Bones" again and an acoustic take of the song backed with "Call It a Day".

It hit number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 54 on the Hot 100, and climbed to number four in both Britain and Denmark.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.