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“Conquest” by The White Stripes
From the album Icky Thump (2007)
“Conquest” by The White Stripes appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2007 and 2025. It was first released in 2007 on the album Icky Thump. Its best result is #38 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #115 alternative song of 2008.
"Conquest" is an old Corky Robbins song that Patti Page made popular in the 1950s, and the White Stripes hauled it onto Icky Thump in 2007 with Régulo Aldama's trumpet riding shotgun. Jack White produced it and mixed it with Joe Chiccarelli, who recorded it with Lowell Reynolds assisting.
It became the fourth and last single from Icky Thump in December 2007, and, as it turned out, the last single the White Stripes ever released. It came as a set of colored 7-inch records, black, white and red, each with "Conquest" plus a different B-side: "It's My Fault for Being Famous", "Honey, We Can't Afford to Look This Cheap" and "Cash Grab Complications on the Matter", the red one carrying an acoustic mariachi take on "Conquest" itself. Beck co-produced the B-sides, singing and playing piano on "Being Famous" and adding slide guitar to "Honey".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 89 | KWOD Sacramento, CA | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 | 106 |
| 2008 | 47 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 90 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2008 | 103 |
| 2008 | 38 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2008 | 50 |
| 2008 | 61 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2008 | 136 |
| 2008 | 77 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2008 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 415 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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