![]() The first seven notes are iconic, instantly recognisable by anyone, rock music fan or not. The reason why 'Seven Nation Army' has become such a signature stadium song is, in part, due to the catchiness and legacy status of the song itself. Why is 'Seven Nation Army' a football chant? Goal takes a look at how the White Stripes song has been permanently embedded within football culture. The song has developed a legacy as a popular, shared stadium anthem over the years, not tied to a particular set of fans. “Really, you can market something or you can brand something or you can push it or you can try to support it and build it into something bigger, but you really have no idea what’s going to connect with other people.If you're at a stadium or watching the game from the television, it's pretty common to hear the White Stripes' classic 'Seven Nation Army' sung by supporters far and wide. “Just goes to show you, even when you’ve got it right in front of your face sometimes, you still don’t know,” he added. ![]() There was a lesson for White in all of this. It becomes something that, the more people don’t know where it came from, the happier I am.” It becomes folk music when things like that happen. “Nothing is more beautiful in music than when people embrace a melody and allow it to enter the pantheon of folk music,” White told O'Brien. Meanwhile, the accompanying music video, with its hypnotizing kaleidoscopic visuals, was put into heavy rotation on MTV. The cultural impact struck even deeper: The riff of “Seven Nation Army” has become a rallying cry at sporting events across the globe and remains ubiquitous decades later. ![]() 1 on Billboard’s Alternative chart and later earned a Grammy for Best Rock Song. 17, 2003, “Seven Nation Army” received widespread acclaim. Still, White championed the song, and it was ultimately issued as the first single from Elephant. “The labels didn’t want to release it as a single when we were coming out with the album,” White later said in an interview with Conan O'Brien. Watch Jack White Perform 'Seven Nation Army' at Glastonbury “Seven Nation Army” doesn’t contain a chorus, instead relying on a key-changed version of its riff for the refrain. Part of the reason could have been the song’s structure, which isn't built with a traditional verse-chorus-verse framework. “Seven Nation Army” was “not considered anything interesting” by those in the White Stripes camp during sessions for 2003’s Elephant. The results didn't garner much little attention at first. The third verse could be something from a hundred years ago.” To me, the song was a blues at the beginning of the twenty-first century. But I never set out to write an expose on myself. In the end,” White added, “it started to become a metaphor for things I was going through. It came from the frustration of watching my friends do this to each other. It was about gossip, the spreading of lies and the other person’s reaction to it. Jack White told Rolling Stone that “Seven Nation Army” was initially “about two specific people I knew in Detroit. “It’s about me, Meg and the people we’re dating.” “The song’s about gossip,” Jack later told The Independent. Eventually, the song developed an identity, built around themes of betrayal, celebrity and resentment – all things the White Stripes were experiencing during their rise in fame. The title was not supposed to stick but was simply intended as a placeholder until he crafted some lyrics. ![]() White called the tune “Seven Nation Army,” after his mispronunciation of the Salvation Army as a kid.
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