The Denial Twist

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"The Denial Twist"
"The Denial Twist" cover
Single by The White Stripes
from the album Get Behind Me Satan
Released November 7, 2005
Format CD, 7"
Recorded March 2005
Genre Alternative
Length 2 min 35 s
Label XL Recordings
Producer(s) Jack White
Chart positions
  • #10 (UK)
The White Stripes singles chronology
"My Doorbell"
(2005)
"The Denial Twist"
(2005)

"The Denial Twist" is the third single released from The White Stripes' 2005 album, Get Behind Me Satan. It was the first song ever "officially" performed live on a normal episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

[edit] Track listing

  1. The Denial Twist
  2. Shelter of Your Arms
  3. As Ugly As I Seem (Live) *Alternate 7 inch version only

[edit] Music video

The music video for "The Denial Twist" was directed by Michel Gondry. Like some of his previous work (namely The Chemical Brothers' "Let Forever Be" and Kylie Minogue's "Come Into My World"), the video features a spectacular array of visual effects as it follows The White Stripes from a talk show performance to a late night drive back to an apartment. As the camera pans in a circle, Jack and Meg appear distorted.

Conan O'Brien's cameo appearance
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Conan O'Brien's cameo appearance

Conan O'Brien makes a cameo appearance in the video; The White Stripes had been a week-long musical guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien when they were promoting Elephant. The square-headed O'Brien doll in the video was a reference to a similar one given to the comedian at the end of their week-long stay on the show. The plaster blow-up was actually created by Gondry.

This is Gondry's fourth video with the White Stripes, after "Fell in Love With a Girl", "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" and "The Hardest Button to Button".

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The White Stripes
Jack White | Meg White
Discography
Albums and extended plays: The White Stripes | De Stijl | White Blood Cells | Elephant | Get Behind Me Satan | Walking with a Ghost
Singles: "Let's Shake Hands" | "Lafayette Blues" | "The Big Three Killed My Baby" | "Hand Springs" | "Hello Operator" | "Lord, Send Me an Angel" | "Party of Special Things to Do" | "Hotel Yorba" | "Fell in Love with a Girl" | "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" | "We're Going to Be Friends" | "Red Death at 6:14" | "Candy Cane Children" | "Seven Nation Army" | "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" | "The Hardest Button to Button" | "There's No Home for You Here" | "Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)" | "Blue Orchid" | "My Doorbell" | "The Denial Twist"
DVDs: Candy Coloured Blues (unofficial) | Under Blackpool Lights
Other projects: Aluminium
Management
Third Man Records | Ian Montone
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