Lazaretto (song)

"Lazaretto"
Single by Jack White
from the album Lazaretto
B-side "Power of My Love"
Released April 19, 2014 (live version)
April 22, 2014 (studio version)
Format 7", digital download
Recorded April 19, 2014 (live version)
2012–14 (studio version)
Genre Garage rock
Length 3:39
Label Third Man
Writer(s) Jack White
Producer(s) Jack White
Jack White singles chronology
"I'm Shakin"
(2012)		 "Lazaretto"
(2014)		 "Just One Drink"
(2014)
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Alternate cover
"World's Fastest Record" cover

"Lazaretto" is the first single from Jack White's second solo album, Lazaretto. The live version of the song was recorded, pressed and released on the same day (19 April 2014).[1] On the B-side was a cover of Elvis Presley's song "Power of My Love".[2][3]

By recording, pressing and releasing the live version of "Lazaretto" in less than four hours, Jack White broke the previous Guinness World Record set by Swiss polka trio Vollgas Kompanie, who issued their album Live on August 16, 2008, a day after they recorded it. There is a hidden message alongside matrix numbers in the runout areas on both sides of the "Lazaretto" "world's fastest record" vinyl: side A "Guinness", side B "Can Kiss My..."

The studio version of the song was released on April 21 on YouTube, and on April 22 the single was available for purchase digitally and as an instant download with all iTunes Lazaretto album pre-orders.[4]

Critical reception

In one positive review that emphasized White's guitar prowess, Billboard wrote that the single "is in-and-out, leaving the listener panting and ready to hear more from White's new album."[5] Giving the single four stars, Chuck Arnold of People said that on the track, White "unleashes one of his funkiest grooves since 'Seven Nation Army'."[6] Madison Vain, with Entertainment Weekly called the song a "dense, manic, and fantastically indulgent display of musicality," and said it "further cement[s] his position as rock & roll's primal keeper of the flame."[7]

The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards—Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance—winning the latter.

Track listing

  1. "Lazaretto" – 3:57
  2. "Power of My Love" – 5:00

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[8] 18
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9] 98
Canada Rock (Billboard)[10] 2
France (SNEP)[11] 173
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[12] 8
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[13] 15
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[14] 9
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[15] 20
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[16] 9
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[17] 25

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[18] 52
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)[19] 35
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[20] 26

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Coleman, Miriam (19 April 2014). "Jack White Releases World's Fastest Record". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Paulson, Dave (19 April 2014). "Jack White makes history, releases 'fastest' single". Tennessean. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Stevenson, Jane (19 April 2014). "Jack White's quest to record and release a record in one day". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lazaretto Single on Third Man Records". Third Man Records. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Graff, Gary (May 10, 2014). "JACK WHITE, 'LAZARETTO'". Billboard. 126 (15):43
  6. ↑ ARNOLD, CHUCK (May 12, 2014). People. 81 (19):57-58
  7. ↑ (December 12, 2014), "THE BEST SINGLES." Vain, Madison. "Entertainment Weekly" (1341):66-67
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Jack White [US – Lazaretto"] (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Jack White Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Jack White. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Jack White Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canada Rock for Jack White. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Jack White [US – Lazaretto"] (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Jack White Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Jack White. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Jack White Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Jack White. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Jack White Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Rock Airplay for Jack White. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Jack White Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Jack White. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Jack White Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Alternative Songs for Jack White. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Jack White Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for Jack White. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Rock Airplay Songs: Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Alternative Songs: Year End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2014.