Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
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| Single by The White Stripes | ||||||||||
| from the album White Blood Cells | ||||||||||
| Released | August 2002 | |||||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, CD single, DVD single | |||||||||
| Recorded | February 2001 at Easley-McCain Recording, Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock, garage rock, punk blues | |||||||||
| Length | 3:04 | |||||||||
| Label | XL | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jack White | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Jack White | |||||||||
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"Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" is a song by American garage rock band The White Stripes, featured on their 2001 third studio album White Blood Cells. Written and produced by vocalist and guitarist Jack White, "Dead Leaves" was released as the third single from the album in August 2002 and charted at number nineteen on the United States Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and at number twenty-five on the UK Singles Chart.
The music video for this song, directed by Michel Gondry, depicts Jack White coming back to his trashed London house and surveying reckless destruction. While he goes from room to room, video of the party events that led to the decimation (and of his and Meg's relationship before he left) is projected over the scenery, until in the final scene she leaves him.
In a review of the song for allmusic, Tom Maginnis describes "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" as a "grimy rocker", noting it as a display of the duo's "keen understanding of musical dynamics".
All songs were written by Jack White, except "Stop Breaking Down" by Robert Johnson.
The song was made available to download on May 23, 2011 for play in the Rock Band 3 music gaming platform in both Basic rhythm, and PRO mode which takes advantage of the use of a real guitar / bass guitar, along with standard MIDI-compatible electronic drum kits / keyboards in addition to vocals.
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