"Icky Thump" is a song recorded by the American alternative rock band The White Stripes. Written by Jack White, it is the first single released from their sixth and final album of the same name.

The name of the track comes from the Northern England exclamation "Ecky Thump;" The phrase was popularized in an episode of the British sketch comedy series The Goodies. The album title was then changed to "Icky" so that "teenagers would understand it better back in America," .

The music video for "Icky Thump" premiered on AOL.com at midnight EDT on May 23, 2007. The video was co-directed by Jack White and the Malloy Brothers.

The video was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee, though it is set in Mexico. The video also features Spanish subtitles acting as a translation of the lyrics.

The video for "Icky Thump" debuted on MTV's Total Request Live on July 17, 2007. This marked the first time a White Stripes video was ever on the countdown.

The single was made available online through the United States and Canada iTunes Store on Thursday, April 26, 2007.

"Icky Thump" reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the group's only Top 40 single on that chart. The song also reached number one (for three weeks) on the Alternative Songs chart and number 11 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Third Man Records/XL Recordings also released CD and vinyl versions of the "Icky Thump" single on June 11, 2007 in the UK. It is to date the duo's biggest UK chart hit, debuting at #13 in the UK Singles Chart via download sales alone and peaking at #2 the following week, marking their first UK Top 3 single and was kept off the #1 spot by "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z. However, it very quickly dropped out of the charts, spending only seven weeks there.

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