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Sixteen Saltines
Jack White
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- Album
- Blunderbuss
- Released
- 2012
- Genres
- blues rock, garage rock
- Length
- 2:37
- Tempo
- 132 BPM
- Label
- Third Man Records/Columbia
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About this song
White first performed the raw rocker during his March 3, 2012 appearance on Saturday Night Live, and the studio version was released on his YouTube channel on March 13, 2012. It was the second single from Blunderbuss, the first album released under his own name. White has said the lyrics came from a snack request by his daughter, and he later played her the song, which made her blush.
What it's about
The song is about a girl with whom the narrator had a complicated relationship. Its lyrics were inspired by his daughter asking for 16 saltine crackers, and White has described the character as someone eating cracker rations on a lifeboat while remembering other things.
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Fun facts
- Written and produced by Jack White.
- Recorded at Third Man Studio - Nashville.