Fly Farm Blues

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"Fly Farm Blues"
Jack White - Fly Farm Blues.jpeg
Single by Jack White
ReleasedAugust 11, 2009 (2009-08-11)
Genre Blues, blues rock, electric blues
Length3:18
Label Third Man Records
Songwriter(s) Jack White
Producer(s) Jack White
Jack White singles chronology
"Another Way to Die"
(2008)
"Fly Farm Blues"
(2009)
"Love Interruption"
(2012)

"Fly Farm Blues" is a song by rock musician Jack White. The song was written and used for the rock documentary film It Might Get Loud , which featured White, along with Jimmy Page and The Edge. It was released by White's record label Third Man Records and online. [1]

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Composition

The song was written by White during the filming of It Might Get Loud, a documentary featuring White, after he and director Davis Guggenheim had discussed that songs nowadays are over-prepared and over-produced. Guggenheim, however, disagreed, and White wrote and recorded "Fly Farm Blues" in ten minutes. [2] [3] The song was used in the soundtrack for It Might Get Loud.

Release

The song was released as an A-side only 7-inch promotional vinyl record by White's label Third Man Records; originally only 300 copies were issued. The song is also available online at the iTunes Store and Spotify.

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