Set You Free (The Black Keys song)

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"Set You Free"
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Single by The Black Keys
from the album Thickfreakness and School of Rock soundtrack
Released2003
Genre
Length2:44
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Patrick Carney
The Black Keys singles chronology
"Leavin' Trunk/She Said, She Said"
(2003)		"Set You Free"
(2003)		"Hard Row"
(2003)

"Set You Free" is a single by American blues rock duo The Black Keys from their second album, Thickfreakness . It was recorded in Patrick Carney's basement at his old house in Akron, Ohio. The song appears in the film School of Rock (2003) and the soundtrack album, as well as in the film I Love You, Man .

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Critical reception

Pitchfork ' Eric Carr felt "Set You Free" was the "most purely entertaining cut on the album simply out of the necessity for respite", following the two previous intense songs, through he characterized percussion as "stutter[ing]". [1]

Complex Magazine, ranking the Black Keys songs in 2012, placed "Set You Free" at number four, but added that it was "one of the band's most popular songs to date". [2]


Legacy

Although the Black Keys had always refused to allow their music to be used for commercialism, for fear of being branded "sell-outs", they decided to license "Set You Free" for use in a Nissan advert.[ citation needed ] Dan Auerbach later said, "It's helped us immensely. Before "Tighten Up", we'd never had a real song regularly played on rock radio. We didn't have that support, and getting these songs in commercials was almost like having your song on the radio." [3]

The track was also included on the soundtrack to the film School of Rock (2003). [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Set You Free"
  2. "Hard Row" (lyrics by Dan and Chuck Auerbach)
  3. "Evil" (previously unreleased)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Eric Carr (April 22, 2003). "Thickfreakness – The Black Keys". Pitchfork .
  2. ↑ Eric Diep (November 20, 2012). "The 15 Best Black Keys Songs". Complex Magazine .
  3. ↑ "The Fresh Air Interview: The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney". NPR. January 31, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ Marchand, Francois (October 29, 2014). "The Black Keys: Best to worst albums". The Vancouver Sun . Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
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