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Steady As She Goes by The Raconteurs
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Artist Biography For The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs Is An Alternative Rock Band Formed In Detroit Michigan United States In 2005. The Band Consists Of Jack White Vocals Guitar Brendan Benson Vocals Guitar Jack Lawrence Bass And Patrick Keeler Drums . The Band Considers Themselves To Be A "new Band Made Up Of Old Friends" And The Members Are Also Members Of Other Rock Groups White Was A Member Of The White Stripes And Along With Lawrence Is Also A Member Of The Dead Weather Benson Is A Solo Singer/songwriter And Lawrence And Keeler Are Members Of The Greenhornes. The Band Has Released Three Albums 2006's "Broken Boy Soldiers" 2008's Consolers Of The Lonely And 2019's Help Us Stranger. Dean Fertita From The Waxwings Did Live Keyboards For The Band In 2006 He Also Played In Brendan Benson's Band And Is Now Touring With Queens Of The Stone Age And Is A Member Of White And Lawrence's Band The Dead Weather. The Band Had To Change Their Name In Australia Since There Already Was A Band Named The Raconteurs There. The Band Is Referred To As The Saboteurs In Australia.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Steady, as She Goes
The-Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
"Steady As She Goes" Is The Debut Single By The Rock Band The Raconteurs From Their First Album Broken Boy Soldiers. A Limited Edition 7-Inch 45 Rpm Vinyl Record Was Released In Europe On January 30 2006 And In North America On March 7 2006. It Was A Double A-Sided Single With The Relatively Unpromoted "Store Bought Bones" As The Flipside. A CD Version Of "Steady As She Goes" Was Released On April 24 With The B-Side "Bane Rendition". Two Further Vinyl Releases Were Produced The First Marked 'B' With "Store Bought Bones" As The B-Side The Second Marked 'C' An Acoustic Rendition Of "Steady As She Goes" With "Call It A Day" As The B-Side. In The US The Song Reached Number 54 On The Billboard Hot 100 And Number One On The Modern Rock Tracks Chart. It Achieved Top Ten Success In The UK Where It Peaked At Number Four And Canada Peaking At Number Three. Background
"Steady As She Goes" Is The First Song Ever Written By White And Benson. Critical Response
Entertainment Weekly Said The Track Is "less Weird Than What We're Used To From The Ghostly Singer. "Rolling Stone Called "Steady As She Goes" The Second Best Song Of 2006 Just Behind "Crazy" By Gnarls Barkley. The Bass In The Song Especially In The Intro Has Drawn Comparisons To The Song "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" By Joe Jackson. In 2007 "Steady As She Goes" Was Nominated For A Grammy Award For Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. Music Video
There Are Two Music Videos For "Steady As She Goes". The First Music Video Was Directed By Jim Jarmusch And Focuses On The Band Performing The Song. It Premiered On MTV2 On March 10 2006 And Was Also Available For Streaming On The Band's Website. In The Second Music Video The Raconteurs Teamed Up With Paul Reubens. In This Video Each Band Member Plays An Imaginary Speed-Racing Hero In An Old-Fashioned Soap Box Race Following The Heroes On Their Cut-Throat Chase For First Place. Reubens Plays An Unscrupulous Pit Boss Stooping To Low Levels To Ensure A Win For His Racer Jack Lawrence. Lawrence And Reubens Wearing Standard Melodrama-Villain Handlebar Moustaches Cheat Many Times Throughout The Race To Make Sure That Lawrence Wins. Patrick Falls Off A Cliff Brendan Crashes And Reubens Shoots White "the Copper Kid" With A Blow Gun. Lawrence Wins. The Latter Video Premiered Exclusively On Yahoo! Music On June 19 2006. Covers
The Song Was Covered By Corinne Bailey Rae For BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. It Was Frequently Covered Live By Fitz And The Tantrums And Was Covered Live By Adele During "Backstage At BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend" On May 10th Of 2008.
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Biography - The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs Is An Alternative Rock Band Formed In Detroit Michigan United States In 2005. The Band Consists Of Jack White Vocals Guitar Brendan Benson Vocals Guitar Jack Lawrence Bass And Patrick Keeler Drums . The Band Considers Themselves To Be A "new Band Made Up Of Old Friends" And The Members Are Also Members Of Other Rock Groups White Was A Member Of The White Stripes And Along With Lawrence Is Also A Member Of The Dead Weather Benson Is A Solo Singer/songwriter And Lawrence And Keeler Are Members Of The Greenhornes. The Band Has Released Three Albums 2006's "Broken Boy Soldiers" 2008's Consolers Of The Lonely And 2019's Help Us Stranger. Dean Fertita From The Waxwings Did Live Keyboards For The Band In 2006 He Also Played In Brendan Benson's Band And Is Now Touring With Queens Of The Stone Age And Is A Member Of White And Lawrence's Band The Dead Weather. The Band Had To Change Their Name In Australia Since There Already Was A Band Named The Raconteurs There. The Band Is Referred To As The Saboteurs In Australia.
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"Steady, As She Goes" is the debut single by the rock band The Raconteurs from their first album Broken Boy Soldiers.
A limited edition, 7-inch, 45 rpm vinyl record, was released in Europe on January 30, 2006, and in North America on March 7, 2006. It was a double A-sided single, with the relatively unpromoted "Store Bought Bones" as the flipside. A CD version of "Steady, As She Goes" was released on April 24 with the B-side "Bane Rendition". Two further vinyl releases were produced: the first (marked 'B') with "Store Bought Bones" as the B-side; the second (marked 'C') an acoustic rendition of "Steady, As She Goes" with "Call It a Day" as the B-side. In the US, the song reached number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It achieved top ten success in the UK, where it peaked at number four, and Canada, peaking at number three.
Background
"Steady, As She Goes" is the first song ever written by White and Benson.
Critical response
Entertainment Weekly said the track is "less weird than what we're used to from the ghostly singer. "Rolling Stone called "Steady, As She Goes" the second best song of 2006, just behind "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley. The bass in the song, especially in the intro, has drawn comparisons to the song "Is She Really Going Out With Him?", by Joe Jackson.
In 2007, "Steady, As She Goes" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
Music video
There are two music videos for "Steady, As She Goes". The first music video was directed by Jim Jarmusch, and focuses on the band performing the song. It premiered on MTV2 on March 10, 2006, and was also available for streaming on the band's website. In the second music video, The Raconteurs teamed up with Paul Reubens. In this video, each band member plays an imaginary speed-racing hero in an old-fashioned soap box race, following the heroes on their cut-throat chase for first place. Reubens plays an unscrupulous pit boss, stooping to low levels to ensure a win for his racer, Jack Lawrence. Lawrence and Reubens (wearing standard melodrama-villain handlebar moustaches) cheat many times throughout the race, to make sure that Lawrence wins. Patrick falls off a cliff, Brendan crashes, and Reubens shoots White ("the Copper Kid") with a blow gun. Lawrence wins. The latter video premiered exclusively on Yahoo! Music on June 19, 2006.
Covers
The song was covered by Corinne Bailey Rae for BBC Radio 1's Live lounge. It was frequently covered live by Fitz and the Tantrums, and was covered live by Adele during "Backstage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend" on May 10th of 2008. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.