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Genius Annotation

The opening track of Get Behind Me Satan takes inspiration from the Bible, as most of the album it is off of does, but its main meaning is actually about child abuse. Blue Orchid was the name of a Russian-run child pornography organization. This ties right in with the ongoing theme of losing purity throughout this song.

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What did The White Stripes say about "Blue Orchid"?
Genius Answer

This track sort of uh, the only thing we could do with it was to have it be the first song on the album and it just sort of saved the record when we were recording.

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Recorded At
Third Man Studios, Detroit
Release Date
May 30, 2005
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