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2 Composition  





3 Commercial performance  





4 Personnel  





5 Charts  



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5.2  Year-end charts  







6 Certifications  





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"Lo/Hi"
SinglebyThe Black Keys
from the album "Let's Rock"
ReleasedMarch 7, 2019
Recorded2019
StudioEasy Eye Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length2:57
LabelNonesuch
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • The Black Keys
The Black Keys singles chronology
"Weight of Love"
(2015)
"Lo/Hi"
(2019)
"Eagle Birds"
(2019)

"Lo/Hi" is a song by the American rock band the Black Keys. It was released as the lead single from their ninth album, Let's Rock, on March 7, 2019. The song topped Billboard'sMainstream Rock, Adult Alternative Songs, Rock Airplay, and Alternative Songs charts in the United States simultaneously, making it the first song ever to do so.[2]

Background and recording

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The single was the first new material by the band in nearly five years.[3] The next day, the song was used by CBS as the theme for its promotion and coverage of the 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament along with a video of the Black Keys performing it in an airplane hangar.[4]

The song was written by band members Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney and was recorded in late 2018 at Easy Eye SoundinNashville, Tennessee.[5]

Composition

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David Paulson, writing for The Tennessean, described "Lo/Hi" as a "a groovy, gritty rock" and "soulful" track. He compared the track's sound to the likes of British glam rock band T. Rex.[6] In a positive review, Althea Legaspi and Ryan Reed, writing for Rolling Stone, called Lo/Hi, as a "scorching, psychedelic" track.[7]

Joshua Bote of NPR described "Lo/Hi" as "rich" and "gospel-style", and said it was a return to their earlier Southern/blues style as opposed to the more funk orientated previous album, Turn Blue. "The Akron, Ohio duo of Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach built its name off chugging, crunchy Southern rock like the type dispensed on "Lo/Hi," so it's a welcome return from the gentler sounds that colored the group's last album, 2014's Turn Blue."[8]

Jillian Mapes, writing for Pitchfork, compared the style of the song to ZZ Top, and offered a more mixed review of the song, praising the background vocals of Leisa Hans and Ashley Wilcoxson, which inject "a welcome texture", but concluded that the track was "wholly unsurprising".[9]

Commercial performance

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"Lo/Hi" was the Black Keys' first top-ten song on the Hot Rock Songs chart in nearly seven years, entering at number 34 in its first week before reaching number five the second week. The song collected 2.3 million streams and 8,000 digital downloads in its first week in the United States.[10] The song made history by topping Billboard'sMainstream Rock, Adult Alternative Songs, Rock Airplay, and Alternative Songs charts simultaneously, making it the first time any song has reached number one on all four formats at once.[11]

Personnel

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The Black Keys

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[23] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Martoccio, Angie (March 8, 2019). "Song You Need To Know: The Black Keys, 'Lo/Hi'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • ^ "The Black Keys Are First Act to Rule All Four Rock Airplay Charts Simultaneously, With 'Lo/Hi'". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  • ^ Cook-Wilson, Winston (March 7, 2019). "The Black Keys Release 'Lo/Hi,' Their First New Single in Five Years". Spin. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  • ^ "Black Keys' new song is NCAA March Madness theme". Akron Beacon Journal. March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  • ^ Kaye, Ben (March 7, 2019). "The Black Keys return with first song in five years 'Lo/Hi': Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 23, 2019. Written and produced by Auerbach and Carney themselves, the song was recorded at the former's Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee
  • ^ "The Black Keys return with first new song in 5 years, 'Lo/Hi'". The Tennessean. March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • ^ Reed, Ryan; Legaspi, Althea (March 7, 2019). "The Black Keys Return With Scorching New Song 'Lo/Hi'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  • ^ Bote, Joshua (March 7, 2019). "The Black Keys Return With 'Lo/Hi,' Its First Song In Five Years". NPR. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • ^ Mapes, Jillian (March 7, 2019). ""Lo/Hi" by The Black Keys Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • ^ Rutherford, Kevin (March 21, 2019). "The Black Keys Return to Hot Rock Songs Chart's Top 10 With 'Lo/Hi'". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • ^ "The Black Keys Are First Act to Rule All Four Rock Airplay Charts Simultaneously, With 'Lo/Hi'". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  • ^ "The Black Keys – Lo/Hi" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  • ^ "The Black Keys – Lo/Hi" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  • ^ "Bolivia General" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  • ^ "The Black Keys Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • ^ "The Black Keys Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock - Black Keys - Lo/Hi" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  • ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 18, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  • ^ "The Black Keys Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • ^ "The Black Keys Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  • ^ "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  • ^ "Rock Airplay Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  • ^ "American single certifications – The Black Keys – Lo/Hi". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 26, 2024.


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