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Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes

"Seven Nation Army" has no bass guitar in it - and almost every fan gets that wrong.
Jack White ran a guitar through an octave pedal to fake the sound. Here's the exact signal chain, why he wrote it in a Melbourne hotel room, and how a chant born in a Belgian stadium ended up sung by Italy's World Cup winners.
What's the first place you heard that riff - a stadium, a movie, or the radio?
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