Hard Row Explained

Hard Row
Cover:Hard_Row_Black_Keys_single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:the Black Keys
Album:Thickfreakness
Released:2003 (UK)
Genre:Garage rock, blues rock
Length:3:16
Label:Fat Possum Records, Epitaph Records
Producer:Patrick Carney
Prev Title:Set You Free
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Have Love Will Travel
Next Year:2003

"Hard Row" is a single by American blues-rock duo the Black Keys from their second album Thickfreakness. The song, along with the rest of Thickfreakness, was recorded in drummer Patrick Carney's basement on a 1980 8-track recorder. The lyrics were written by Chuck Auerbach and bandmember Dan Auerbach, and the music composed by both members of the band.

Track listing

  1. Hard Row (7")
  2. Evil (7")
  3. Hard Row (CD)
  4. Set You Free (CD)
  5. Evil (CD)

In media

Hard Row is the opening song in the first episode of the first season of the TV-series Sons of Anarchy.

Personnel