Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine

Song infobox
Name = Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine


Artist = The White Stripes
Album = Elephant (album)
Released = April 1, 2003
Recorded = November 2001, April 2002 at Toe-Rag Studios and BBC Maida Vale Studio, London, England
Genre = Alternative rock, punk blues
Length = 3:17
Label = V2 US
XL Europe
Writer = Jack White
Producer = Jack White, Liam Watson
Tracks = # "Seven Nation Army" – 3:51
# "Black Math" – 3:03
# "There's No Home for You Here" – 3:43
# "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:46
# "In the Cold, Cold Night" – 2:58
# "I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart" – 3:20
# "You've Got Her in Your Pocket" – 3:39
# "Ball and Biscuit" – 7:19
# "The Hardest Button to Button" – 3:32
# "Little Acorns" (Mort Crim, J. White) – 4:09
# "Hypnotize" – 1:48
# "The Air Near My Fingers" – 3:40
# "Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine" – 3:17
# "It's True That We Love One Another" – 2:42"Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine" is the thirteenth song on the album "Elephant" by American alternative rock band The The White Stripes about the effect that placebos have on humans. It was released on April 1st, 2003. The song was also featured in the EA video game skate.

Lyrics

The Lyrics of this song are generally considered to be associated with the placebo effect, meaning that if you think you are taking medicine, you will feel better, even if the medicine contains no active ingredients. In the song, the girl's misery is in her head, and she has the power to feel better. Jack White was quoted saying,

Jack White: "I suppose it is just about this tongue in cheek take on male and female relationships when things are bothering girls about headache medicine. Aspirin, Tylenol and things like that. It's like men can take anything like a sugar pill and it will make their headache go away but there is always some sort of special care for women. It is sort of a metaphor for taking the time to care for someone I guess."

Music

With a heavily distorted guitar playing E,E,G,G,E throughout, and an unchanging rhythm, this song is quite musically simple. The song has a simple solo that descends the E chromatic scale about three quarters of the way through.

See Also

* skate.
* The White Stripes
* Elephant (album)