"Salute Your Solution" is a song by The Raconteurs

The Raconteurs

The Raconteurs is an American rock band that was formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring four members known for other musical projects: Jack White , Brendan Benson , Jack Lawrence , and Patrick Keeler .-Formation:The...

. It is the first single from their second album Consolers of the Lonely

Consolers of the Lonely

Consolers of the Lonely is the second album of The Raconteurs. It was released on March 25, 2008 on Warner Bros. Records in most parts of the world, and a day earlier on XL Recordings in the UK....

. It was released on March 25, 2008 the same day as the album release. Jack White and Brendan Benson share lead vocal duties on the track. The song is featured in commercials for NFL on Fox

NFL on FOX

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, the 2009 comedy film Zombieland

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, and is available as downloadable content for the music video game

Music video game

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s Guitar Hero World Tour

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and Rock Band 2

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.

The single peaked at number four on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, their second highest-charting single (after 2006's "Steady, As She Goes

Steady, As She Goes

"Steady, As She Goes" is the debut single by the rock band The Raconteurs from their first album Broken Boy Soldiers. It has also been covered by such artists as Corinne Bailey Rae for BBC Radio 1's Live lounge....

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Music video

A music video was made for the single and was released on March 25, 2008. It was directed by Autumn de Wilde

Autumn de Wilde

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.

Critical response

Commenting on the rhythm section Patrick Keeler

Patrick Keeler

Patrick Keeler is an American rock music drummer from Cincinnati, who best known for playing in The Greenhornes and The Raconteurs. He plays with both traditional and matched grips.-Recording career:...

 (drums) and Jack Lawrence

Jack Lawrence (bassist)

"Little" Jack Lawrence is a musician from Covington, Kentucky, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee.- Career :Lawrence plays bass guitar in The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes and The Dead Weather, as well as the autoharp and banjo in Blanche...

 (bass), Prefix Magazine commented that "their propulsive rhythm single-handedly saves first single 'Salute Your Solution'."
The Metro Times said the single "feature[s] monster guitar riffs that wouldn't sound out of place on a Free or early Aerosmith record." This song was number 42 on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.

Chart positions

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...	4
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Mainstream Rock Tracks Mainstream Rock Tracks Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...	28

External links

• Official music video
• "Salute Your Solution - review", Daily Music Guide