This is the title track from American indie rock band The Strokes' debut album. Vocalist Julian Casablancas explained the song's title to the NME November 21, 2009: "How it came about is that we had the song and it was done without a chorus, so I was like, 'I'll wing it, I'll figure something out' and one day I sang that over the chorus and that song was done."
Casablancas explained to the NME why the album was named after this song: "When we were trying to find titles for the record it could've been called 'Take It Or Leave It' or any of them, but I thought it sounded cool in more ways than one. It's deep without being pretentious."
The album cover is a photo taken by Colin Lane of the posterior of his then girlfriend. He shot it on a whim after she got out of the shower. The glove that rests suggestively on her had been left by a stylist in his apartment. Two years later, whilst snapping The Strokes for The Face magazine, the band discovered the image, as they flicked through his portfolio.
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