The White Stripes announced the completion of
Icky Thump on
February 28,
2007. The title is derived from "ecky-thump", a
Lancashire,
England colloquial response of surprise, popularized by the 1970s UK comedy series
The Goodies. On
Later with Jools Holland (broadcast
June 1,
2007) Jack attributed the album's name to its use as an exclamation by
his wife, who is from
Lancashire. He added that the deliberate misspelling was to make it easier for an American audience to identify with.
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