Connected by Love

{{short description|2018 single by Jack White}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Connected by Love

| cover = Jack White - Connected by Love single cover.jpg

| cover_size = 240px

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jack White

| album = Boarding House Reach

| B-side = "Respect Commander"{{cite web|url={{Discogs master|type=single|1297857|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jack White - Connected By Love {{!}} Releases {{!}} Discogs|work=Discogs|publisher=Zink Media|accessdate=December 15, 2020}}

| released = {{start date|2018|1|10}}{{cite web|url={{allmusic|album|mw0003142163|pure_url=yes}}|title=Connected by Love - Jack White {{!}} User Reviews {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=December 15, 2020}}

| recorded = {{start date|2017}}{{cite web|url={{allmusic|album|mw0003145244|pure_url=yes}}|title=Boarding House Reach - Jack White {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=December 15, 2020}}

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Blues rock|experimental rock}}

| length = {{duration|m=4|s=38}}

| label = {{hlist|Third Man|XL|Columbia}}

| writer = Jack White

| producer = Jack White{{cite web|url={{Discogs release|11402555|Connected by Love|type=single|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jack White - Connected By Love (2018, Vinyl) {{!}} Discogs|work=Discogs|publisher=Zink Media|accessdate=December 15, 2020}}

| prev_title = Battle Cry

| prev_year = 2017

| next_title = Corporation

| next_year = 2018

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|WyWqEFeKX2E|"Connected by Love"}}}}

}}

"Connected by Love" is a song written, produced and performed by American rock musician Jack White, issued as the lead single from his third studio album Boarding House Reach. The song peaked at #18 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jack-white/chart-history/mrt/|title=Jack White Chart History {{!}} Billboard|work=Billboard|publisher=Eldridge Industries|accessdate=December 15, 2020}} Its opening lyrics recall blues songs in their content, with NPR's Bob Boilen also relating it to Otis Redding's style:

Woman, don't you know what I'm suffering from?

Ease my pain, make it wash on with the rain

Relieve me and put it up on your shelf

Take it away, and give it to somebody else{{Cite news |last=Boilen |first=Bob |date=2018-01-10 |title=Jack White Shares New Music And Announces Third Solo Album |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/01/10/576952386/jack-white-shares-new-music-and-announces-third-solo-album |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=NPR |language=en}}

Entertainment Weekly's Madison Vain called it "a searing, organ-lined plea to a former flame" and "thrillingly weird".{{Cite web |title=Jack White returns with two thrillingly weird songs |url=https://ew.com/music/2018/01/10/jack-white-returns-two-songs/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=EW.com |language=en}}

On April 14, 2018, Jack White performed "Connected by Love" on Saturday Night Live.{{cite web|url=http://snlarchives.net/Episodes/?2018041411|title=SNL Archives {{!}} Episodes {{!}} 04.14.2018 #11|work=SNL Archives|last=Navaroli|first=Joel|accessdate=December 15, 2020}}