1 6 . ▁ ▁Production ▁and ▁release ▁" L ove ▁Inter ruption " ▁was ▁recorded ▁at ▁Third ▁Man ▁Studio ▁in ▁Nash ville , ▁Tennessee ▁on ▁December ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Multiple ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁were ▁created ▁during ▁its ▁production : ▁one ▁with ▁a ▁full ▁backing ▁band ▁and ▁another ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁feature ▁drums . ▁The ▁latter ▁was ▁ultimately ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁track . ▁This ▁recording ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁take , ▁while ▁the ▁clar inet ▁and ▁bass ▁clar inet ▁were ▁added ▁after ▁the ▁live ▁session . ▁ ▁" L ove ▁Inter ruption " ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁single ▁White ▁released ▁after ▁rock ▁du o ▁the ▁White ▁St ri pes , ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member , ▁broke ▁up ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁On ▁January ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁White ▁announced ▁his ▁debut ▁album ▁Bl under b uss ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁its ▁lead ▁single , ▁" L ove ▁Inter ruption "; ▁a ▁free ▁stream ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁offered ▁on ▁his ▁website . ▁The ▁track ▁was ▁released ▁for ▁digital ▁download ▁outside ▁of ▁Europe ▁on ▁January ▁ 3 1 ▁at ▁ 1 2 : 0 0 a . m . ▁( E ST ). ▁On ▁February ▁ 7 , ▁it ▁was ▁released ▁as ▁a ▁ 7 - inch ▁vin yl ▁single ▁with ▁the ▁B - side ▁" Machine ▁Gun ▁Sil h out te ". ▁" L ove ▁Inter ruption " ▁and ▁its ▁B