The Hardest Button to Button was directed by Michel Gondry, who Lego-ized them in Fell in Love with a Girl, complete with cameo by Beck. The video was filmed in New York at Harlem and Riverside Park (near Grant’s Tomb) and they also used a PATH train.

How long did it take to film The Hardest Button to Button?The laborious process made for three 16-hour days of shooting, all of which had to be completed during daylight hours, per Gondry’s specifications.

The Hardest Button to Button» is a song by the American alternative rock band the White Stripes, released as the third single from their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003). Jack White said that the song is about a child trying to find his place in a dysfunctional family when a new baby comes. The cover of the single is an allusion to the graphics of Saul Bass, seen in the movie posters and title sequences of films such as Anatomy of a Murder and The Man with the Golden Arm. The cover also alludes to Jack White’s then-broken index finger and his obsession with the number three. When released as a single, the song reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart and number eight on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.