"New Fang"
Single by Them Crooked Vultures
from the album Them Crooked Vultures
ReleasedOctober 26, 2009
RecordedJanuary–August 2009 in Pink Duck Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreBlues rock, hard rock, stoner rock, alternative rock
Length3:49
LabelSony BMG, DGC/Interscope, Columbia
Songwriter(s)Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl
Producer(s)Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures singles chronology
"New Fang"
(2009)		 "Mind Eraser, No Chaser"
(2009)

"New Fang" is the debut single by Los Angeles–based rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures. It was the first track the band worked on. "New Fang" was released as the first single from the band's self-titled debut album (2009).[1] The single was released to radio on October 26, 2009.[2][3] It entered the top ten of the Alternative Songs chart, peaking at number 10, and the top twenty on both the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (number 13) and Rock Songs (number 14) charts. The song, as performed by the band during a New York concert on October 15, 2009, was described by New York Times writer Nate Chinen as one of the band's "more buoyant tunes, hint[ing] at Southern boogie rock."[4]

The song also won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011. It was the last song to win the award before its discontinuation.

Appearances in other media

The song was made available as downloadable content for Rock Band for the Xbox 360 on November 17, 2009, for Nintendo Wii on November 24, 2009, and for PlayStation 3 on December 3, 2009.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "New Fang"
Chart (2009–2010) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 70
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] 39
Canada Rock (Billboard)[7] 1
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)[8] 156
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[9] 10
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[10] 14

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "New Fang"
Chart (2010) Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[11] 44

References

  1. ↑ "Quick Hits: Album Sales, Weezer, Them Crooked Vultures, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, R. Kelly, Atreyu, Faith No More, Justin Timberlake, Matisyahu, Julian Casablancas". FMQB. 2009-10-21. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Format Rooms: Active & Mainstream Rock". FMQB. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Format Rooms: Modern Rock". FMQB. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  4. ↑ Chinen, Nate (2009-10-16). "Quite the Lineup: A Band Without an Album but With a History (or Three)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 277.
  6. ↑ "Them Crooked Vultures Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Them Crooked Vultures Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Chart for the week ending 28 November 2009". ChartsPlus (431): 1–4.
  9. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Them Crooked Vultures Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
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