New Fang

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"New Fang"
File:Them Crooked Vultures New Fang single cover.jpg
Single by Them Crooked Vultures
from the album Them Crooked Vultures
Released October 26, 2009
Recorded January–August 2009 in Pink Duck Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Blues rock, alternative rock
Length 3:49
Label Sony BMG, DGC/Interscope, Columbia
Writer(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.[1] "New Fang" was released as the first single from the band's self-titled debut album (2009).[2] The single was released to radio on October 26, 2009.[3][4] It entered the top ten of the Alternative Songs chart, peaking at #10, and the top twenty on both the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (#13) and Rock Songs (#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."[5] The song also won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011.

Appearances in other media

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

Chart performance

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[6] 70
Canadian Hot 100[7] 39
Japan Hot 100[8] 81
UK Singles Chart[9] 156
UK Rock Chart[10] 10
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[7] 10
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs[7] 14

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ New Fang Songfacts
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  6. ↑ Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 9 November 2009 ariacharts.com. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 New Fang - Billboard Charts allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  8. ↑ New Fang - Japan Hot 100 billboard.com. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
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  10. ↑ UK Rock Chart
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