Released 2011 Label Nonesuch Records | Length 3:12 | |
Recorded Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama Genre Garage rock, blues rock Writer(s) Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney | ||
"Howlin' for You" is a song by The Black Keys from the band's sixth album, Brothers.
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Appearances in other media
"Howlin' for You" is featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video games, NHL 11. and NHL Slapshot. The song is featured in the films and in TV commercials for The Dilemma, Limitless, The Guilt Trip (film), Moneyball, Dark Shadows, Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster, and Deadpool. It is used as the theme song to the Australian police drama television series, Cops L.A.C., and has been featured in American television series, CSI: Miami, Detroit 1-8-7, Entourage, Once Upon a Time, Prime Suspect, Chuck, Necessary Roughness, Suits, Lucifer, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and The Chicago Code. MLB's Toronto Blue Jays use it as their home run song (except for Jose Bautista), and the NHL's Arizona Coyotes use it as their goal song. The song was also featured in video game NBA 2K14.
The song was used in a feature on Sky Sports coverage of the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix.
Music video
An official video was released for the song. The music video—a parody of a sexploitation film trailer—was directed by Chris Marrs Piliero, starring Tricia Helfer, Diora Baird, Sean Patrick Flanery, Christian Serratos, Corbin Bernsen, Todd Bridges, and Shaun White, as well as Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of the band in the role of "Las Teclas de Negro" (Spanish for "The Black Keys").
A behind-the-scenes interview with Piliero, filmed during production of the video, has tongue-in-cheek commentary and brief clips of the cast members describing their characters.
The video was one of five nominees for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards Best Rock Video.