Released October 26, 2009 | Length 3:49 | |
Recorded January–August 2009 in Pink Duck Studios, Los Angeles, California Genre Blues rock, alternative rock Label Sony BMG, DGC/Interscope, Columbia Writer(s) Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl | ||
"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). The single was released to radio on October 26, 2009. 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." 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.