New Fang Explained

New Fang
Cover:Them Crooked Vultures New Fang single cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Them Crooked Vultures
Album:Them Crooked Vultures
Released:October 26, 2009
Recorded:January - August 2009 in Pink Duck Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre:Blues rock, hard rock, stoner rock, alternative rock
Length:3:49
Label:Sony BMG, DGC/Interscope, Columbia
Producer:Them Crooked Vultures
Next Title:Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Next Year: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

Chart (2009–2010)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 70
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)[6] 156

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)! scope="col"
Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[7] 44

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. 2009-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20091024044828/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=1555865. 2009-10-24. dead.
  2. Web site: Format Rooms: Active & Mainstream Rock. FMQB. 2009-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20091024044828/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=1555865. 2009-10-24. dead.
  3. Web site: Format Rooms: Modern Rock. FMQB. 2009-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20091024044828/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=1555865. 2009-10-24. dead.
  4. News: Chinen. Nate. Quite the Lineup: A Band Without an Album but With a History (or Three) . The New York Times. 2009-10-16. 2009-10-25.
  5. 277.
  6. Official Singles Chart for the week ending 28 November 2009. ChartsPlus. 431. 1–4.
  7. Web site: Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2010. Billboard. May 10, 2020.