New Fang

"New Fang"
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	Alternative rock, hard rock
Length	3:49
Label	Sony BMG, DGC/Interscope, Columbia
Writer(s)	Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl
Producer	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 and Wii on November 17, 2009, and for PlayStation 3 on November 19, 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	70[6]
Canadian Hot 100	39
Canadian Rock Chart	1
UK Singles Chart[7]	156
UK Rock Chart[8]	10
U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs	10
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs	14
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	13
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	24

References

1. ^ New Fang Songfacts
2. ^ "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. http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=1555865. Retrieved 2009-10-25. 
3. ^ "Format Rooms: Active & Mainstream Rock". FMQB. http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=1555865. Retrieved 2009-10-25. 
4. ^ "Format Rooms: Modern Rock". FMQB. http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=1555865. Retrieved 2009-10-25. 
5. ^ Chinen, Nate (2009-10-16). "Quite the Lineup: A Band Without an Album but With a History (or Three)". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/arts/music/17vultures.html. Retrieved 2009-10-25. 
6. ^ Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 9 November 2009
7. ^ "Official Singles Chart for the week ending 28 November 2009". ChartsPlus (Liverpool: UKChartsPlus) (431): 1–4. 
8. ^ UK Rock Chart