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Howlin' for You

Field	Value
name	Howlin' for You
type	single
artist	The Black Keys
album	Brothers
released	January 25, 2011
recorded	Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
genre
length	3:12
label	Nonesuch
writer	Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney
producer	The Black Keys, Mark Neill
prev_title	Next Girl
prev_year	2010
next_title	Lonely Boy
next_year	2011
misc

"Howlin' for You" is a song by The Black Keys from the band's sixth album, Brothers. The song was influenced by Gary Glitter's 1972 song "Rock and Roll".

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" (translated from Spanish as "The Keys of Black").

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 Award for Best Rock Video.

Critical reception

"Howlin' for You" is widely regarded as one of the band's best songs. In 2012, Complex ranked the song number ten on their list of the 15 greatest Black Keys songs, and in 2021, American Songwriter ranked the song number four on their list of the 10 greatest Black Keys songs.

Appearances in other media

"Howlin' for You" is featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video games, NHL 11, NHL Slapshot and Need for Speed Payback, as well as NBA 2K14. The song has been featured in TV commercials and films for The Dilemma, Limitless, The Guilt Trip, Moneyball, Dark Shadows, Citizen Gangster, Deadpool, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and The Bad Guys. 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 used it as their home run song (except for José Bautista), and the NHL's Arizona Coyotes used it as their goal song.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)	Peak
position

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)	11

Certifications

References

(2011-01-31). "The Black Keys: The Fresh Air Interview".
(February 10, 2011). "Howlin' for You (Official Music Video)". Warner Bros. Records.
(February 10, 2011). "Howlin' for You: IMDB page".
(March 31, 2011). "Howlin' for You Behind-the-Scenes".
"2011 MTV Video Music Awards: Best Rock Video Nominees".
Diep, Eric. (November 20, 2012). "The 15 Best Black Keys Songs". [[Complex Networks.
Uitti, Jacob. (August 21, 2021). "The Black Keys' Top 10 Songs Songs". [[American Songwriter]].
Sperounes, Sandra. (2012-05-08). "Black Keys are everywhere — including Edmonton". [[Postmedia Network]].
"Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2011". Billboard.

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