Howlin' for You


"Howlin' for You" is a song by The Black Keys from the band's sixth album, Brothers.

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. The song is featured in the films and in TV commercials for The Dilemma, Limitless, The Guilt Trip, Moneyball, Dark Shadows, 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, , 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, and the NHL's Arizona Coyotes use it as their goal song. The song was also featured in NBA 2K14 and The Crew 2.
The song was used in a feature on Sky Sports coverage of the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix. Samsung also used this in the Galaxy Note 8 promo and launch event livestream and is also being used in the ad for the Galaxy Note 8.
The song has also been used in the Honda CRV and Wells Fargo "Earning Your Trust" commercials.
The song's beat is based on 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".
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.

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