"New" is a song by American

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band

No Doubt No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1986. For most of their career, the band has consisted of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. Since the mid-1990s, the ...

, written by band members Gwen Stefani and

Tom Dumont Thomas Martin Dumont (born January 11, 1968) is an American guitarist and producer. Dumont is a member of third wave ska band No Doubt, and during the band's hiatus, he began Invincible Overlord as a side project and produced Matt Costa's ''So ...

for the '' Go'' soundtrack (1999). It was later included on No Doubt's fourth studio album ''

Return of Saturn ''Return of Saturn'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band No Doubt, released on April 11, 2000, by Trauma Records and Interscope Records. It marked the band's first album as a quartet, following the departure of original keyboardist ...

'' (2000). It's the first single as a quartet, after the departure of original keyboardist

Eric Stefani Eric Matthew Stefani (born June 17, 1967) is an American musician, composer, writer and animator best known as the founder and former member of the ska punk band No Doubt. He is the older brother of former bandmate Gwen Stefani and is also a forme ...

in 1994. The song is available as a downloadable track for the

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series '' Rock Band'' and ''

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''. The song was a complete departure from the band's previous singles, switching from a

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-influenced sound to more new wave-influenced sound.

Background

The song was produced by ex-

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member

Jerry Harrison Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the cult band the Modern Lovers before becoming keyboardist and guitarist ...

in a one-time recording session in January 1999.

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and effects are used to distort the sound of

Adrian Young Adrian Samuel Young (born August 26, 1969) is an American drummer and member of the rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar. Biography When not performing, in the studio or touring, Young likes to spend his time out on the golf course, as he is an a ...

's drums. As for the guitar, Dumont's performance has been stated as greatly influenced by Devo, further contributing to the track's new wave feel. The song was the first song to be recorded by No Doubt as a four-piece after original keyboardist

's departure in 1994 before promotion for ''

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'' began. Originally the song was intended to be a non-album single, but because of the success of the single in the Modern Rock Tracks, it was later included in their fourth album ''Return of Saturn''.

Chart performance

The song peaked at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single reached number thirty on the

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, becoming the band's fourth top-40 British single.

Music video

In the song's

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, which was directed by

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, each band member plays a character going to a rave with

Tony Kanal Tony Ashwin Kanal (born 27 August 1970) is a British-American musician, record producer, songwriter, and animal rights activist. Kanal is the bassist and co-writer for the American rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar. His musical work outside of t ...

wearing a

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. The video also debuted Stefani's new

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-influenced look, although in this video she still retains her platinum blonde hair but with violet highlights. She would dye her hair pink the following year to promote ''

''. The video won the award for the Most Stylish Video at the 1999 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards.

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worked with Stefani on her make-up.

Track listings

American 12-inch vinyl single # "New" (New Doubt Club Mix) – 6:18 # "New" (New & Approved Remix (Extended Edit)) – 6:20 German single # "New" (Single Version) - 4:15 # New & Approved Remix - 5:40 German maxi single # "New" (Single Version) - 4:15 # New & Approved Remix - 5:40 # New & Approved Remix (Extended Edit) – 6:20 # New Doubt Club Mix - 6:18 Australian CD maxi single

"New" (Single Version) - 4:15

# "New" (New & Approved Remix) – 5:40 # "New" (New & Approved Remix (Extended Version)) – 6:20 # "New" (New Doubt Club Mix) – 6:18 :*Note: The disc lists only the album version, the sleeve lists only remixes as tracks 1-3. British CD single # "New" (Single Version) - 4:15 # New & Approved Remix (Extended Edit) – 6:20 # New & Approved Remix - 5:40 :*Note: The disc incorrectly lists track 2 as (New Doubt Club Mix)

Charts

References

{{authority control 1999 songs 1999 singles Interscope Records singles Music videos directed by Jake Scott (director) No Doubt songs Song recordings produced by Jerry Harrison Songs written by Gwen Stefani Songs written by Tom Dumont