"New Thing" is a song by American

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band Enuff Z'Nuff that was released as a single in 1989. This song (peaking at #67), along with " Fly High Michelle" (peaking at #47), were the group's two entries on the US Hot 100.

Background

The song was written in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and the demo recorded in bassist Chip Z'Nuff's one-bedroom apartment that he was too broke to even afford. The band played the demo for this song and two others over the phone for their management company at 2 AM, and Chip realized they may have had something special when the management asked to hear the songs four times.

Music video

The song's video was placed into heavy rotation on

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, and was put on ''

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'' list of the "15 Essential Hair-Metal Videos".

Charts

References

{{Enuff Z'Nuff 1989 singles Atco Records singles 1989 songs Enuff Z'nuff songs