How You Like Me Now? (The Heavy song)

This article is about the song and EP by The Heavy. For the Alexis Jordan song, see Alexis Jordan (album). For the Toby Keith song, see How Do You Like Me Now?! (song).
"How You Like Me Now?"
Single by The Heavy
from the album The House That Dirt Built
B-side Remixes (12" and CD)
Released 2009
Format
Genre
Length
  • 3:37 (album version)
  • 3:11 (radio edit)
Label Counter
Writer(s) The Heavy
Producer(s) Jim Abbiss
The Heavy singles chronology
"Sixteen"
(2009)		 "How You Like Me Now?"
(2009)		 "No Time"
(2009)
How You Like Me Now?
EP by The Heavy
Released 2010
Genre
  • Indie rock
  • funk rock
  • neo soul
Length 15:34
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Jim Abbiss
The Heavy chronology
The House That Dirt Built
(2009)		 How You Like Me Now?
(2010)		 The Glorious Dead
(2012)

"How You Like Me Now?" is a song by English rock band The Heavy. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album The House That Dirt Built in 2009.[1] The song samples "Let a Woman Be a Woman" by Dyke and the Blazers.[2] The song has been used in media several times and peaked at number 122 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Usage in media

The song became the band's most famous song to date. It was used by Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich in 2012, although the band sought to stop him from using it.[3]

The song has since featured in several trailers and movies. It was used in the trailers for the 2012 movie Ted and The Transporter Refueled, during the closing credits for Horrible Bosses and in its sequel Horrible Bosses 2, in The Fighter[4] when Mickey Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale) walk on a road in the intro of the film, in This Means War when Tuck (Tom Hardy) and Lauren (Reese Witherspoon) play paintball, and in G.I. Joe: Retaliation.[5] It has also been used in the 2011 action adventure racing game Driver: San Francisco, in the closing credits for the 2012 role-playing first-person shooter Borderlands 2[6] and 2013 platform game Knack on the PlayStation 4, and in a TV spot for the 2013 animated movie Turbo.[7] It was also featured in the ski film Attack of La Niña. In 2014 the song was featured on the in-game soundtrack of the racing game Forza Horizon 2 for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on the fictional radio station Ninja Tune Radio and the official trailer of the hit comedy series, Girl Meets World on Disney Channel in Southeast Asia. It also appeared in the multi-platform racing game The Crew on the fictional radio station 11 FM.

A remix of the song was features in the video game LittleBigPlanet 3 while the original version appeared near the end of the level "High Stakes Heist".

The song was also used as the theme song for Intentional Talk on MLB Network from the show's April 4, 2011 debut to April 1, 2016. A variant of this song called "How Do You Like Me Now (Beats Mix)" was performed by The Heavy and was prominently featured in the 2010 installment of Sony's venerable baseball video game franchise MLB The Show.[8]

Beginning in the 2015-16 NHL season, the Vancouver Canucks play "How You Like Me Now" during home games at Rogers Arena whenever Radim Vrbata scores a goal, as part of their usage of personalized goal songs for each player. "How You Like Me Now" was selected for Vrbata's goal song in a fan vote.[9]

Track listing

10" EP

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "How You Like Me Now?" (featuring The Dap-Kings Horns) 3:38
2. "That Kind of Man"   3:32
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Big Bad Wolf"   2:36
2. "Strong Enough"   2:48
3. "Coleen" (featuring The Dap-Kings Horns) 3:00

12" Remixes

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "How You Like Me Now?" (Joker Remix)  
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "How You Like Me Now?" (Solo Remix)  
2. "How You Like Me Now?" (Solo Dub)  

Charts

Chart (2009–10) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[12] 20
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 67
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[14] 22
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[15] 17
US Rock Digital Songs (Billboard)[16] 19

References

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