Song · The Eels
“Fresh Blood” by The Eels
From the album Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire (2009)
“Fresh Blood” by The Eels appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the album Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire. Its best result is #34 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #211 indie & aaa song of 2009, #4,151 indie & aaa song of all time and #356 of the '00s.
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"Fresh Blood" was the lead single from Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs of Desire, the 2009 Eels album, and it's a werewolf's hunger song, a creature on the prowl for exactly what the title promises. E, who produced it, calls it a sequel to "I Want to Protect You", and he kept the story going later with "Bone Dry" on 2018's The Deconstruction. He wrote it with Koool G Murder, who also recorded and mixed it.
The band premiered it on Spinner.com that spring, and Jesse Dylan directed the video. The song has had a long second life on screen, opening the first season of HBO's The Jinx, rolling under the end credits of a True Blood episode named after it, and serving as the theme for Amazon's Sneaky Pete.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 34 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 309 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2025 | 571 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 651 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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