| "Who Let The Dogs Out" | ||||
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| Single by Baha Men | ||||
| from the album Move It Like This | ||||
| Released | July 25, 2000 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Soca, Junkanoo | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Edel Records Artemis Records S-Curve Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Anslem Douglas, Patrick Stephenson and Leroy Williams | |||
| Producer | Barrett Schroeder | |||
| Certification | Platinum (BPI) | |||
| Baha Men singles chronology | ||||
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"Who Let the Dogs Out?" is a song written and originally recorded by Anslem Douglas for Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival season of 1998.[1] It was heard and taped on a float by hairdresser Keith from the London salon Smile, who played it to Jonathan King, who recorded it and released it[2] under the name Fatt Jakk and his Pack of Pets.[3][4] It then came to the attention of King's friend Steve Greenberg, who produced it with a group he was promoting called The Baha Men. The Baha Men covered the song and placed it in the movie Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and on its soundtrack album and then released it as a single in 2000, when it became the band's first hit in the US and the UK. It reached #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and #2 on theUK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom. It was the 4th biggest-selling single of 2000 in the UK, and went on to become the highest-selling single of the 2000s not to reach #1.[5] It was also a big hit in Australia, where it reached #1. The track went on to win the Grammy for Best Dance Recording on the2001 Grammy Awards.
In a poll conducted in 2007 by Rolling Stone to identify the 20 most annoying songs, this song was ranked third.[6] It was also ranked first on Spinner's 2008 list of "Top 20 Worst Songs Ever".[7] However, this article was largely criticized by the commentators. Most recently, in 2010, Matthew Wilkening ofAOL Radio ranked the song at #2 on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever, exclaiming, "We try to forgive, but admit to daydreaming about supergluing aniPod with this [song] on it to Michael Vick's head."[8]
The Anslem Douglas version was played throughout the English-speaking Caribbean and in cities with large Caribbean populations in 1998. After the Baha Men re-released the song, it became a ubiquitous sports anthem at stadiums and arenas throughout the world based largely on the efforts of a sports marketing company hired by the song's producer, Steve Greenberg. Pro Sports Music Marketing founder Frederic Traube created the concept of introducing and marketing the song to sports stadiums.Moon Music
{woof, woof, woof, woof}
{woof, woof, woof, woof}
{woof, woof, woof, woof}
{woof, woof, woof, woof}
[Chorus:]
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
{woof, woof, woof, woof}
[Verse:]
When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' {Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo}
And everybody havin' a ball {Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo}
I tell the fellas ":start the name callin':" {Yippie Yi Yo}
And the girls report to the call
The poor dog show down
[Chorus:]
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
[Rap 1:]
I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast
She really want to skip town
Get back scruffy, back scruffy,
Get back u flea infested mungrel
[Instrumental Chorus:]
{woof, woof, woof, woof}
{woof, woof, woof, woof}
{woof, woof, woof, woof}
{woof, woof, woof, woof}
[Verse:]
I'm gonna tell {Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo}
To any girls calling them canine {Yippie, Yi, Yo}
Tell the dummy "Hey Man, It's part of the Party!" {Yippie Yi, Yo}
You fetch a women in front and her mans behind {Yippie, Yi, Yo}
Her bone runs out now
[Chorus:]
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
[Chant:]
Say, A doggy is nuttin' if he don't have a bone
All dogy hold ya' bone, all doggy hold it
A doggy is nuttin' if he don't have a bone
All dogy hold ya' bone, all doggy hold it
[Rap # 2:]
Wait for y'all my dogs, the party is on
I gotta get my girl I got my myind on
Do you see the rays comin' from my eye
What could you be friend
that Benji man that's breakin' them down?
Me and My white short shorts
And I can't seek a lot, any canine will do
I'm figurin' that's why they call me faithful
'Cause I'm the man of the land
When they see me they do:ah-ooooo(howl)
[Chorus (5 X's ):]
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Who let the dogs out {woof, woof, woof, woof}
Baha Men Who Let The Dogs Out
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