8 Classic “Dog” Songs For International Dog Day

Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

August 26th, 2019 10:21 AM

Happy International Dog Day! To celebrate this adorable and noble holiday, we thought we’d have a little fun and fetch some of our favorite “dog” songs you should listen to today.

(Get it? Dog…fetch? Fine! They can’t all be winners!)

Anyway, here are eight classic “Dog” songs in honor of International Dog Day.

• Elvis Presley – “Hound Dog”

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  Originally by Big Mama Thornton, the most popular cover is easily Presley’s, and it’s easily one of the best covers of all time.

• David Bowie – “Diamond Dogs”

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  A glam epic that swaggers and grooves.  As if we needed another reason to miss Bowie!

• Three Dog Night – “Joy To The World”

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  Okay, not a “dog” song, but it’s Three Dog Night, and “Joy To The World” is a classic.
• Nazareth – “Hair of the Dog”

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  Nazareth’s biggest hit might be “Love Hurts,” but this is actually the band’s best song.

• Led Zeppelin – “Black Dog”

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  Any “dog” song list without this Zeppelin classic is just incomplete.

• Marvin Gaye – “I’ll Be Doggone”

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  This would become Gaye’s first number-one single.  The fact that Smokey Robinson was one of the songwriters and produced the track might have something to do with that, too.
• The Pretenders – “Jealous Dogs”

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  A deep cut off the band’s Pretenders II album, but it’s a good one.

• Faces – “You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog for a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings)”

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  Sure, you may not have realized just how long the title of this Faces song was, but any excuse to add a Faces song to any playlist is a good excuse.

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Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

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David Bowie,Elvis Presley,Faces,International Dog Day,Led Zeppelin,Marvin Gaye,Nazareth,The Pretenders,Three Dog Night