This week’s top ten topic: Top Ten Dog Songs. I’ve tried to hit many genres here, but I’m sure I’ve missed some. The order in which I’ve ranked them probably has more to do with my personal tastes than with anything about musical skill, but many of these are classics. Do you have a favorite song about your best friend? Send us a comment below and let us know!
10. Dog Eat Dog by AC/DC
9. Gonna Buy Me a Dog by The Monkees
8. Hey Bulldog by the Beatles
7. Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men (sorry, I live close enough to Cleveland to have to include this Browns’ theme song on the list!)
6. Doggie Dog World by Snoop Dog (I’ve never heard of it, but my kids say it’s “da bomb!”)
5. How Much is that Doggie in the Window by Patti Page
4. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo by Lobo
3. Hound Dog by Elvis (as well as by many others)
2. Ol’ Red by Blake Shelton (This is a really cute song about how a convict trains the warden’s scent hound to go one direction, then escapes in the other direction.)
1. OK, so this one’s not really about a dog, but it’s a cool song, nonetheless: Puppy Love by the Osmonds.
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
You have made some good points there. I looked on the web for additional information about the
issue and found most people will go along with your views on this site.
The “Old Blue” traditional of Burl Ives is from his album “Return of the Wayfaring Stranger”.
The lyrics go:
I had an old dog and his name was Blue
And I’ll betcha 5 dollars he’s a good ‘un, too
Sayin’ come on Blue, hmmm.
Blue chased a possum up a cinammon tree
Blue looked at the possum, possum looked at me
Sayin’ come on Blue, hmmm.
I baked that possum good and brown
And I laid them sweet potatoes round and round
Sayin’ come on Blue, you can have some, too.
Old Blue died, and he died so hard
That he shook the ground in my back yard
So I dug his grave with a silver spade
And I let him down with a golden chain
Sayin’ go on Blue, I’m a comin’, too.
When I get to heaven, first thing I’ll do
I’ll grab my horn and I’ll call for Old Blue
Sayin’ come on Blue, I finally got here, too.
Sayin’ come Old Blue, I finally got here, too.
Is that the one that talks about “Master, I hear you callin’. My heart cries out to you. And still I hear you calliin’ Blue?” Love that song! We sang it in Girl Scouts, but I never knew it was from Burl Ives. Thanks for the info, Marlene!
Nothing moves me more than the beautiful song by Burl Ives “Old Blue”, about a devoted dog and an equally devoted owner.
hey i just wanna say that all of these dog songs (wel most of them) are really good songs and im a BIG dog fan and there is nothing else i would recomend for this list it is perfect
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How could you forget “Bitch is Back”, “Snoopy and the Red Baron”, and the dogs who bark along to “Jingle Bells”??????