They cut no fewer than three with the later Clarence White lineup, including a pair of weepier ones (“Fido” and “Bugler”). But it turns out that dog songs were more their style. 33: The Byrds: Old BlueĪround the time of “Eight Miles High,” the Byrds faced censorship for alleged drug songs. Originally an outtake from the golden era of “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You,” this song resurfaced in recent years thanks to its appearance in her Netflix show, Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings.
If you thought Dolly Parton couldn’t possibly get any more lovable, you need to hear this 1973 song – which reveals that her beloved Jack was an ailing stray that she nursed back to health. You expect it to have a teary ending but nope it ends with the two of them curling up beside the fire. 35: John Hiatt: My Dog and MeĬonsidering it opens with the priceless line “How many times can one dog pee,” this turns out to be one of the more touching dog songs with John Hiatt celebrating the man/dog bond as the special kind of friendship that it is. For good measure, they even cut an oft-bootlegged alternate version (known as “Mademoiselle Nobs”) with a different dog. Credit for this one goes to David Gilmour, who figured out that Steve Marriott’s dog could howl on cue, and improvised a jokey blues around it. This may be the single most derided song in the Pink Floyd catalog, but some people have no sense of humor. Paul McCartney also produced a wonderful version for Mary Hopkin. Like most of Nilsson’s catchiest songs, it gets a little melancholy between the lines. But he could also be utterly charming, as he was on this bittersweet toe-tapper about someone who desires both a canine friend and a human one. Harry Nilsson did many things well, including wicked rockers and intense love songs. No heavy message, just that we all need someone to feed our dogs if we go. But there’s a social conscience here that country music didn’t always get credit for, as its verses deal with the unhoused and with discrimination against queer people. On the surface, this 1991 hit was the kind of glossy ballad that defined commercial country in that era, string synthesizer and all. 38: Pirates of the Mississippi: Feed Jake As he once explained in concert the “King” name was an in-joke the real dog’s name was Elvis. And it was the perfect place for a dog song, especially one as infectious as this, with Neil Young strumming banjo and Nicolette Larson on harmonies. 39: Neil Young: Old Kingġ992’s Harvest Moon was an intentionally homespun and warm-hearted album, a friendlier sequel to the Harvest album from two decades earlier. A shaggy dog story if there ever was one. He then finds a female dog for Red to fall in love with and makes his escape while they’re having a rendezvous. Only a confirmed dog lover (with a sharp sense of humor) could come up with this: “Every puppy chews his balls Lord, every puppy loves to scratch/ When a puppy chews his balls Lord, you know you’ve met your match.” 40: Blake Shelton: Ol’ RedĬountry music is no stranger to dog songs, but this has one of the oddest storylines ever: the singer is doing time for killing his wife’s boyfriend, so he gets himself a job taking care of the guard’s enforcer dog. Procol Harum makes this list twice for two very different dog songs: “Salty Dog” is about a human kind of sea-dog, but the more recent “Every Dog Will Have His Day” is truly about canines, and it’s Procol at their raunchiest and funniest. 41: Procol Harum: Every Dog Will Have His Day It’s as close as she gets to a novelty song, but the humor is typically quirky: One guy on the subway reminds her of the dog, so she keeps feeding him cookies. In this case, the Canadian songwriter loves her dog so much that she sees him in everyone she meets. One of Jane Siberry’s favorite topics is the overwhelming nature of love, and that doesn’t change when she writes about this particular kind. 42: Jane Siberry: Everything Reminds Me of My Dog This is not a strategy that will get you very far with your partner, but the dog probably loved it. 43: Billy Currington: Like My DogĪnother battle-of-the-sexes country song, this one for the guys: country star Billy Currington lists all the dog-like things he wants his gal to do, including letting him call her sister a b_ch. It’s funny enough that the more enlightened guys were probably laughing along. 44: Carrie Underwood: The More Boys I MeetĬontinuing the same line of thought, this tune outlines the many reasons why Carrie Underwood finds the guys she meets to be inferior to her beloved pet, and less messy as well.
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