I Wanna Be Your Dog

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"I Wanna Be Your Dog"
I Wanna Be Your Dog.jpg
Cover of the 1969 Italian single
Single by the Stooges
from the album The Stooges
B-side"1969"
ReleasedJuly 1969 (1969-07)
RecordedApril 1–10, 1969
StudioThe Hit Factory, New York City
Genre
Length3:09
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Cale
The Stooges singles chronology
"I Wanna Be Your Dog"
(1969) 		"1969"
(1969)

"I Wanna Be Your Dog" is the debut single by the American rock band the Stooges. The song is included on their 1969 self-titled debut album. Its memorable riff, composed of only three chords (G, F♯ and E), is played continuously throughout the song (excepting two brief 4-bar bridges). The 3-minute-and-9-second-long song, with its raucous, distortion-heavy guitar intro, pounding, single-note piano riff played by producer John Cale of the Velvet Underground, and steady, driving beat, established the Stooges at the cutting edge of the heavy metal and punk sound.[4]

In 2004, the song was ranked number 438 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[5] Pitchfork Media placed it at number 16 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".[6]

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  1. ^ Stiernberg, Bonnie. "The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ Martin Charles Strong; Brendon Griffin (2008). Lights, camera, sound tracks. Canongate. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-84767-003-8. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. ^ Britannica Educational Publishing (1 December 2012). Disco, Punk, New Wave, Heavy Metal, and More: Music in the 1970s and 1980s. Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-61530-912-2. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  4. ^ Trynka, Paul (2007). Iggy Pop: open up and bleed. New York: Broadway Books. pp. 95. ISBN 978-0-7679-2319-4.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-12-17. Retrieved 2017-08-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6405-the-200-greatest-songs-of-the-1960s/1/
  7. ^ Oliver Crook, "Matt Mays' 'Dog City' Turns a Corny Concept into a Heartwarming Experiment". Exclaim!, May 22, 2020.
  8. ^ Jirak, Jamie (May 28, 2021). "Cruella's John McCrea Recorded a Song for the Film". Comicbook.com. Retrieved June 4, 2021.

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