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Who Let the Dogs Out?
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For the album, see Who Let the Dogs Out (album). For the CBBC TV show, see Who Let the Dogs Out? (CBBC).
"Who Let the Dogs Out?"
Single by Baha Men
from the album Who Let the Dogs Out and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie: Music From the Motion Picture
Released
July 26, 2000
Format
CD single
Recorded
1999
Genre
Soca
junkanoo
calypso
Length
3:18
Label
S-Curve
Songwriter(s)
Anslem Douglas
Producer(s)
Steve Greenberg, Matthew Traynor
Baha Men singles chronology
"That's the Way I Do It"
(1997) "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
(2000) "You All Dat"
(2001)
"That's the Way I Do It"
(1997) "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
(2000) "You All Dat"
(2001)
"Who Let the Dogs Out?" is a song performed by the Bahamian group Baha Men, released as a single on July 26, 2000. Originally written by Anslem Douglas (titled "Doggie") for the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival season of 1998,[1] it was covered by producer Jonathan King under the name Fat Jakk and his Pack of Pets. He brought the song to the attention of his friend Steve Greenberg, who then had the Baha Men cover the song. The song became the band's first hit in the United Kingdom and the United States, and it gained popularity after appearing in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and its soundtrack album.
The song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, as well as topping the charts in Australia and New Zealand, and reached the Top 40 in the United States. It was Britain's fourth biggest-selling single of 2000, and went on to become one of the highest-selling singles of the decade not to reach number-one. The track went on to win the Grammy for Best Dance Recording on the 2001 Grammy Awards. It was the subject of a major lawsuit over copyright ownership that was settled.[1]
Contents
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1 Background
2 Critical reception
3 Music video
4 Use in sporting events
5 Charts and certifications
5.1 Weekly charts
5.2 Certifications
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Background[edit]
Band member Dyson Knight told Vice that the song "...was originally sung by a Trinidadian artist whose name is Anslem Douglas. The manager of the Baha Men at that time heard a version of the song in Europe. He called [Knight's bandmate] Isaiah [Taylor] and told him it was an absolute must that Baha Men record that song, because they had the vibe to make it a huge hit. Isaiah heard the song and said there was 'no way in hell we're recording that song'...Management had the vision, and the Baha Men were reluctant, but the group went in and recorded it anyway."[2]
Critical reception[edit]
In a poll conducted in 2007, by Rolling Stone to identify the 20 most annoying songs, this song was ranked third.[3] It was also ranked first on Spinner's 2008 list of "Top 20 Worst Songs Ever".[4] Rolling Stone also ranked it at No. 8 on a poll to identify the worst songs of the 1990s.[5]
The song was incredibly successful in Europe and Oceania, reaching the top spot in Australia and New Zealand, number 2 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the Top 5 in Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands, and the Top 10 in Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Belgium. It also reached number 8 in Brazil. Despite this, however, its success initially didn’t translate to the United States, where it only peaked at number 40. It received fame after being used in the soundtrack to Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and even more so after 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.
Music video[edit]
In the original music video, a parody of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (then hosted by Regis Philbin) called presumably "Who Wants to Be a Zillionaire" is depicted at the start, where a contestant is given the zillion dollar question "Who let the dogs out?". The dogs in the video then escape from a police station. In other parts of the video, the dogs chase people around the same area in which the band is performing. One of them includes a mailman.
A new version of the video debuted at the end of the VHS release of Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, where it was re-edited to feature clips of the film throughout. The Millionaire parody at the beginning is also replaced with the photo shoot scene from the movie as well.
Use in sporting events[edit]
The first use of the song at an American sporting event was at Mississippi State University.[6] The university's mascot is the Bulldog, and the university school first played the song during football games in the fall of 1998 using the version sung by Chuck Smooth. It was accompanied by the crowd singing along and the team performing a dance on the field called "The Dawg Pound Rock" just before a kickoff.[7][8] Later the Southeastern Conference ruled that they could not perform the dance on the field, so the team moved it to the sidelines. Several other teams followed suit, and the song quickly became a national phenomenon.[9]
In June 2000, Gregg Greene,[10] then Director of Promotions for the Seattle Mariners, was the first to play the Baha Men's version of "Who Let the Dogs Out" at a Major League Baseball game.[11] He debuted the tune as a joke for the team's backup catcher, Joe Oliver. Two days later, shortstop Alex Rodriguez requested the song be used as his walk-up music, and it quickly became the Mariners team anthem. The Baha Men performed at Safeco Field during a Mariners game in September 2000. The New York Mets, however, have claimed that they were the first MLB team to adopt the song, to which ESPN.com humorously commented "This is a little like scientists arguing over who discovered a deadly virus". The Baha Men recorded a version of the song that changed the chorus to "Who let the Mets out?" and all the lyrics to reflect the team and its players, which was played at Shea Stadium throughout the Mets' 2000 postseason run, including a live performance on the Shea Stadium field before Game 4 of the 2000 World Series against the New York Yankees. The song was written by David Brody of Z100 New York and recorded by the Baha Men initially for Z100. Brody then gave the song to the Mets to play at Shea. Brody has also written songs for the 2006, 2007, and 2015 Mets. Richard Hidalgo used the original song as his entrance music while playing for the Houston Astros.
The song is the theme song for Monster Mutt & Monster Mutt Rottweiler while freestyling in Monster Jam. It was also the first song played at Buffalo Blizzard games after kickoff for the 2001 NPSL season.[clarification needed][citation needed]
In the United Kingdom, the song was quickly appropriated by Liverpool supporters under then-manager Gérard Houllier. Regular chants of 'Hou led the reds out' by Liverpool fans (a reference to Liverpool's cup treble in 2001) were followed soon after by opposition fans' chants of 'Hou had a heart attack' (a reference to Houllier's illness in October 2001).[12]
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2000–01)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[13] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 26
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] 7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] 27
Brazilian Singles Chart (ABPD)[14] 8
Canada Dance (RPM)[15] 21
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[16] 14
Denmark (Tracklisten)[13] 6
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[13] 18
France (SNEP)[13] 60
Germany (Media Control Charts)[17] 6
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[19] 3
New Zealand (RIANZ)[13] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[20] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[21] 40
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[21] 6
US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[21] 35
US Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay (Billboard)[21] 20
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[21] 18
US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard)[21] 22
US Top 40 Tracks (Billboard)[21] 21
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[22]
Platinum 70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23]
Platinum 715,000[24]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Preceded by
"Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
26 November 2000 – 17 December 2000 Succeeded by
"Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus
See also[edit]
List of music considered the worst
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Staff writer (3 November 2000). "Dog fight over song". Caribbean News Agency. p. Pg. 3. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010. Port of Spain, Trinidad CANA – A major legal battle in a New York court over the rights to "Who Let The Dogs Out" was settled. The 1998 calypso which has been transformed into a major international hit by the Bahamian group Baha Men, according to local Press reports. Trinidadian soca artiste Anslem Douglas, who was originally credited as the composer of the calypso, found himself at the centre of a battle over rights to the song. Involved was St. Vincent-born musician Ossie Gurley in whose Toronto recording studio the original calypso was created, and two recording labels – Deston Records and Wingspan Records. Deston Records is the company which gave the song to the Baha Men to record on the S-Curve label, while Wingspan is the record label of rapper Chuck Smooth and Scott Brooks whose release was a Top 10 Billboard Rap Single.
Jump up ^ Hamilton, Brandt (12 January 2015). "The Baha Men Will Outlive Us All". Vice. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
Jump up ^ Rolling Stone. "Rolling Stone : The 20 Most Annoying Songs". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
Jump up ^ Top 20 Worst Songs Ever, Spinner, 1 August 2008. Retrieved on 2008-09-13
Jump up ^ Greene, Andy (31 August 2011). "8. Baha Men, 'Who Let the Dogs Out?' Photo - Readers Poll: The Worst Songs of the Nineties". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
Jump up ^ 1999 Egg Bowl on YouTube
Jump up ^ "MSU special teams unit covers the field, cuts a rug – University Wire | HighBeam Research – FREE trial". Highbeam.com. 17 September 1999. Retrieved 2010-10-07. [dead link]
Jump up ^ "Baha Men – Who Let The Dogs Out". Ejams.com. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
Jump up ^ "List: Bands". Musicfanfair.ca. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
Jump up ^ Damon Agnos (4 April 2012). "The Dogfather – Page 1 – Music – Seattle". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
Jump up ^ All Things Considered (3 October 2000). "Dog Chant". NPR. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
Jump up ^ "Cheesy Chants For Teams/Players". RedCafe.net. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "Austriancharts.at – Baha Men – Who Let the Dogs Out" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Brazil" (PDF). ABPD. October 6, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Who let the dogs out in Canadian Dance Top 40 Chart". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
Jump up ^ "Who let the dogs out in Canadian Top Singles Chart". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
Jump up ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
Jump up ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 3 June 2009 at WebCite (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
Jump up ^ "Single top 100 over 200" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Baha Men awards on AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
Jump up ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
Jump up ^ "British single certifications – Baha Men – Who Let the Dogs Out?". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Who Let the Dogs Out? in the search field and then press Enter.
Jump up ^ Miller, Adam (5 March 2015). "20 of the biggest selling singles of the 2000’s you’ve already forgotten". Internet Archive. EntertainmentWise. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Meet the Fockers
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Meet the Fockers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Jay Roach
Produced by
Jane Rosenthal
Robert De Niro
Jay Roach
Screenplay by
Jim Herzfeld
John Hamburg
Story by
Jim Herzfeld
Marc Hyman
Based on
Characters
by Greg Glienna
Mary Ruth Clarke
Starring
Robert De Niro
Ben Stiller
Dustin Hoffman
Barbra Streisand
Blythe Danner
Teri Polo
Music by
Randy Newman
Cinematography
John Schwartzman
Edited by
Jon Poll
Lee Haxall
Alan Baumgarten
Production
company
Tribeca Productions
Everyman Pictures
Distributed by
Universal Pictures (North America)
DreamWorks Pictures (International)
Release date
December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22)
Running time
115 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$80 million
Box office
$516 million[1]
Meet the Fockers, sometimes referred to as Meet The Parents 2, is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Jay Roach and the sequel to Meet the Parents. The film stars Robert De Niro (who was also one of the film's producers), Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo. It was followed by a sequel, Little Fockers, in 2010.
Contents
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2 Cast
3 Critical response
4 Box office
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
Set two years after the events of the first film, Gaylord "Greg" Focker (Stiller) and his fiancée Pam Byrnes (Polo) decide to introduce their parents to each other. They first fly to Oyster Bay, New York, on Long Island, to pick up Pam's father, retired CIA operative Jack Byrnes (De Niro), her mother Dina (Danner) and one-year-old nephew Little Jack (the son of Bob and Debbie Banks). But rather than going to the airport as planned, Jack decides to drive the family to Miami to meet the Fockers in his new RV.
Once they arrive, they are greeted by Greg's eccentric but fun-loving and amiable father, Bernie (Hoffman), and mother, Roz (Streisand), who is a sex therapist for elderly couples. Concerned that Jack might be put off by the Focker's lifestyle, Greg convinces Roz to pretend that she is a yoga instructor for the weekend. However, small cracks begin to form between Jack and the Fockers, due to their contrasting personalities. The meet gets off to a bad start when a chase between the Focker's active dog, Moses, and the Byrnes's cat, Jinx, culminates with Jinx flushing Moses down the RV's toilet, forcing Bernie to destroy it to save Moses. Later, Bernie accidentally injures Jack's back during a game of football.
Meanwhile, Pam informs Greg that she's pregnant, and the two decide to keep it secret from Jack. Jack again becomes suspicious of Greg's integrity and quality, when they are introduced to the Fockers' housekeeper, Isabel Villalobos (Alanna Ubach), with whom Bernie reveals Greg had a sexual affair fifteen years before. Jack later takes the RV to Isabel's 15-year-old son, Jorge (Ray Santiago), to fix the toilet, but is disturbed by Jorge's striking resemblance to Greg, and the fact that Jorge never met his father, and jumps to the conclusion that he might be Greg's son with Isabel. Meanwhile, Roz, Bernie and Dina realize Pam is pregnant, but promise not to tell Jack. Growing envious of Bernie and Roz's active sex life, Dina consults Roz on sex tips in order to seduce Jack, but none of them work.
Greg and Jack's relationship goes off with a bang when Greg is left alone to babysit Little Jack, whom Jack has been raising via the Ferber method. Despite Jack's instructions to leave Little Jack to self-soothe, Greg could not stand to listen to Little Jack's cries and tends to the boy to cheer him up by hugging him, letting him watch TV, acting funny, and inadvertently teaching Little Jack the word "asshole." Disaster strikes when Greg answers a brief phone call from Roz, which is long enough for Little Jack to wander out of his playpen (after being opened by Jinx), put on Scarface and glue his hands to a bottle of rum. After a furious argument with the Fockers and his own family (though amends are quickly made), Jack resumes his spying on Greg and sends Greg and Jorge's hair samples for a DNA test, while inviting Jorge to the Fockers' planned engagement party in the hope of getting Greg to admit he is Jorge's father. At the engagement party, Jack, who automatically assumes that Greg knew about Jorge and has deliberately been keeping him a secret from Pam, introduces Greg to Jorge. Later, when Greg denies knowing anything about Jorge, Jack does not believe him and drugs him with truth serum to make him talk. On stage, Greg uncontrollably blurts out that Pam is pregnant and that Jorge is, without a doubt, his son (in a comically Darth Vader-esque manner) before losing consciousness.
The next morning, Pam questions Greg about Jorge, and Greg does not confirm or deny that he is Jorge's father, but insists that he knew nothing about him before the previous evening. Pam believes him, and is willing to work things out with him. Jack reaches his breaking point with Greg's dishonesty and demands that Pam and Dina leave the island with him. Dina refuses and reveals Jack's actions to everyone. Everyone turns against Jack, with Pam announcing her intent to marry Greg regardless of him having Jorge with Isabel, and Dina admits that they were all aware of Pam's pregnancy. A shocked and hurt Jack leaves with his grandson.
Bernie and Greg pursue Jack, but are soon tasered and arrested by an incompetent deputy sheriff, Vern LeFlore (Tim Blake Nelson), for speeding. Jack returns to defend them after being informed Greg is not Jorge's father (his real father turns out to be a baseball player who also resembles Greg), but the overzealous LeFlore tasers and arrests him as well. In their cell, Greg, Jack, and Bernie are released by the local judge, Ira (Shelley Berman), who is a client of Roz and close friend of the Fockers. Before they leave, Greg requests that Jack and Bernie stop their feud. Jack admits that he made a mistake regarding Jorge and reveals his past career in the CIA to Bernie, before apologizing for his actions and making up with the two of them.
Greg and Pam are married that weekend by Pam's ex-fiancé, Kevin (Owen Wilson), who is now an ordained interfaith minister. During the party, Jack asks Roz for some sex tips and sneaks into the RV with Dina.
During the post-credit scene, Jack watches hidden baby-cam footage of the Fockers giving attention to Little Jack over Jack's previous objections: Roz gives Little Jack chocolate, Bernie advises him to use his crying to disagree with everything Jack says, and Greg pretends to drunkenly tell Little Jack to keep it a secret that he left to smoke pot, not answer the phone, when he left Little Jack unattended and that Pam is not really pregnant and only said it so that Jack would let them get married. Greg then pretends to only just discover the camera but then after making teasing gestures at it, Greg reveals that he knew about it all along and none of the things he said before were true.
Cast[edit]
Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes
Ben Stiller as Gaylord "Greg" Focker
Dustin Hoffman as Bernard "Bernie" Focker
Barbra Streisand as Rozalin "Roz" Focker
Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes-Focker
Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes
Spencer and Bradley Pickren as "Little" Jack Banks
Alanna Ubach as Isabel Villalobos
Ray Santiago as Jorge Villalobos
Tim Blake Nelson as Officer Vern LeFlore
Shelley Berman as Judge Ira
Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley
Critical response[edit]
The film received mixed or average reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 39% of 157 sampled critics gave the film positive reviews and that it got a rating average of 5.2 out of 10.[2] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 with reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 41 based on 34 reviews.[3]
Box office[edit]
The film was a commercial success and is currently the highest-grossing film starring Robert De Niro.[4] The film grossed $46,120,980 on its opening weekend in North America (5,000 screens at 3,518 theaters, averaging $13,110 per theater, or $9,224 per screen).[5] At the end of the film's 149 days of release, it grossed a total of $279,261,160 in North America, and $237,381,779 in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $516,642,939, with an estimated 44 million tickets sold in the US. The film's budget was $80 million.[6]
Awards and nominations[edit]
2005: Casting Society Of America, USA: Nominated for Best Feature Film Casting: Comedy.
2005: Teen Choice Awards: Nominated for Choice Movie: Blush, Choice Movie Actor: Comedy, Choice Movie Actor: Comedy, Choice Movie: Liar.
2005: MTV Movie Awards Won: Best Comedic Performance.
2005: ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards: Won Top Box Office Films.
2005: MTV Movie Awards in Mexico: Nominated for Best International Movie.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Meet the Fockers (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Meet The Fockers (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Meet the Fockers reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Robert De Niro Movies Box Office Results". www.boxofficemojo.com. IMDb. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
Jump up ^ "Meet the Fockers (2004) - Weekend Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo.
Jump up ^ "Meet the Fockers (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
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