"I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a song by American rock band the Stooges, released as the group's debut single from the band's 1969 self-titled debut album. The riff is 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 distortion-heavy guitar intro, single-note piano riff played by producer John Caleofthe Velvet Underground, and steady, driving beat, gave the cutting edge of the early heavy metal and punk sound.[4]
| "I Wanna Be Your Dog" | ||||
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Cover of the 1969 Italian single
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| Singlebythe Stooges | ||||
| from the album The Stooges | ||||
| B-side | "1969" | |||
| Released | July 1969 (1969-07) | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Studio | The Hit Factory, New York City | |||
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| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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| Producer(s) | John Cale | |||
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| "I Wanna Be Your Dog"onYouTube | ||||
In 2004, the song was ranked number 438 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time",[5] but it was dropped to number 445 on its 2010 revision, then was re-ranked at number 314 on its 2021 list.[6] Pitchfork Media placed it at number 16 on its list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s".[7]