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Who Let the Dogs Out

Music · 2000 · Niche

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A Baha Men cover reached No. 40 in America and became a stadium anthem.

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Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out (Official Video)
Baha Men on YouTube
Baha Men Grammy Awards and Nominations, Song & Bio
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Baha Men performing on 17 June 2010; photograph by Rusty Boxcars, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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ReachNo data yetContagion35Breadth50Velocity16LongevityNo data yet35

Numbers

Peak proxy date
Week of Oct 25, 2000
Jun 2000 to Week of Oct 25, 2000
Platforms
7
Started on Audio
Origin
Mixed
Entertainment

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S-Curve promoted the cover to children and stadium programmers. Fans adopted it as a team anthem before the Rugrats soundtrack arrived. The single reached the US Top 40, while its parent album sold roughly 853,000 US copies by November.

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Top 40 radio spins, Mediabase monitored panel2000-07-07: 2112000-07-14: 4232000-07-28: 9352000-08-04: 1,1832000-08-11: 1,5592000-08-25: 2,3292000-09-01: 2,5702000-09-08: 2,6972000-09-15: 2,9682000-09-29: 3,0452000-11-03: 2,499Oct ’99Jul ’00OctDecFeb ’03Jun ’06Oct ’09Jul ’12Jul ’14Jun ’16May ’18Peak proxyAudioRetailTVPressOpen webYouTubeBox office
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Top 40 radio spins, Mediabase monitored panel: 11 dated figures from Gavin / Mediabase, archived by World Radio History, each checked against the source. Measured at the time, not estimated.

Timeline (16)

  1. June 2000

    Seattle Mariners / Gregg Greene seed · Jun 2000

    The Mariners played Baha Men's recording for Joe Oliver, the earliest public playback located.[1][2]

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  2. July 2000

    S-Curve Records platform jump · Jul 21 ’00

    S-Curve advertised the single as playing on over 100 radio stations.[3]

  3. S-Curve / Artemis Records commercial · Jul 25 ’00

    Baha Men released the album carrying the song in the United States.[4][5]

  1. platform jump · Aug 2000

  2. press · Sep 9 ’00

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