Walking My Cat Named Dog
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Dial-A-Song (2015) artwork
| song name | Walking My Cat Named Dog |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Dial-A-Song (2015), Why? |
| year | 2015 |
| run time | 2:12 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh; John Linnell backs |
Trivia/Info
- This is a cover of a 1966 song by Norma Tanega, which was also covered by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show.
- Video directed by Mixtape Club.[1]
- In a 2011 interview with Stereogum, John Flansburgh identified this song as a touchpoint for the music on the album Join Us:[2]
Norma Tanega had a hit with this song in the mid-sixties, and as a small child I really dug its crazy point of view. She wrote a number of ballads for Dusty Springfield after this, but this is the song I can never forget.
- In 2019, Flansburgh described the original Tanega album as "amazing":[3]
I knew the song from my childhood, and found the album in a very dim corner of a record store and couldn't believe what a fine nugget it turned out to be. You're Dead and A Street that Rhymes are so original. You hear them popping up on HBO shows and elsewhere now which is interesting.
- Flansburgh mentions having finished recording the song in a 2013 Spin article, two years before its inclusion on Why?[4]
Song Themes
Animals, Body Parts, Dreams, Happiness, Questions, Sadness, Self-Reference, Title Not In Lyrics, TMBG Remakes, Weather
Videos
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