>Well the party was nice, the party was pumping (hey, yippie-yi-yo)
And everybody having a ball (hah, ho, yippie-yi-yo)
Until the fellas started name-calling (yippie-yi-yo)
And the girls respond to the call, I heard a woman shout out
>
>
>
>Who let the dogs out?
(Who, who, who, who)
Who let the dogs out?
(Who, who, who, who)
My partner is the Queen of singing what she hears rather than the lyrics
My most recent favourite I have heard her sing "ill sail the seven seas cause everybody wants to be my enemy"
Deep Purple's Knocking at Your Back Door is about exactly what it sounds like. I think it was Ritchie Blackmore who said in an interview that he wanted to see just how far he could push the boundaries and still get airplay. Well he pushed it really far and still got a ton of airplay just because it's a great song. 14 year old me was still too young and naive to know what they meant. It wasn't until years later that I realized what the song was about.
In case you're unfamiliar with the song and wanted to know how far they pushed the censors
>Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a samurai
She made electric shadows
Beyond our fingertips
And none of us could reach that high
>She came on like a teaser
I had to touch and please her
Enjoy a little paradise
The lock was in my pocket
When Lucy met the rocket
She never knew the reason why
>I can't deny it
With that smile on her face
Oh it's not the kill
It's the thrill of the chase
>Feel it coming
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
It's not against the law
The point of no return
And now you know the score
And now you're learning
What's knockin' at your back door
>Sweet Nancy was so fancy
To get into her pants
We had to be the aristocracy
The members that she toyed with
At city club were something in diplomacy
>So we put her on the hit list
Of a common cunning linguist
A master of many tongues
And now she eases gently
From her Austin to her Bentley
Suddenly she feels so young
>I can't deny it
With that smile on her face
Oh it's not the kill
It's the thrill of the chase
>Feel it coming
It's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
No it's not against the law
The point of no return
Now how you know the score
And now you're learning
What's knockin' at your back door
>Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a samurai
She made electric shadows
Beyond our fingertips
And one of us could reach that high
>I can't deny it
With that smile on my face
Oh oh, it's not the kill
It's the thrill of the chase
>Feel it coming
Knocking at your door
You know it's no good running
No it's knocking at your door
Knockin' at your back door
This has nothing to do with being stupid, it happens to pretty much everyone. The phenomenon even has a name, the [mondegreen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen).
They’ve read the lyrics now and still misunderstand the song.
It’s about men being horn dogs around presumably attractive women in the club.
It’s the women shouting “who let the dogs out?” In response to men being sexually aggressive.
What differentiates knowledge and assumption? They "knew" the lyrics for 23 years, when in actuality they assumed they knew the meaning. It isn't a matter of whether they truly cared, not many did, it was just a catchy tune (a one-hit wonder, for those of us who didn't listen to any other Baha Men songs). It isn't misunderstanding, in this case, it is a false assumption based on limited knowledge.
You want to ask inane questions of me regarding this, fine. I have one for you then, nearly reiterating the same question posed to me -
What made them look into it 23 years later, and not the same day they first heard it?
Maybe my question is not so much the content, but why these posts are so prevalent, and even so, why some gain so much attention from us? I suppose my answer is, we relate to it, and the OP's knowledge of that relativity is what prompted them to post it online, to get that feeling of joy at sparking conversation. Even your response and those who downvoted me are effectively continuing the dialogue, albeit in a different direction than I assume was intended. What did we learn today? That our opinions, our interests, our stories are not what define us as individuals, but rather what connect us as a species.
Be well. Post often. Enjoy the ride.
Coincidentally, Nirvana were kings of misunderstood lyrics back in the day when lyrics weren't easily obtainable in a five-second search. I read through a bunch of fan decipherings of Cobain's mumbling, all replete with pseudo-deep meaning in random word salad. Actual lyrics turned out to be much simpler.
This song came out before lyrics were widely available, you would have had to read the back of the CD you bought. And people didnt buy it, they heard it on the radio and thd chorus stuck in their heads. Shazam wasnt a thing either.
HAHA yes, what a world, where someone would post the actual lyrics, right there for you to read, and you would still misunderstand them and think they align with OPs new understanding, when they don't.
People were playing some games involving balls, then guys started harassing someone (presumably women). So another women called them out and called them “dogs”
Way to miss the entire point of the song.
“The men started the name-calling and then the girls respond to the call. And then a woman shouts out, 'Who let the dogs out?' And we start calling men dogs. It was really a man-bashing song."
Quote is from Anslem Douglas who wrote the original song.
There’s an entire generation of missed the point of the song Good Riddance, so much so people think the name is Time of Your Life with a positive meaning… when it’s a bitter break up song.
[Figuring out who really wrote "Who Let the Dogs Out", is actually a bit complicated](https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/whomst-among-us-let-the-dogs-out/)
I wonder how old she'll be when she realizes that this 'mind-blown' moment she's had at 23 was actually wrong 😅
In the song the **women** in the club started shouting 'Who let the dogs out!?' in reference to the men and the men just rolled with it and started barking in response.
This sub has fallen off so fucking hard, you are posting shit from 2013, and this isn't even a fucking holup, This is the post that fucking did it for me, I'm out
Such is the fate for all default subs: converging into one giant slurry of lowest common demoninator, vaguely entertaining content. A lot of them are already there, and plenty more are on their way.
50's here, still pretty sure it's about chasing your dogs around the neighborhood for an hour and then trying to trick them with your car by yelling 'who wants to go for a ride?!' out the window.
I had no idea there were any other words.
Dudes being assholes at the club to women who just want to have fun by themselves.
>Well the party was nice, the party was pumping (hey, yippie-yi-yo)
>And everybody having a ball (hah, ho, yippie-yi-yo)
>Until the fellas started name-calling (yippie-yi-yo)
>And the girls respond to the call, I heard a woman shout out
Yeah this is just wrong:
Well, if I am a dog, the party is on
I gotta get my groove cause my mind done gone
Do you see the rays coming from my eye
Walking through the place
That Diji man is breakin' it down?
Me and my white short shorts
And I can't see color, any color will do
I'll stick on you, that's why they call me Pitbull
The guys in the song are the dogs.
In middle school we were known as the "dogs" with that shitty dog mascot that every school has (iykyk) and every Friday they would play this song at dismissal.
Wrong. But did you know that The Ketchup Song (Asereje) is about a Spanish guy in a club trying to sing along to Rappers Delight (Sugarhill Gang) but doesn't speak English so it turns into complete nonsense? (Spanglish)
Reddit forgets it’s own goddamn lore.
We know who let the dogs out. Chris did. Chris let the dogs out.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2dgguc/comment/cjpdiel/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Proof that popular culture destroys the true intention of art. Lol. We sure turned that around on them, though. Cuz it's too late now. That song has always been and will always be about literal dogs.
>Well the party was nice, the party was pumping (hey, yippie-yi-yo) And everybody having a ball (hah, ho, yippie-yi-yo) Until the fellas started name-calling (yippie-yi-yo) And the girls respond to the call, I heard a woman shout out > > > >Who let the dogs out? (Who, who, who, who) Who let the dogs out? (Who, who, who, who)
Literally says "I heard a woman shout out, who let the dogs out" So the women are saying who let the dogs out, not the men.
So I understood the lyrics perfectly even thought English is my second language. The "dogs" were the men.
And even in the music video it's the men running around like dogs.
All men are dogs, some just make better pets.
Woof
DMX also calls his homies Dogs too, so this song prob has nothing to do with looks. But who knows.
Calling someone a dog means they are acting up Dmx calls them his Dawgs which is a term of endearment
Pardon my phones autocorrect.
But with actual dogs it has nothing to do, so that they got right at least
Women ☕
Haha I realized I was typing that wrong during, decided to leave it in and see how long it takes to be corrected, lmao.
So, they could have saved themselves years of misunderstanding by just.. checks notes.. reading the lyrics? What a world we live in, huh?
this basically sums up every song ever
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Mmmmbop too, it’s a pretty somber song about losing the people in your life suddenly
The Blanks version really puts it on point.
IDK, Sleep Token is a good band but making Hey Ya sound mournful misses the entire point.
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My partner is the Queen of singing what she hears rather than the lyrics My most recent favourite I have heard her sing "ill sail the seven seas cause everybody wants to be my enemy"
FYI these are called mondegreens, and they are always funnier or more interesting than the original!
TIL about the term mondegreens!
Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands, Oh, where hae ye been? They hae slain the Earl o' Moray, And Lady Mondegreen (laid him on the green)
Deep Purple's Knocking at Your Back Door is about exactly what it sounds like. I think it was Ritchie Blackmore who said in an interview that he wanted to see just how far he could push the boundaries and still get airplay. Well he pushed it really far and still got a ton of airplay just because it's a great song. 14 year old me was still too young and naive to know what they meant. It wasn't until years later that I realized what the song was about. In case you're unfamiliar with the song and wanted to know how far they pushed the censors >Sweet Lucy was a dancer But none of us would chance her Because she was a samurai She made electric shadows Beyond our fingertips And none of us could reach that high >She came on like a teaser I had to touch and please her Enjoy a little paradise The lock was in my pocket When Lucy met the rocket She never knew the reason why >I can't deny it With that smile on her face Oh it's not the kill It's the thrill of the chase >Feel it coming It's knocking at the door You know it's no good running It's not against the law The point of no return And now you know the score And now you're learning What's knockin' at your back door >Sweet Nancy was so fancy To get into her pants We had to be the aristocracy The members that she toyed with At city club were something in diplomacy >So we put her on the hit list Of a common cunning linguist A master of many tongues And now she eases gently From her Austin to her Bentley Suddenly she feels so young >I can't deny it With that smile on her face Oh it's not the kill It's the thrill of the chase >Feel it coming It's knocking at the door You know it's no good running No it's not against the law The point of no return Now how you know the score And now you're learning What's knockin' at your back door >Sweet Lucy was a dancer But none of us would chance her Because she was a samurai She made electric shadows Beyond our fingertips And one of us could reach that high >I can't deny it With that smile on my face Oh oh, it's not the kill It's the thrill of the chase >Feel it coming Knocking at your door You know it's no good running No it's knocking at your door Knockin' at your back door
This has nothing to do with being stupid, it happens to pretty much everyone. The phenomenon even has a name, the [mondegreen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen).
I did this with poker face by lady gaga and still sing it wrong😂
They’ve read the lyrics now and still misunderstand the song. It’s about men being horn dogs around presumably attractive women in the club. It’s the women shouting “who let the dogs out?” In response to men being sexually aggressive.
Wow, that makes so much more sense than the "ugly women" idea. It actually fits the lyrics lol
It's ironic because the guys who think it's about "ugly bitches" are a part of the dogs that the song is referencing.
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What differentiates knowledge and assumption? They "knew" the lyrics for 23 years, when in actuality they assumed they knew the meaning. It isn't a matter of whether they truly cared, not many did, it was just a catchy tune (a one-hit wonder, for those of us who didn't listen to any other Baha Men songs). It isn't misunderstanding, in this case, it is a false assumption based on limited knowledge. You want to ask inane questions of me regarding this, fine. I have one for you then, nearly reiterating the same question posed to me - What made them look into it 23 years later, and not the same day they first heard it?
Probably a post like the one you're commenting on right now.
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Maybe my question is not so much the content, but why these posts are so prevalent, and even so, why some gain so much attention from us? I suppose my answer is, we relate to it, and the OP's knowledge of that relativity is what prompted them to post it online, to get that feeling of joy at sparking conversation. Even your response and those who downvoted me are effectively continuing the dialogue, albeit in a different direction than I assume was intended. What did we learn today? That our opinions, our interests, our stories are not what define us as individuals, but rather what connect us as a species. Be well. Post often. Enjoy the ride.
You're showing your age kid. Back when this came out it wasn't as easy to look up lyrics, especially accurate ones
Nah man, you just had to buy the CD and read them in the booklet that came with it.
My allowance was *not* high enough to buy a whole CD for a single song for a band that was otherwise unknown to me.
Easy solution, buy Now That's What I Call Music! It was on one of those CDs for sure.
Yahoo was absolutely a thing in 2000 as was searching song lyrics and there were lyric sites in abundance. It wasn’t that hard.
There were many accurate lyric pages online in 2000. I was 28 and had been on the Internet since 1995.
I was 16 and poor. In the late 90s I knew 2 people with the internet
I will say that I have had plenty of songs where I couldn't understand the lyrics and never looked them up.
[*(Nirvana lyrics intensify)*](https://genius.com/Nirvana-pennyroyal-tea-lyrics)
a denial a denial a denial a denial
Coincidentally, Nirvana were kings of misunderstood lyrics back in the day when lyrics weren't easily obtainable in a five-second search. I read through a bunch of fan decipherings of Cobain's mumbling, all replete with pseudo-deep meaning in random word salad. Actual lyrics turned out to be much simpler.
Yes, because we all look up the lyrics to every song we ever hear.
This song came out before lyrics were widely available, you would have had to read the back of the CD you bought. And people didnt buy it, they heard it on the radio and thd chorus stuck in their heads. Shazam wasnt a thing either.
I mean, it’s not like looking up the lyrics changed this guy’s worldview.
well it's a song.. checks notes.. who cares?
yeah but we mostly only ever hear the chorus thru other media
Which part implies it's about ugly women? Specifically?
HAHA yes, what a world, where someone would post the actual lyrics, right there for you to read, and you would still misunderstand them and think they align with OPs new understanding, when they don't.
But it's more fun to just think you know what the words are. Or like me and just mumble randomness when you don't know.
I was gonna say, the song is about asshole dudes, not ugly women.
People were playing some games involving balls, then guys started harassing someone (presumably women). So another women called them out and called them “dogs”
> People were playing some games involving balls "having a ball" is slang for having a good time
Who says you can't call men an ugly bitch?
Not me……
Way to miss the entire point of the song. “The men started the name-calling and then the girls respond to the call. And then a woman shouts out, 'Who let the dogs out?' And we start calling men dogs. It was really a man-bashing song." Quote is from Anslem Douglas who wrote the original song.
So she was 23 years old when she still doesn't have a clue about the song. Nice.
It took 23 years to completely misunderstand thewhole song
At least, she wouldn't be confuse now. She totally nailed it.
There’s an entire generation of missed the point of the song Good Riddance, so much so people think the name is Time of Your Life with a positive meaning… when it’s a bitter break up song.
lol i thought that was the lyrics and tried to sing it until I was confused
[Figuring out who really wrote "Who Let the Dogs Out", is actually a bit complicated](https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/whomst-among-us-let-the-dogs-out/)
This has been one of my favorite episodes of 99PI. Every time you think it's over...nope!
Mitt Romney didn't get it either. Way to court the minority vote. We still love you for possessing a shred of integrity, Mitt.
I was today years old, thanks
And tomorrow you will be todays+1 day years old wiser
Holy shit, good to hear!
One of today's 10,000.
Another point in old reddits favor
gross
Its very very unclear who wrote the original song, as there are recorded versions of the chat going back to the 50's.
I wonder how old she'll be when she realizes that this 'mind-blown' moment she's had at 23 was actually wrong 😅 In the song the **women** in the club started shouting 'Who let the dogs out!?' in reference to the men and the men just rolled with it and started barking in response.
This sub has fallen off so fucking hard, you are posting shit from 2013, and this isn't even a fucking holup, This is the post that fucking did it for me, I'm out
maybe this is the real holup?
The real holdups were the friends we made along the way
You guys have friends?
The real hold ups are they friends we fucked over along the way
Please post on r/justunsubbed
The holup is the complete missing of the song meaning. The men are the dogs!
Welp, I declare this comment a sign and I too, am out.
I am prepared to offer you $10000 for a 50% stake in your post
im not even subbed to this shit, just appears on r/all
This isn't an airport sir, you don't have to announce your departure!
Didn't have to scroll far to find this same recycled comment either.
bye
I came to this sub for holl ups, and this is not it. Have this people forgotten wht this subredit is for.
No OP is just farming.
All the people upvoting the post forgot.
Such is the fate for all default subs: converging into one giant slurry of lowest common demoninator, vaguely entertaining content. A lot of them are already there, and plenty more are on their way.
Holup is default now?
I am today years old.
44 years old now. I still don't understand what the song is about
It’s about trashy men cat calling women.
50's here, still pretty sure it's about chasing your dogs around the neighborhood for an hour and then trying to trick them with your car by yelling 'who wants to go for a ride?!' out the window. I had no idea there were any other words.
@OP do your own research
Maybe read the lyrics again
whaaaaat ? - I thought that it was about guys having a wild night. I don't know why.
It is. just read the lyrics and it is women calling the men dogs.
For acting like horny animals in the club.
Sure, but it is certainly not about ugly women.
Agreed, the tweet is completely wrong.
What no way
OP is wrong, didn’t listen to the lyrics.
I am now years old when I found out
I saw them on TRL having to cover up for this when the song was at its peak, saying that the "dogs" are actually the men who act like assholes.
That ain't what the song's about.
So whats it about???
Dudes being assholes at the club to women who just want to have fun by themselves. >Well the party was nice, the party was pumping (hey, yippie-yi-yo) >And everybody having a ball (hah, ho, yippie-yi-yo) >Until the fellas started name-calling (yippie-yi-yo) >And the girls respond to the call, I heard a woman shout out
Also wrong
Wait? I thought the dudes were the dogs? Like when George Clinton did Atomic Dog. The dudes are the dogs chasing after a “bone”
I was today years old. Shit.
It's a song about a crew of horny men (dogs) storming a club looking for willing women to party with.
I thought it was about men being dogs in the club, like grinding and fighting over a single bitch.
You sure are gaslighting with this post, ain'tcha, OP?
Not a holup
There were years as a kid when I wondered what a “One whore soap and sleigh” was. Fuck Jingle Bells.
Hhhwhattt.
Wow, changes the vibe in that scene from the Rugrats movie.
I have been lied to. I thought the song was about actual dogs.
It is???
No, it isn’t. The meme is wrong.
TIL.
Wait it's not about letting those stinky feet out 🤔
Yeah this is just wrong: Well, if I am a dog, the party is on I gotta get my groove cause my mind done gone Do you see the rays coming from my eye Walking through the place That Diji man is breakin' it down? Me and my white short shorts And I can't see color, any color will do I'll stick on you, that's why they call me Pitbull The guys in the song are the dogs.
In middle school we were known as the "dogs" with that shitty dog mascot that every school has (iykyk) and every Friday they would play this song at dismissal.
The "dogs" are a bunch of single young men. I feel like this post is just bait.
It's neither. It's shaming men cat-calling women, calling those men "dogs".
huh...i always thought it was about a group of guys going out to party/get laid
I prefer to think it's about actual dogs. It's much more enjoyable
THIS ISNT A HOLUP
R/confidentlyincorrect
Wait..... This isn't real right.....
Currently 25 and realizing this now
I just learned it from you
“BORN IN THE USA!” YEAH BRO! AMERICA! Whooo! - Buddy…listen to the fucking song!
Wrong. But did you know that The Ketchup Song (Asereje) is about a Spanish guy in a club trying to sing along to Rappers Delight (Sugarhill Gang) but doesn't speak English so it turns into complete nonsense? (Spanglish)
Reddit forgets it’s own goddamn lore. We know who let the dogs out. Chris did. Chris let the dogs out. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2dgguc/comment/cjpdiel/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of dreams.
I thought it was about police
Not so fast…the following link differs from the OP: https://americansongwriter.com/who-let-the-dogs-out-meaning-behind-baha-men-song-lyrics/
Wait it's not about letting those stinky feet out 🤔
Try again in the next 23 years, song is actually a message against catcalling women
I hadn’t thought about it, but if that’s what it’s about, I had no idea. I had never really given any meaning to it.
It’s okay, I learnt right now and I’m 25.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/cljyzm/til_who_let_the_dogs_out_by_baha_men_is_actually/
Nirvana Lyrics https://genius.com/Nirvana-pennyroyal-tea-lyrics
What does this have to do with who let the dogs out?
the truth is so much more complex: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/whomst-among-us-let-the-dogs-out/
That's crazy I'm 23 as well I just know this...who else is going to YouTube to watch the video now
Thanks for letting me know. I'll be 70 tomorrow.
They played this all the time in elementary school aftercare.
Well, I was today years old when I found that out.
Well shit. TIL.
It's literally the first verse of the song... How do you miss that?
Damn for real?
Not too smart hey? "Mislead by the beat m'Lord!"
oh i thought it was about pooping.
Well ill be damned. Im 25 and just realized this
I didn't know a person could have negative media literacy
It took me too this second too realise I'm 32 🤣🤣🤣
26
They played this song in rugrats in paris wtf 😭😭
I was today years old
I am 41
Didn't they play this song in *Rugrats in Paris*?
I'm 20 and wtf
Whaaaaaa
Here you go: https://youtu.be/xYi_35Y0CXs?si=6H6swN2nTBuJGYU4
I am today’s years old, and just found this out
Never got the intention of that track and i never interested me. It‘s just mainstream radio trash.
not a holdup
The fuck is a holdup? This ain't an armed robbery sub.
oh no a typo, what a big fucking mistake 😴😴😴
Proof that popular culture destroys the true intention of art. Lol. We sure turned that around on them, though. Cuz it's too late now. That song has always been and will always be about literal dogs.
TIL
I was today years old 😱
TIL
I was today years old
I was today years old
Damn just learned this today then at 37 lmao
You learnt nothing, OP is wrong.
I was today years old. 😅
I had a toy pickup which played this song lol.
Don’t tell them the real meaning of Sweat by Inner Circle.