Like a Dog (song)

"Like a Dog"
"Like a Dog"
Single by Powderfinger
from the album Odyssey Number Five
Released	15 January 2001 (Australia)
Recorded	Sing Sing Studios
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:20
Label	Universal Music Australia
Songwriter(s)	Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton
Producer(s)	Nick DiDia & Powderfinger
Powderfinger singles chronology

"Like a Dog" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger. It was released as a single on 15 January 2001, and appeared on the band's fourth studio album, Odyssey Number Five. The song was later included on Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger 1994-2000.

The song's lyrics are based on the band's feelings towards Australia's political position of the time.^[1] Musically, "Like a Dog" is strongly influenced by Ian Haug (guitar and backing vocals) and his love of Iggy Pop. "Like a Dog"'s video starred Anthony Mundine in a "raging bull" type sequence.^[2] Paul Williams - "Rose Against the Odds" also makes an appearance in video.

The Paul Butler and Scott Walton directed music video was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2001.^[3]

Track listing[edit]

"Like a Dog"

A 13 second sample from "Like a Dog"

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"Like a Dog" – 4:20 (Jon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton)
"Love My Way" – 4:36 (Richard Butler, Tim Butler, John Ashton, Vince Ely)
"Odyssey #2 (The Miseducation of Powderfinger)" – 3:40 (Coghill, Collins, Fanning, Haug, Middleton)

Charts[edit]

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	40

References[edit]

^ "Quotes - Bernard says..." Powderfinger Central. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
^ Companion booklet to Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000
^ ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ "Powderfinger – Like A Dog". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

[1] "Quotes - Bernard says..." Powderfinger Central. Retrieved 29 December 2007.

[Booklet-2] Companion booklet to Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000

[Video-3] ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[AusCharts-4] "Powderfinger – Like A Dog". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

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v t e Powderfinger
Bernard Fanning Darren Middleton Ian Haug John Collins Jon Coghill Steven Bishop
Studio albums	Parables for Wooden Ears Double Allergic Internationalist Odyssey Number Five Vulture Street Dream Days at the Hotel Existence Golden Rule
Extended plays	Transfusion Mr Kneebone The Triple M Acoustic Sessions One Night Lonely
Other releases	These Days: Live in Concert Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000 Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011 Fingerprints & Footprints: The Ultimate Collection Unreleased (1998–2010)
Singles	"Tail" "Pick You Up" "D.A.F." "Living Type" "Take Me In" "The Day You Come" "Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray" "Already Gone" "Passenger" "My Happiness" "My Kind of Scene" "Like a Dog" "The Metre/Waiting for the Sun" "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" "Love Your Way" "Sunsets" video "Since You've Been Gone" "Stumblin'" "Bless My Soul" "Lost and Running" "I Don't Remember" "Nobody Sees" "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" "All of the Dreamers "Burn Your Name" "Sail the Wildest Stretch"
Other songs	"These Days" "Black Tears"
Related articles	Full discography Awards and nominations Across the Great Divide tour video Drag Far Out Corporation The Predators
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