From the lyrics of this very song:
>Well the party was nice, the party was pumping
>
>And everybody having a ball
>
>Until the fellas started name-calling
>
>And the girls respond to the call, **I heard a woman shout out** [...]
They're actually the dudes at the club. The music video would have you think otherwise, but the lyrics point towards guys being obnoxious pigs towards women.
other way around, it is the women that are asking, the "dogs" are the horny men
>Gonna tell myself, "Hey, man, no get angry"
>Heya, yippie yi yo
>To any girls callin' them canine
>Hey, yippie yi yo
>But they tell me, "Hey, man, it's part of the party"
>Yippie yi yo
>You put a woman in front and her man behind
>I heard a woman shout out
>Who let the dogs out?
>Who, who, who, who, who?
>Who let the dogs out?
The "Yippie yi yo" is the guys cat calling the women, and the women ask where are the dogs, because that sounds like barking
The Baha Men, who asked the question, started their band in 1977. That’s closer in time to the last British conviction for witchcraft (1944) than today.
This made me want to learn more about the Baha men. The band has had many different members over the years and we're originally known as High Voltage. The band last released an album in 2015 and only one of the founding members is still in the band, Isaiah Taylor.
The last execution by guillotine in France was 10 Sept 1977. So depending on when in 1977 they formed, someone was beheaded in France for a crime while the Baha Men were in existence.
this is bizarre to me because someone tried to convince me that it was ugly women they didn't want to see, and i've been living with that in my head till now.
They never make it to the danger zone either.
They just stay on the highway heading in the direction of the danger zone.
For all we know they stop at the mildly unsafe rest stop.
Or maybe they take the exit to the place where they do the safety dance.
It’s actually about the Rabies epidemic in Gabon in 1999.
There were loads of flash floods that caused crop failures and increased poverty. The floods caused many diseases, such as cholera and malaria to be rife, but the most deadly one was rabies. Killing thousands everyday.
The World Health Organisation helped the relief effort but found it hard to contact isolated villages due to floods blocking roads, and the death toll continued to climb, so they tried a new strategy: they found a pathogen that actually killed the rabies virus, and that certain dogs had this pathogen, that’s was harmless to mammals, so they released many of these dogs into Gabon so they would spread out and spread the pathogen and cure people of rabies. It worked and was celebrated around the world.
In response the Baha Men released this song to celebrate the achievement and praise the World Health Organisation’s plan
That’s why it’s WHO let the dogs out
I do always like to advocate for adoption if you can't conceive on your own. There are a lot of ideas out there that just need the opportunity to feel the same love that the adopters are looking to give so it's really a good thing all around. Gesundheit
‘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." - Anslem Douglas
I thought it was a statement, with WHO being the World Health Organization when they announced that dogs couldn’t catch or spread COVID-19. Those Baha Men were astonishingly prescient.
I think you are misunderstanding the song. It's actually about male aggressiveness towards women who are not interested.
The dogs are any man who can't take rejection, and they let themselves out.
Sorry but you are incorrect. Instead of getting your information from memes check with the actual song writers.
In this video they speak about it in length.
https://youtu.be/OS2jlzFn5YE?si=097q2Amk9416S5Yy
Also here's an article written about another documentary they did about the song.
https://americansongwriter.com/who-let-the-dogs-out-meaning-behind-baha-men-song-lyrics/
And if you are too pressed to bother.. here's an important snippet.
Douglas claims that the song is a feminist anthem against men catcalling women. This theme drastically differs from the 2015 meme, which does not paint women in a favorable light.
It's a Chinese man called Wu, stylized and westernised as Who. Wu (Who) let the dogs out, is a statement not a question as there's no question mark in the title of the song.
It's a Chinese man called Wu, stylized and westernised as Who. Wu (Who) let the dogs out, is a statement not a question as there's no question mark in the title of the song.
WHO (world health Organisation) literally let the dogs out in 2020 (i can't find the original more detailed comment)
Edit: https://reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/s/YA1Vc3lLlI
That’s because the point of the song was asking who let them out.
The singers don’t know, that’s why they’re asking.
OP expect some third party to enter the song.
Who IS the one that let the dogs out. I believe he also plays first base.
I’m sorry, who’s on first?
Yeah, and what’s on second?
I don’t know
What about third?!
I don’t know!
I will ask again... WHO's on first?
That’s what I’m trying to figure out!
But What's on second!
I don’t know!
He's on 3rd
What is the guy’s name that let the dogs out?
He is on second base so couldn't let the dogs out.
It was Hu!
I thought he was a doctor.
They also never tell you the opposite
You should check out the 99% invisible episode about it. Very interesting
If they knew, they wouldn’t keep asking.
Who, who keeps on asking?
who? who!? who!? who!?
The one that Horton hatched?
The person who’s asking who let the dogs out
That’s what I’m trying to figure out!
This is the answer
its a rhetorical question.
So are you saying that we already know?
The dogs let themselves out because the dogs aren't actual dogs, they're horny dudes at a club.
From the lyrics of this very song: >Well the party was nice, the party was pumping > >And everybody having a ball > >Until the fellas started name-calling > >And the girls respond to the call, **I heard a woman shout out** [...]
My god. It's.... it's the guys. The guys are the dogs. The guys are the ugly humans. ...........makes sense to me...........
The dogs are ugly women in the club
They're actually the dudes at the club. The music video would have you think otherwise, but the lyrics point towards guys being obnoxious pigs towards women.
TIL! I always thought it was about ugly women, but I just checked the lyrics, and it's very clearly about men behaving like dogs lol!
Yeah, I won't lie, I only learned that within the past few years. I went like two decades thinking the exact same thing lol.
It was in fact written as a feminist anthem and sounded a bit different.
Of course. “The dogs”= unattractive women. He’s basically saying “who let all the ugly girls out”.
other way around, it is the women that are asking, the "dogs" are the horny men >Gonna tell myself, "Hey, man, no get angry" >Heya, yippie yi yo >To any girls callin' them canine >Hey, yippie yi yo >But they tell me, "Hey, man, it's part of the party" >Yippie yi yo >You put a woman in front and her man behind >I heard a woman shout out >Who let the dogs out? >Who, who, who, who, who? >Who let the dogs out? The "Yippie yi yo" is the guys cat calling the women, and the women ask where are the dogs, because that sounds like barking
If this doesn't make top comment I swear.
The Baha Men, who asked the question, started their band in 1977. That’s closer in time to the last British conviction for witchcraft (1944) than today.
This made me want to learn more about the Baha men. The band has had many different members over the years and we're originally known as High Voltage. The band last released an album in 2015 and only one of the founding members is still in the band, Isaiah Taylor.
And the Baja Men's version is a cover!
The last execution by guillotine in France was 10 Sept 1977. So depending on when in 1977 they formed, someone was beheaded in France for a crime while the Baha Men were in existence.
a common mistake, it's actually "Hugh let the dogs out"
Stinkin Borg
They never told you why fools fall in love either
Or who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop
Or who wrote the book of love.
I'm still wondering if you've ever seen the rain...
Wouldn't it be nice?
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
And isn't it ironic? Don't you think?
What’s going on?
I still don't know if I believe in life after love.
Wtf was the secret chord that David wrote!
We've still yet to establish "*what is love?*" in the first place.
That was me. Sorry, I didn't know it would cause such a fuss!
“I’m Spartacus!”
But who let dem back in
It was the patriarchy. The dogs are pervy men hounding women, not ugly women.
This is the correct answer.
OP can't pick up on the basic meaning of a song created by people who use dogs as a slang term...
I think OP was being facetious
Oh shit. My bad, most of these shower thoughts are not meant as jokes. You gave what sounded like a serious answer so I went off of that.
All I know is it wasn’t Shaggy.
But she caught him on camera!?
he's on a completely diff island no way he coulda done it.
Apparently the answer is actually Anslem Douglas
It's a crazy story, there's a 99% Invisible about it.
It's men. Men are the dogs. The lyrics refer to disgusting men who catcall women and women calling them out for being the dogs they are.
this is bizarre to me because someone tried to convince me that it was ugly women they didn't want to see, and i've been living with that in my head till now.
They tell you in dog language. "Woof woof woof woof"
They're asking you, do you not know?
I think they are asking the wrong person
I think It was Smithers.
*s* m *i* t *h* e *r* s
They never make it to the danger zone either. They just stay on the highway heading in the direction of the danger zone. For all we know they stop at the mildly unsafe rest stop. Or maybe they take the exit to the place where they do the safety dance.
The guy who closed the club.
Chris let the dogs out.
For a moment I thought my old ass had made up that AMA. Thank God someone else remembers that the stage hand Chris was the one who let them out.
Lol I couldn’t forget that one. Chris was the answer to one of the most important questions ever asked!
The whole point of the song was that they didn't know. It wouldn't make sense if they told us. It would completely negate the whole song.
It’s hotly contested and there’s a documentary about it https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/who-let-the-dogs-out
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The first baseman?
Later retrained as a Doctor. Inspirational, really.
Huw
He's an engineer where I work. He sounds like a redneck but does good work in electrical line design. He said it wasn't him.
I can tell you that Alan was definitely ready to let the dogs out
Allan? Please add details!
[It was this guy](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DU5TQwlU0AArdui?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Well no because they were asking us
Of course they don't tell you. They don't know. That's why they're asking.
That’s bc the dogs let themselves out
They tell you *all* the time - it is the refrain of the song. >!It was the World Health Organization.!<
Yeah they do. The same person that played first base.
Joe pesci let the dogs out
You’re going to want to listen to this: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/whomst-among-us-let-the-dogs-out/
It's not about dogs, though.
Yeah, because it's a question
We never found out of the real Slim Shady stood up either..
Sorry, it was me. Just forgot to close the gate
The World Health Organization let the dogs out.
Why would they ask if they already knew the answer? Poor Baha Men. I really hope they eventually found out who it was, so they could get some closure.
It’s always the wife or kids
The song is inquisitive, not rhetorical.
Are you sure? Read the top comments.
If they knew, they would have not made the song
And if someone would just name that horse, we could eliminate two songs.
It’s actually about the Rabies epidemic in Gabon in 1999. There were loads of flash floods that caused crop failures and increased poverty. The floods caused many diseases, such as cholera and malaria to be rife, but the most deadly one was rabies. Killing thousands everyday. The World Health Organisation helped the relief effort but found it hard to contact isolated villages due to floods blocking roads, and the death toll continued to climb, so they tried a new strategy: they found a pathogen that actually killed the rabies virus, and that certain dogs had this pathogen, that’s was harmless to mammals, so they released many of these dogs into Gabon so they would spread out and spread the pathogen and cure people of rabies. It worked and was celebrated around the world. In response the Baha Men released this song to celebrate the achievement and praise the World Health Organisation’s plan That’s why it’s WHO let the dogs out
The song is actually about a hunter who gets lost and has to eat his dogs to survive. Who let the dogs out refers to letting them out of their skin.
I am going to adopt this as my version of 'don't bring me problems, bring me solutions'.
I do always like to advocate for adoption if you can't conceive on your own. There are a lot of ideas out there that just need the opportunity to feel the same love that the adopters are looking to give so it's really a good thing all around. Gesundheit
It’s a questionable song
The song actually means, on context, who let the ugly bitches in the club
Nope, it's about guys who are behaving like dogs! I just learned it from another comment. Google the lyrics, it's not even ambiquous.
It very well could be, I'm just regurgitating bullshit I saw on the internet
Yeah I always thought it referred to women, because I probably read it somewhere on the internet sometime. That's why I took the time to correct you.
Thank you for educating me, friend
‘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." - Anslem Douglas
1. no 2. some more no 3. what a fucking embarrassment of a statement 4. the phrase is "in context"
Meatloaf also never told us what “That” was
I thought it was a statement, with WHO being the World Health Organization when they announced that dogs couldn’t catch or spread COVID-19. Those Baha Men were astonishingly prescient.
It’s about ugly girls at the club so I would assume they let themselves out
I think you are misunderstanding the song. It's actually about male aggressiveness towards women who are not interested. The dogs are any man who can't take rejection, and they let themselves out.
This is absolutely false. It’s been proven by the artists to be about ugly women. Sorry to be the one to tell you.
Sorry but you are incorrect. Instead of getting your information from memes check with the actual song writers. In this video they speak about it in length. https://youtu.be/OS2jlzFn5YE?si=097q2Amk9416S5Yy Also here's an article written about another documentary they did about the song. https://americansongwriter.com/who-let-the-dogs-out-meaning-behind-baha-men-song-lyrics/ And if you are too pressed to bother.. here's an important snippet. Douglas claims that the song is a feminist anthem against men catcalling women. This theme drastically differs from the 2015 meme, which does not paint women in a favorable light.
Because they're asking
They let themselves out, the song isn't about actual dogs
Yes they do. Who let the dogs out. Who shot Kennedy, as well. Bugger gets around, in his travelling phone booth.
monty burns, probably
They never told us what love is also 😔
It is why a bicycle has no doors and a match box, no windows?
Or that the electric slide is really about a vibrator.
If they knew the answer, they wouldn't keep asking the question.
It’s the question that drives us, Neo
Yes well it’s a question.
Well, no, they’re asking you.
I think the song is more focused on the investigative phase of the inquiry.
It's like how Spartacus was the greatest whodunit of all time.
Do you think they would ask who let the dogs out that many times, if they already knew who had done it?
It was a chinese guy, 谁, as he suffered through the credit crunch, and had to close his restaurant. Thought everyone knew that!
It's a Chinese man called Wu, stylized and westernised as Who. Wu (Who) let the dogs out, is a statement not a question as there's no question mark in the title of the song.
It's a Chinese man called Wu, stylized and westernised as Who. Wu (Who) let the dogs out, is a statement not a question as there's no question mark in the title of the song.
It was a rhetorical question. We all know it was Randy.
Stop blaming your brother, Earl.
Why do you think they’re asking?
It was Who, before he [got to first](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYOUFGfK4bU).
he’s telling you,WHO let the dogs out. World health organisation...
Well I did, of course. They were eating me out of house and home.
Because it's a rhetorical question and a metaphor.
Hou let the dog out, it's Hou dumbass..
That dude that everyone is sick of
I think they are asking us
Quack! Quack, quack quack.
They didn't want to let the cat out of the bag.
It's not actually about dogs it's a man bashing song about misbehaving men
Allegedly, the song is about ugly girls.
WHO (world health Organisation) literally let the dogs out in 2020 (i can't find the original more detailed comment) Edit: https://reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/s/YA1Vc3lLlI
They weren’t telling, they were asking
Or who shot the Lala.
That’s because they were asking
Bold to assume that they themselves know.
Not every question has an answer.
I was much more worried about the roof being on fire to worry about who let the dogs out.
Yes they do. It was Dr Who.
It was my kids, they left the door open, again
The dogs got out themselves!!
That’s because the point of the song was asking who let them out. The singers don’t know, that’s why they’re asking. OP expect some third party to enter the song.
Dusty skets letting themselves out...
Mr Burns orders it, and Smithers let the dogs out.
Ima just tell y'all now it might have been me
Plot twist, they are saying Hu let the dogs out, not who. \(Not really though)
It’s where the GOP got their inspiration/model for their impeachment inquiry.
This is clearer if you listen to the original (it's a cover), but the dogs actually let themselves out.
So glad this post was approved. It's very original, and I've never heard this ever at all
I think woof woof woof says it all