I Wanna Be Your Dog

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"I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a seminal 1969 proto-punk song by The Stooges, renowned for its raw minimalism, distorted guitar riff, and influential role in the development of punk rock.

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I Wanna Be Your Dog canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Stooges ⓘ
artist The Stooges ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coveredBy Green Day ⓘ
Joan Jett ⓘ
Sid Vicious ⓘ
Sonic Youth ⓘ
genre garage rock ⓘ
proto-punk ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
hasInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
hasKey G major ⓘ
hasMusicVideo no original 1969 promotional video ⓘ
hasRanking one of the greatest songs of all time ⓘ
hasTheme desire ⓘ
sexual submission ⓘ
influencedGenre alternative rock ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
influentialFor development of punk rock ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:09 ⓘ
notableFeature distorted guitar riff ⓘ
raw minimalism ⓘ
repetitive three-chord structure ⓘ
partOf The Stooges ⓘ
performer The Stooges ⓘ
producer John Cale ⓘ
publicationYear 1969 ⓘ
rankedBy Rolling Stone ⓘ
recordedAt Hit Factory ⓘ
linked to: The Hit Factory

New York City ⓘ
recordedIn 1969 ⓘ
recordLabel Elektra Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1969-08-05 ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
title I Wanna Be Your Dog ⓘ
usedIn various film soundtracks ⓘ
various television shows ⓘ
vocalist Iggy Pop ⓘ
writer Dave Alexander ⓘ
Iggy Pop ⓘ
Ron Asheton ⓘ
Scott Asheton ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Stooges → notableSong → I Wanna Be Your Dog ⓘ
Iggy Pop → notableWork → I Wanna Be Your Dog ⓘ
James Osterberg → notableWork → I Wanna Be Your Dog ⓘ
I Wanna Be Your Dog → title → I Wanna Be Your Dog ⓘ
Confusion Is Sex → includesCoverSong → I Wanna Be Your Dog ⓘ