Who Let the Dogs Out Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SwampHermit 

Cover art for Who Let the Dogs Out lyrics by Baha Men

There's a lot of interesting dog-related figurative language going on here. It seems that the women are calling the men dogs. At first this seems to mean (to me) that the women are saying that the men are undesirable ("flea-infested mongrels", etc.). As the song progresses, this seems to evolve into calling them horn dogs -- since the men are clearly after sex. (The panting in the song adds to this.) The narrator seems to take this namecalling not as an insult, but as a compliment, as he brags about the men's success at obtaining sexual gratification while behaving as dogs.

There are some other visuals here tied into the "dog" them. For example, a woman in front and a man behind is a good description of the sexual position called doggy style.

It may not be a very deep, meaningful song, but I'll bet a lot of thought was put into the lyrics just the same.