Beware of the Dog

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This article is about the single by Jamelia. For the Lil' Bow Wow album, see "Beware of Dog"; for the short-lived television series presented by Animal Planet, see "Beware of Dog (TV series)."
“Beware of the Dog”
“Beware of the Dog” cover
Single by Jamelia
from the album Walk with Me
Released December 4, 2006 (2006-12-04)
(see release history)
Format CD, DVD, vinyl, digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:11 (album version)
4:48 (extended version)
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Stuart Crichton, Jamelia Davis, T. L. James, Depeche Mode, K. Poole
Producer Stuart Crichton
Jamelia singles chronology
"Something About You"
(2006)		 "Beware of the Dog"
(2006)		 "No More"
(2007)

"Beware of the Dog" is a dance-pop song written by Stuart Crichton, Jamelia, T. L. James, Depeche Mode and Karen Poole, produced by Crichton for Jamelia's third album Walk with Me (2006).[1] The single is notable for its sample of Depeche Mode's song "Personal Jesus" and was the second single released from the album, except for New Zealand where it was released as the first and only single.

"Beware of the Dog" was the second single from Jamelia to enter the UK top forty on downloads alone. It was also the highest download only entry of the week and the only song to reach the top forty. The single has also been an airplay hit, reaching BBC Radio 1's A-list and peaking inside the top twenty of both the TV airplay and radio airplay charts. Upon its physical release, "Beware of the Dog" peaked at number ten in its second week on the charts, Jamelia's second top ten hit from Walk with Me and her seventh UK top ten hit in total. The single made it's debut in Australia on May 21, 2007 at number fifty-one due to low digital downloads but on its second week it moved up to its peak position of fifty.

Jamelia has performed the track with UK rock band Feeder, at their November 2006 gig at the London Coronet. "Beware Of The Dog" has also been used in the advertisement for UK television network's Channel 4 show, Goldplated.

In July 2007, the track was shortlisted for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize, a prize which recognizes the best British pop single over the past year. Popjustice praised the single by proclaiming that it "sounds like a Number One single to this very day." It managed to get second place, behind Amy Winehouse's Rehab.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

UK & Dutch CD[2]
  1. "Beware of the Dog"
  2. "Thank You"
UK DVD[3]
  1. "Beware of the Dog" (extended version)
  2. "Tripping Over You"
  3. "Real Love"
  4. "Beware of the Dog" (video)
UK 12" vinyl[4]
  1. "Beware of the Dog" (Alavi ReroX remix)
  2. "Beware of the Dog" (Radio Slave instrumental)
Australian CD single[5]
  1. "Beware of the Dog"
  2. "Something About You" (single edit)
  3. "Beware of the Dog" (Steve Lawler's Sesso Oscurita mix
  4. "Beware of the Dog" (Radio Slave instrumental)
  5. "Beware of the Dog" (Alavi ReroX remix)

[edit] Music video

The video for the single was premiered in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2006. Shot in a black-and-white format, the video was filmed by Norwegian director Ray Kay, who had previously worked with Destiny's Child ("Soldier"), Stacie Orrico ("So Simple"), Melanie C ("Next Best Superstar") and Monica ("Everytime tha Beat Drop").

The video is set in central London and features Jamelia being driven at high speed through Soho before arriving at a nightclub and performing to a crowd.

Big Brother UK Series 8 housemate Nabeel "Billi" Bhatti starred in the video.[6]

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Ireland Singles Chart[7] 48
UK Singles Chart[7] 10
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[7] 50
Austrian Singles Chart[7] 68
Czech Singles Chart[8] 36
Finland Singles Chart[7] 11
Germany Singles Chart[7] 63
New Zealand Singles Chart[7] 29
Polish National Top 50[9] 36
Sweden Singles Chart[7] 48
Turkish Top 20 Chart[10] 7

[edit] Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom 2006-12-04 Parlophone Records CD 162453
Australia 2007-05-12 Capital Records CD 3845122

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mackenzie, Malcolm. Interview. The London Paper. Published 25 September, 2006.
  2. ^ http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=587572&locale=uk UK CD track listing.
  3. ^ http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=587570&locale=uk UK DVD track listing.
  4. ^ http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=587571&locale=uk UK vinyl track listing.
  5. ^ http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artistProduct.asp?actID=135754&catalogNo=3845122 Australian CD track listing.
  6. ^ "Profile: Billi", Digital Spy. URL last accessed 2007-06-16.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Beware of the Dog - chart positions". MusicSquare. Retrieved March 5, 2007.
  8. ^ Chart http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=144098&sec=83c9ec3697c4622f1457c83a96d3a156
  9. ^ Polish Singles Top 50
  10. ^ Turkish Airplay Chart
v • d • e
Jamelia
Studio albums
Drama (2000) • Thank You (2003) • Walk with Me (2006)
Compilation albums
Singles
"So High" • "I Do" • "Money" • "Call Me" • "Boy Next Door" • "Bout" • "Superstar" • "Thank You" • "See It in a Boy's Eyes" • "Universal Prayer" • "DJ" / "Stop" • "Something About You" • "Beware of the Dog" • "No More"