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Elvis Presley — Hound Dog
Album: Elvis Presley
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Released: 1956
Length: 2:13
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You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
You know they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
You ain't no friend of mine
Comments (39)add comment
 Old_Pat wrote:

Fun, but no Big Mama Thornton.




I  Agree Completely!  Thanks to this cover,  Big Mama Thornton started to get recognition from white, mainstream audiences.  ...an upside to cultural appropriation...
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by yuel    [ Reply ]
 we5jaramillos wrote:
THIS GUY HAS A NICE SOUND!  I SEE POTENTIAL! 
 

Posted 4 years ago by nickferrante10    [ Reply ]
THIS GUY HAS A NICE SOUND!  I SEE POTENTIAL! 
Posted 4 years ago by we5jaramillos    [ Reply ]
Yes. The king. Thanks RP.
Posted 4 years ago by Froggy_Matt    [ Reply ]
From Joan Osborne's Mongrels to this one.  I see what you're doin' there Bill!{#Whisper}  You can't pull anything over on me.  Heh!

Highlow
American Net'Zen
Posted 5 years ago by Highlowsel    [ Reply ]
Go, cat, go!
Posted 5 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
Mongrels. Dogs. What's next? Alright. Excellent. I guess I was 14 when I had this on a single. The comment on Big Mama T is justified thou. But Elvis added a lot to culture. For a while. That goes for us all, we're only passing through.
Posted 5 years ago by Shipp    [ Reply ]
 Old_Pat wrote:
Fun, but no Big Mama Thornton.
 
Hear hear! I was just about to write the same thing!
Posted 5 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
Fun, but no Big Mama Thornton.
Posted 5 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
Bah! Ripping off a Clash Album cover. The nerve!
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
Another song I never want to hear again so I will hit the next button
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
This came out the year I was born.  

I strongly doubt my parents were listening to this........   

Today, it sounds a tad corny but back then I'll bet it rocked the roof off of more than one party.
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
I much prefer the original. 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Larrygrrl wrote:
I never realized how repetitive this song is...I wish there were more verses.
 
The original lyrics written for Big Mama Thornton, were written to be sung from a female point of view and there are two verses.  They changed them for Elvis' version.  The original narrative is very different: a woman telling her free-loading boyfriend to get out.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Larrygrrl wrote:
I never realized how repetitive this song is...I wish there were more verses.

 
Copy that. A bit short in the lyrics department. And I like Big Mama's version better anyway. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Still "The King".  {#Yes}  {#Notworthy}
Posted 6 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
Mongrels, Hound Dog, ... Bird Dog? ;-)
Posted 6 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
I never realized how repetitive this song is...I wish there were more verses.
Posted 7 years ago by Larrygrrl    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:
Geez...this guy, whoever he is, is trying to imitate Jusitn Bieber. 

 
{#Clap}
Posted 8 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
 SeriousLee wrote:
What's wrong with a hound dog anyways?

 

Nothing at all.  Now a horndog, maybe.
Posted 8 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
What's wrong with a hound dog anyways?
Posted 8 years ago by SeriousLee    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
Nobody did it better than Big Mama. Lieber and Stoller wrote it specifically for her.

 
and in Big Mama Thornton's version the lyrics made sense, the story never made sense in Elvis', that is after hearing Thronton
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
The King of Rock 

If you like this genre go to Memphis TN visit Graceland. Then to Sun studios and the Gibson guitar factory tour.  Finish it off with some dry ribs and a drink on Beal st.   FUN
Posted 8 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
Watch this.

https://youtu.be/5Jd9AmepgdM
Hilarious!

{#Roflol} 
Posted 8 years ago by robin_at_domani    [ Reply ]


Calling Elvis
Posted 9 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Rock and Shout!
Posted 9 years ago by megaboogieman    [ Reply ]
Always forget The Clash paid homage to this original cover..... Legendary tune..
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Funny, I was just reading that they just released a new postage stamp commemorating Elvis in the USA 
Posted 9 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Geez...this guy, whoever he is, is trying to imitate Jusitn Bieber. 
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 daveesh wrote:
always loved the backup singers

 
The Jordanaires.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
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Posted 9 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
always loved the backup singers
Posted 10 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Big-mama-thornton-hound-dog.jpg
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Soooo sweet to hear you sing this cover, dad...  your version is ranked number 19 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time...

love you and miss you...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Just read they are going to give Hound Dog II the boot.

Its his plane they have at Graceland. 
Posted 10 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]

One of the songs that started it all!

Love the clapping.


Posted 10 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Nobody did it better than Big Mama. Lieber and Stoller wrote it specifically for her.
Posted 10 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Perhaps the most 'successful' remake of all-time.
Posted 10 years ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]