Beware of the Dog (song)

"Beware of the Dog" is a song by English singer-songwriter Jamelia, released as the second single from her third studio album Walk with Me. It was written by Jamelia, Stuart Crichton, Tommy Lee James, Karen Poole and Martin Gore and produced by Crichton. [1] The single is notable for its sample of Depeche Mode's song "Personal Jesus". Even though it was released as the second single from the album, it was released in New Zealand as the only single.

This article is about the single by Jamelia. For the Lil' Bow Wow album, see Beware of Dog (album). For the short-lived television series presented by Animal Planet, see Beware of Dog (TV series).
"Beware of the Dog"
Single by Jamelia
from the album Walk with Me
B-side
Released4 December 2006 (2006-12-04)
FormatCD, DVD, vinyl, digital download
Recorded2006
Length3:11 (album version)
4:48 (extended version)
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Martin Gore, Jamelia, Stuart Crichton, Tommy Lee James, Karen Poole
Producer(s)Stuart Crichton
Jamelia singles chronology
"Something About You"
(2006)		 "Beware of the Dog"
(2006)		 "No More"
(2007)

Background

"Beware of the Dog" became Jamelia's second single to enter the UK top forty, based 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 also received high radio airplay, reaching BBC Radio 1's A-list and peaking inside the top twenty of both British television airplay and radio airplay charts. Upon its physical release, "Beware of the Dog" peaked at number ten in its second week on the UK Singles Chart and was also Jamelia's second top ten hit from Walk with Me and her seventh UK top ten single. The single made its debut in Australia and debuted at number fifty-one on 21 May 2007, 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 gig that was held on 9 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. The song was also used as one of the catwalk tracks for the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

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 peaked at #10 on the UK charts.

Music video

The video for the single was premiered in the United Kingdom on 21 October 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 ("Yeh Yeh Yeh", "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.[2]

Track listings
UK & Dutch CD[3]
  1. "Beware of the Dog"
  2. "Thank You (Radio Edit)"
UK DVD[4]
  1. "Beware of the Dog" (extended version)
  2. "Tripping Over You"
  3. "Real Love"
  4. "Beware of the Dog" (video)
UK 12" vinyl[5]
  1. "Beware of the Dog" (Alavi ReroX remix)
  2. "Beware of the Dog" (Radio Slave instrumental)
Australian CD single[6]
  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)

Chart performance
Chart (2006) Peak
Position
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 48
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)[8] 10
Chart (2007) Peak
Position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 50
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 68
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 52
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] 55
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[13] 36
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 11
Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 63
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 29
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 46

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

References
  1. Mackenzie, Malcolm. Interview Archived 19 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine. The London Paper. Published 25 September 2006.
  2. "Profile: Billi", Digital Spy. URL last accessed 2007-06-16.
  3. "Kassidy: One Man Army (2012): CD". hmv.com. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  4. "Va: Matthew Herbert Globus Mix Volume 5 (2010): CD". hmv.com. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  5. "hmv". hmv. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Jamelia - Beware Of The Dog". Acharts.us. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  8. "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  9. "Australian-charts.com – Jamelia – Beware of the Dog". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  10. "Austriancharts.at – Jamelia – Beware of the Dog" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  11. "Ultratop.be – Jamelia – Beware of the Dog" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Jamelia – Beware of the Dog" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  13. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 20076 into search. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  14. "Jamelia: Beware of the Dog" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Jamelia – Beware of the Dog". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  16. "Charts.nz – Jamelia – Beware of the Dog". Top 40 Singles.
  17. "Swedishcharts.com – Jamelia – Beware of the Dog". Singles Top 100.
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