Beware of the Dog

Beware of the Dog

:"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)."Infobox Single
Name = Beware of the Dog


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Jamelia
Album = Walk with Me
A-side =
B-side =
Released = Start date|2006|12|4
(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 = Stuart Crichton, Jamelia Davis, T. L. James, Depeche Mode, K. Poole
Producer = Stuart Crichton
Certification =
Last single = "Something About You" (2006)
This single = "Beware of the Dog" (2006)
Next single = "No More" (2007)
Misc ="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).Mackenzie, Malcolm. [http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/nightout/article/1157140236359?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController Interview] . "The London Paper". Published 25 September, 2006.] 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.

The song was featured in the 2008 movie Make It Happen.

Track listings

;UK & Dutch CD [http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=587572&locale=uk UK CD track listing.]
# "Beware of the Dog"
# "Thank You (Radio Edit)"

;UK DVD [http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=587570&locale=uk UK DVD track listing.]
# "Beware of the Dog" (extended version)
# "Tripping Over You"
# "Real Love"
# "Beware of the Dog" (video)

;UK 12" vinyl [http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=587571&locale=uk UK vinyl track listing.]
# "Beware of the Dog" (Alavi ReroX remix)
# "Beware of the Dog" (Radio Slave instrumental)

;Australian CD single [http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artistProduct.asp?actID=135754&catalogNo=3845122 Australian CD track listing.]
# "Beware of the Dog"
# "Something About You" (single edit)
# "Beware of the Dog" (Steve Lawler's Sesso Oscurita mix
# "Beware of the Dog" (Radio Slave instrumental)
# "Beware of the Dog" (Alavi ReroX remix)

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. [" [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bigbrother/displaycontestant.php?contestant_id=15 Profile: Billi] ", "Digital Spy". URL last accessed 2007-06-16.]

Charts

Release history

References


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