Like My Dog

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"Like My Dog"
Currington - Like My Dog cover.jpg
Single by Billy Currington
from the album Enjoy Yourself
ReleasedOctober 10, 2011 (2011-10-10)
Recorded2010
Genre Country
Length2:46
Label Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Billy Currington singles chronology
"Love Done Gone"
(2011)
"Like My Dog"
(2011)
"Hey Girl"
(2013)

"Like My Dog" is a song written by Harley Allen and Scotty Emerick [1] and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released in October 2011 as the fourth and final single from Currington's 2010 album Enjoy Yourself . The song peaked at number 24 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Contents

Jimmy Buffett recorded a cover of the song for his 2023 album Equal Strain on All Parts .

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song a four-and-a-half-out-of-five star rating, describing it as "cute and a little superficial, but impossible to ignore or not fall in love with." [2] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song four stars out of five, writing that it's "a clever and undeniably country tune with a laid-back melody that suits Billy's strong country voice." [3]

Chart performance

"Like My Dog" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of October 22, 2011. [4]

Chart (2011–2012)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [5] 33
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 24
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 [7] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)Position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 98

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References

  1. Conaway, Alanna (October 16, 2011). "Billy Currington, 'Like My Dog' – Lyrics Uncovered". Taste of Country. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  2. Dukes, Billy (September 30, 2011). "Billy Currington, 'Like My Dog' – Song Review". Taste of Country. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  3. Bjorke, Matt (October 28, 2011). "Single Review: Billy Currington - "Like My Dog"". Roughstock. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  4. Morris, Edward (October 15, 2011). "Scotty McCreery, Keith Urban Top This Week's Album, Songs Charts". Country Music Television . Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
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