"Walking the Dog" (or "Walkin' the Dog") is a Rufus Thomas song. It was released on his 1963 album Walking the Dog. It was his signature hit and also his biggest, reaching number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1963 and remaining on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks. The lyrics make frequent references to children's nursery rhymes.
The song was covered by The Rolling Stones in 1964. Unlike most Stones' recordings, the songs features harmony vocals on the chorus solely by Brian Jones and Jagger (most early Stones songs feature either Keith Richards and Bill Wyman joining on backing vocals) making their recording of the song unique among their catalogue.
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Famous quotes containing the words walking and/or dog:
“A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 26:11.