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 When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie 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 When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie You ain't never caught a rabbit And you ain't no friend of mine When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie 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
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 When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie 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 When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie You ain't never caught a rabbit And you ain't no friend of mine When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie When they said you was high classed Well, that was just a lie 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
“Hound Dog” foi escrita por Jerry Leiber e Mike Stoller como um clássico de doze compassos de blues.
A primeira gravação foi feita por Big Mama Thornton em 13 de agosto de 1952, em Los Ángeles, e lançada pela Peacock Records em fevereiro de 1953.
A versão de Elvis Presley, gravada em julho de 1956, chegou a liderar simultaneamente as paradas pop, country e R&B nos Estados Unidos e ficou 11 semanas no topo da parada pop, um recorde que durou 36 anos.
O disco de Elvis vendeu cerca de 10 milhões de cópias em todo o mundo, tornando‑se seu maior sucesso comercial e um ícone da revolução do rock ’n’ roll.
Tanto a gravação de Thornton (induzida ao Grammy Hall of Fame em 2013) quanto a de Elvis (induzida ao Grammy Hall of Fame em 1988) foram incluídas na lista “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll” do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
A canção já foi gravada mais de 250 vezes e, a partir da década de 1970, apareceu em diversos filmes, reforçando sua presença constante na cultura popular.
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