March of the Dogs
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| Song by Sum 41 | |||||
| Album | Underclass Hero | ||||
| Released | April 17, 2007 | ||||
| Format | Digital Single | ||||
| Recorded | 2006/2007 | ||||
| Genre | Punk rock | ||||
| Length | 3:09 | ||||
| Label | Island Records | ||||
| Writer | Deryck Whibley | ||||
| Producer | Deryck Whibley | ||||
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"March of the Dogs" was the first song released off of Sum 41's fifth studio album, Underclass Hero. It was released as a digital single on April 17, 2007. Deryck stated that it is not a single but just their favorite song, so they released it. "Carnival of Sins" was the working title for this song.
[edit] Overview
"March of the Dogs" is an up-tempo song that shows off very political lyrics (an example are the lines: "I don’t believe in the politics/Of chosen fools and hypocrites"), and a return of the band to their earlier efforts Half Hour of Power and All Killer No Filler. It also shares a similar structure with the Sum 41 single from Does This Look Infected?; "The Hell Song". Even with those relations the song sounds very experimental to Sum 41's more generic music as it is the first song released by the band to contain a change in time signature. This song is the first to contain a section not in 4/4 time; The Outro section is in 3/4 time. The next song on the track "The Jester" emerges out of this 3/4 time part; "March of the Dogs" is a lot more mature lyrically than previous albums, comparable in these aspects with their later album Chuck.
The title is suspected to be a reference to the also politically influenced track by Nine Inch Nails "March of the Pigs".
[edit] Controversy
Shortly after its release, it was clear that the song was controversial. In the first two lines the song says "Ladies and gentlemen of the underclass/The president of the United States of America is dead". This had a massive negative response from some people on the internet who support George W. Bush. In response, lead-singer Deryck Whibley said:
"That line is a metaphor for how Bush is so ineffectual and incompetent as a president, (...)It's the worst way I could think of to describe how bad he is as a leader."[1]
On May 4th 2007, Deryck issued a public statement clearing the questions and controversy in a Rolling Stone article.
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