"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" is the 1971 debut single by Lobo. Written by Lobo under his real name Kent LaVoie, it appears on the Introducing Lobo album.
Lobo recalls: "I was working on several songs, including a tune about traveling around the country with this girl, and I was trying to rhyme 'you and me.' Now 'me and you' would have been easier, but I was trying to do it with proper grammar. I couldn’t find anything to rhyme that fit what I wanted to say in the song. Finally, after I got back home to Florida, I decided to turn the phrase around to 'me and you.' I was thinking about it, sitting in a room that had a big sliding glass door overlooking the back yard. My big German Shepherd dog: Boo, came running around the corner and looked in at me. I said: 'Well, now, that’s kinda freaky. How about putting 'a dog named Boo’ into the song?” That’s literally how it came about. All of a sudden the song really started coming together. I hadn’t been to any of the places mentioned in the song except Georgia, but I just kept putting in places that sounded far away like Minneapolis and L.A."[2]
ImpactEdit
The single peaked at #5 on the Hot 100 and was the first of four of his songs to hit #1 on the Easy Listening chart, where it had a two-week stay at that top spot in May 1971.[3] The song also reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1971[4] and spent four weeks at #1 in New Zealand.[5]
Internationally, "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" was Lobo's second most successful song among more than 15 single releases, surpassed only by "I'd Love You to Want Me" the following year.
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Me and You and a Dog Named Boo is the 1971 debut single by Lobo Written by Lobo under his real name Kent LaVoie it appears on the Introducing Lobo album Me and You and a Dog Named Boo Single by Lobofrom the album Introducing LoboB side Walk Away From It All ReleasedMarch 1971StudioElectric Lady StudiosGenreSoft rock 1 Length2 53LabelBig Tree 112Songwriter s Kent LaVoieProducer s Phil GernhardLobo singles chronology Me and You and a Dog Named Boo 1971 She Didn t Do Magic I m the Only One 1971 Contents 1 Composition 2 Impact 3 Chart history 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 Cover versions 5 See also 6 ReferencesComposition EditLobo recalls I was working on several songs including a tune about traveling around the country with this girl and I was trying to rhyme you and me Now me and you would have been easier but I was trying to do it with proper grammar I couldn t find anything to rhyme that fit what I wanted to say in the song Finally after I got back home to Florida I decided to turn the phrase around to me and you I was thinking about it sitting in a room that had a big sliding glass door overlooking the back yard My big German Shepherd dog Boo came running around the corner and looked in at me I said Well now that s kinda freaky How about putting a dog named Boo into the song That s literally how it came about All of a sudden the song really started coming together I hadn t been to any of the places mentioned in the song except Georgia but I just kept putting in places that sounded far away like Minneapolis and L A 2 Impact EditThe single peaked at 5 on the Hot 100 and was the first of four of his songs to hit 1 on the Easy Listening chart where it had a two week stay at that top spot in May 1971 3 The song also reached 4 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1971 4 and spent four weeks at 1 in New Zealand 5 Internationally Me and You and a Dog Named Boo was Lobo s second most successful song among more than 15 single releases surpassed only by I d Love You to Want Me the following year Chart history EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1971 PeakpositionAustralia KMR 6 8Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 7 6Canada Top Singles RPM 8 6Ireland IRMA 9 6New Zealand Listener 10 1South Africa Springbok 11 6UK Singles OCC 12 4US Billboard Hot 100 13 5US Adult Contemporary Billboard 14 1US Cash Box Top 100 8 Year end charts Edit Chart 1971 RankAustralia 6 failed verification 65Canada 15 98UK 16 43US Billboard Hot 100 17 59US Cash Box 18 94Cover versions EditLater in 1971 country artist Stonewall Jackson recorded the song which was his final Top 40 hit on the US country chart peaking at 7 19 Perry Como recorded the song for his 1971 album I Think of You 20 In 1972 a version was sung by The Brady Kids in the episode Who Was That Dog on their Saturday morning cartoon show 21 Agnes Chan recorded the song for her 1972 album Original I A New Beginning 22 See also EditList of number one adult contemporary singles of 1971 U S List of number one singles in 1971 New Zealand References Edit Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny July 31 1943 Lobo Biography AllMusic Retrieved March 4 2014 Kent Kavoie The Singer Called Lobo Mybestyears com Retrieved March 6 2021 Whitburn Joel 2002 Top Adult Contemporary 1961 2001 Record Research p 148 Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 326 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Flavour of New Zealand search listener Flavourofnz co nz Retrieved October 4 2016 a b Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 Australian Chart Book St Ives N S W ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Top RPM Adult Contemporary Issue 5386 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved April 9 2021 Top RPM Singles Issue 5385 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved April 9 2021 The Irish Charts Search Results Me and You and a Dog Named Boo Irish Singles Chart Retrieved June 22 2017 Flavour of New Zealand 26 February 1973 Flavourofnz co nz Retrieved August 3 2023 SA Charts 1965 March 1989 Rock co za Retrieved September 5 2018 Lobo Artist Chart History Official Charts Company Lobo Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Lobo Chart History Adult Contemporary Billboard Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada collectionscanada gc ca 1971 in British music Best selling singles Top 100 Hits of 1971 Top 100 Songs of 1971 Musicoutfitters com Retrieved August 3 2023 Cash Box Year End Charts Top 100 Pop Singles December 25 1971 Archived from the original on October 6 2016 Retrieved July 15 2017 Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits 1944 2006 Second edition Record Research p 170 Tracks on I Think of You Perry Como June 1971 SecondHandSongs SecondHandSongs Who Was That Dog IMDb Tracks on Original I A New Beginning Agnes Chan 1972 SecondHandSongs SecondHandSongs This 1970s single related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Me and You and a Dog Named Boo amp oldid 1168615822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
