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Baha Men (Music)
Baha Men is a Bahamian group known for their song “Who Let The Dogs Out?” Their genre is Junkanoo and they originally did disco and funk before moving to the genre to win their Grammys-Award winning song. They self-released most of their albums although they were signed to Atlantic Records.

Their big break was in 2000 with, “Who Let The Dogs Out” which charted in many countries but also received mixed criticism for the fact that it was annoying, but it has been featured in numerous media and won a Grammy. Originally the song was written by Anslem Douglas but the Baha Men had made their version which was the one that became famous.

Discography as High Voltage

  • Electrifying (1985)
  • High Voltage (1987)

Discography as Baha Men

  • Junkanoo (1992)
  • Kalik (1994)
  • I Like What I Like (1997)
  • Doong Spank (1998)
  • 2 Zero 0-0 (1999)
  • Who Let The Dogs Out (2000)
  • Move It Like This (2002)
  • Holla (2004)

Who let the tropes out! Who! Who! Who! Who! Who!

  • Album Title Drop: When listening to “Who Let The Dogs Out” on its album, its this.
  • Audience Participation Song: Although their music is designed for the purpose, “Move It Like This” contains it the most, and the audiences do the shouts during their performances when the song comes on.
  • Big Fun: If their music doesn’t give it away already, the men have this presence in concerts and they are also this way in real life, such as in interviews.
  • Big "YES!": “Holla” has lots of shouting of “YEAH!” in the middle of the bridge.
  • Boy Band: They’re the Baha Men, and the members are men.
  • Broken Record:
    • “WHO LET THE DOGS OUT! WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO! WHO!”
    • ”Can you move it like this? I can shake it like that!” takes up the song’s lyrical content in “Move It Like This”.
    • ”You put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up!” takes up most of the lyrics to the point where its all that is said in “Coconut”.
  • Cover Version: They did a cover of "Coconut" by Harry Nilsson.
  • Fish-Eye Lens: Their music videos are of them singing and rapping to the camera which has a fish-eye lens.
  • Food Fight: In the music video for “Holla”, lasagna gets thrown in different locations including a random car.
  • Genre-Busting: Their genre is Junkanoo. They were pioneers of this genre.
  • Greatest Hits Album: 10 Great Songs: Who Let the Dogs Out (2002) and Greatest Movie Hits (2010).
  • I Have Many Names: They released albums and songs under other names such as High Voltage.
  • Large Ham: The men are quite loud and fun in their singing and rapping. They’re guaranteed to spontaneously get a party started.
  • One-Word Title: Their song “Go!”
  • Rhymes on a Dime: “Shake your body! Every-body” in “Move It Like This”.
  • Self-Titled Album: When they are High Voltage, they released an album, High Voltage (1987)

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