Album · Dr. Dog
Shame, Shame by Dr. Dog
Shame, Shame is an album by Dr. Dog, released in 2010. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 22 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Shadow People”, on 18 lists with a best position of #3.
Shame, Shame, Dr. Dog's sixth album, came out in April 2010 as their first release on Anti- after leaving Park the Van. The Philadelphia band wanted this one to carry the charge of their live shows instead of leaving it at the studio door, and they picked a batch of darker, more heart-on-sleeve songs to match. The harmony-stacked pop they learned from the Beatles, the Beach Boys and Big Star is still there, just roughed up and let off the leash.
Co-frontmen Scott McMicken, on guitar, and Toby Leaman, on bass, trade the leads, and the lyrics are the most exposed of the band's career. McMicken called "Jackie Wants a Black Eye" one of the most literal songs he'd written, from a stretch when he'd been in a bad way, and wrote "Shadow People" in his West Philadelphia apartment as a kind of neighborhood diary. Leaman says "Station" is the only song he has written about touring. Be the Void came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Shame, Shame on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadow People | 18 | #3 | – | 2010–2026 | |
| 2 | Where'd All The Time Go? | 3 | #60 | – | 2010–2024 | |
| 3 | Jackie Wants A Black Eye | 1 | #489 | – | 2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.