Song · Adam & the Ants
“Dog Eat Dog” by Adam & the Ants
From the album Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980)
“Dog Eat Dog” by Adam & the Ants appears on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1981 and 2003. It was first released in 1980 on the album Kings of the Wild Frontier. Its best result is #43 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #43 alternative song of 1981 and #3,809 alternative song of all time.
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"Dog Eat Dog" kicks off Adam and the Ants' second album, Kings of the Wild Frontier, and when it came out as a single on 3 October 1980 it gave them their first top ten hit. Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni wrote it around the two-drummer Burundi beat that became the band's calling card, with Merrick and Terry Lee Miall pounding away together, Pirroni on electric guitar, Kevin Mooney on bass and Adam singing lead and adding acoustic guitar, harmonica and piano. Chris Hughes produced.
A Top of the Pops appearance on 16 October 1980 sent it up to number 4 in the UK and built the buzz for the album. Its other famous TV moment was less happy: at the Royal Variety Performance on 18 April 1981, Mooney took off his bass during a mimed medley of "Antmusic" and "Dog Eat Dog", a public meltdown that led to his leaving the band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 43 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 373 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 489 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 2002 | 1204 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 912 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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