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“Dirty Paws” by Of Monsters And Men
From the album My Head Is an Animal (2011)
“Dirty Paws” by Of Monsters And Men appears on 14 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2012 and 2025. It was first released in 2011 on the album My Head Is an Animal. Its best result is #27 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #119 alternative song of 2013.
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"Dirty Paws" opens My Head Is an Animal, the 2011 debut from Iceland's Of Monsters and Men, and it gave the album its title, which comes from one of its lines. Nanna and Ragnar Þórhallsson wrote the words, a fable about a war in the animal kingdom that the bees start against the birds and that ends with an alliance of animals coming out on top.
Aron Arnarsson produced it with Jacquire King and the band, engineering it too, and Craig Silvey mixed. It went out as the album's second single in the UK, Ireland and Europe in April 2012, then found a second life in the trailer and soundtrack for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and, in 2021, the first episode of Sweet Tooth. A 2014 lyric video marches a two-legged beast with a flag through Icelandic mountains.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 178 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2013 | 30 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2013 | 50 |
| 2013 | 82 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2013 | 99 |
| 2013 | 69 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 | 107 |
| 2013 | 42 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013 | 103 |
| 2014 | 27 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 | 91 |
| 2014 | 39 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 | 99 |
| 2014 | 27 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 | 51 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 778 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 778 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 1365 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 1209 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2025 | 539 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 474 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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