What Up, Dog? is a 1988 album by Was (Not Was).
What Up, Dog? was propelled to success by the group's two biggest hits: "Walk the Dinosaur" and "Spy in the House of Love". The former was promoted by a popular music video in which the band performed while a group of girls in campy cavegirl costumes danced. The video received heavy rotation on MTV and MuchMusic and led the single into the top ten of the US singles chart in 1989. Artist/animator Chr...
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What Up, Dog? is a 1988 album by Was (Not Was).
What Up, Dog? was propelled to success by the group's two biggest hits: "Walk the Dinosaur" and "Spy in the House of Love". The former was promoted by a popular music video in which the band performed while a group of girls in campy cavegirl costumes danced. The video received heavy rotation on MTV and MuchMusic and led the single into the top ten of the US singles chart in 1989. Artist/animator Christoph Simon created videos to accompany the tracks "What Up, Dog?", "Dad I'm in Jail" and the Tom Waits-style "Earth to Doris". These appeared on MTV's Liquid Television and in various film festivals, including the Spike & Mike festival.
The album had fewer guests than their previous album and instead was focused around the groups two lead singers: Sweet Pea Atkinson and Sir Harry Bowens. However, a typically long list of collaborators and guest musicians worked on the album including Elvis Costello (co-writer of Shadow & Jimmy), and Frank...
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