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| Single by Arlo Parks | ||||
| from the album Collapsed in Sunbeams | ||||
| A-side | "Eugene" | |||
| Released | May 4, 2020 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary R&B | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Transgressive | |||
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| Producer(s) | Gianluca Buccellati | |||
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| "Black Dog" on YouTube | ||||
"Black Dog" is a song by the British singer and poet Arlo Parks from her first studio album, Collapsed in Sunbeams (2021).[1] Named after Winston Churchill's term for depression,[2] the song focuses on mental health.[3] "Black Dog" was Parks' first song to have mainstream radio airplay in the UK, on the A List of the BBC Radio 1 Playlist in July 2020.[4] Critics at NME ranked "Black Dog" as the fourth best song of 2020.[5]
- ^ Richards, Will (20 May 2020). "Arlo Parks: Creator of the year's most devastating song". NME. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ Smyth, David (29 May 2020). "Arlo Parks interview: 'Music was my refuge in a lost space'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ Reilly, Nick (5 May 2020). "Arlo Parks shares powerful new track 'Black Dog'". NME. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Radio 1 Playlist". BBC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "The 50 best songs of 2020". NME. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.