Dog Days Are Over

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"Dog Days Are Over"
Single by Florence + the Machine
from the album Lungs
B-side"You've Got the Love"
Released1 December 2008 (2008-12-01)
Genre
Length
  • 4:13 (album version)
  • 3:41 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)James Ford
Florence + the Machine singles chronology
"Kiss with a Fist"
(2008) 		"Dog Days Are Over"
(2008) 		"Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
(2009)
Music video
"Dog Days Are Over" on YouTube
2010 re-issue cover
Music video
"Dog Days Are Over" (2010 version) on YouTube

"Dog Days Are Over" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their debut album Lungs (2009). It was originally scheduled for release on 24 November 2008 through Moshi Moshi Records in the UK as the album's second single, but was later pushed back for release on 1 December 2008. A day later on 2 December 2008 the single was released in download and seven-inch vinyl format through IAMSOUND Records in the US. The B-side to the single is a cover of "You Got the Love" by The Source featuring Candi Staton which later was confirmed as a track on their debut album and the band's fifth single. The single reached the top 30 in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

A demo version of "Dog Days Are Over" is featured on disc two of the deluxe edition of Lungs. A six-minute, forty-second-long Optimo remix of "Dog Days Are Over" has also been made available.[4] An acoustic version of the song was performed live on BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. The track has been performed at a great number of high-profile festivals through 2008 and 2009, including the Reading and Leeds festivals. The band also performed the song on the Mercury Prize 2009 awards show and BBC Introducing. In 2023, the song appeared in the finale of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and re-entered some charts almost 15 years after its release.

  1. ^ Wolfe, Matt (6 July 2009). "Florence and the Machine Lungs". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ^ Cooley, Joshua (25 January 2022). "10 Alternative Rock Music Videos You've Never Seen". WhatCulture. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ Bradley, Larry (4 November 2014). "The 2000s: Florence and the Machine - "Dog Days Are Over". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
  4. ^ "Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over (An Optimo [Espacio] Remix) – Listening & stats at". Last.fm. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2010.