This Man Devoted the Last Seven Years to Studying “Who Let the Dogs Out: Click here....................
"Who Let the Dogs Out?," the 2000 hit by Baha Men has cemented its place in American culture via movie soundtracks, stadium PA systems, and just about everywhere else imaginable. Seventeen years since its release, we've had plenty of time to ponder the question: who let the dogs out? But many didn't question the song's controversial past. What started as a female-empowerment chant played on a Carnival float in Trinidad and Tobago has gone through a bunch of legal cases and copyright disputes. And, like any great conflict in history, there are people seeking to preserve its story.
Ben Sisto has devoted the last seven years to studying the history of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" from its beginnings, following it through a web of characters all over the world, and examining the ongoing legal battles behind the scenes.
His immersive project, "Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out," includes a speaking event and a traveling museum exhibit of more than 250 pieces of merchandise related to the song and its history that he's used as evidence in his research. He uses items like record sleeves and liner notes as permanent, tangible sources to track the song's production history, personnel, and possible lyrical changes and censorship over the song's history. Items like t-shirts and singing stuffed animals demonstrate the song's progression from silliness to cultural phenomenon.
We caught up with Sisto to learn more about the song's history, the exhibit, and the amount of effort it takes to be the world's leading expert on "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
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