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"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"
"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"
Single by Lobo
from the album Introducing Lobo
B-side	"Walk Away From It All"
Released	March 1971
Studio	Electric Lady Studios
Genre	Soft rock
Length	2:53
Label	Big Tree; 112
Songwriter(s)	Kent LaVoie
Producer(s)	Phil Gernhard
Lobo singles chronology

"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" is the 1971 debut single by Lobo. Written by Lobo under his real name Kent LaVoie, it appears on the Introducing Lobo album.

Composition

Lobo recalls: "I was working on several songs, including a tune about traveling around the country with this girl, and I was trying to rhyme 'you and me.' Now 'me and you' would have been easier, but I was trying to do it with proper grammar. I couldn’t find anything to rhyme that fit what I wanted to say in the song. Finally, after I got back home to Florida, I decided to turn the phrase around to 'me and you.' I was thinking about it, sitting in a room that had a big sliding glass door overlooking the back yard. My big German Shepherd dog: Boo, came running around the corner and looked in at me. I said: 'Well, now, that’s kinda freaky. How about putting 'a dog named Boo’ into the song?” That’s literally how it came about. All of a sudden the song really started coming together. I hadn’t been to any of the places mentioned in the song except Georgia, but I just kept putting in places that sounded far away like Minneapolis and L.A."^[2]

Impact

The single peaked at #5 on the Hot 100 and was the first of four of his songs to hit #1 on the Easy Listening chart, where it had a two-week stay at that top spot in May 1971.^[3] The song also reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1971^[4] and spent four weeks at #1 in New Zealand.^[5]

Internationally, "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" was Lobo's second most successful song among more than 15 single releases, surpassed only by " I'd Love You to Want Me" the following year.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Australia KMR^[6]	8
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM)^[7]	6
Canada Top Singles ( RPM)^[8]	6
Ireland ( IRMA)^[9]	6
New Zealand ( Listener)^[10]	1
South Africa ( Springbok)^[11]	6
UK Singles ( OCC)^[12]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[13]	5
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard)^[14]	1
US Cash Box Top 100	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)	Rank
Australia ^[6]^{[ failed verification]}	65
Canada ^[15]	98
UK ^[16]	43
US Billboard Hot 100^[17]	59
US Cash Box ^[18]	94

Cover versions

Later in 1971, country artist Stonewall Jackson recorded the song, which was his final Top 40 hit on the US country chart, peaking at #7.^[19]
Perry Como recorded the song for his 1971 album I Think of You.^[20]
In 1972, a version was sung by The Brady Kids in the episode "Who Was That Dog...?" on their Saturday morning cartoon show.^[21]
Agnes Chan recorded the song for her 1972 album Original I (A New Beginning).^[22]

References

^ Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny (July 31, 1943). "Lobo | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
^ "Kent Kavoie ...The Singer Called Lobo". Mybestyears.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 148.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 326. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "Flavour of New Zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ " Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5386." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 5385." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
^ " The Irish Charts – Search Results – Me and You and a Dog Named Boo". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
^ "Flavour of New Zealand, 26 February 1973". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Rock.co.za. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
^ "Lobo: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ "Lobo Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Lobo Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
^ 1971 in British music#Best-selling singles
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1971/Top 100 Songs of 1971". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1971". Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 170.
^ "Tracks on I Think of You - Perry Como (June 1971) | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
^ "Who Was That Dog...?". IMDb.
^ "Tracks on Original I (A New Beginning) - Agnes Chan (1972) | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.

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[1] Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny (July 31, 1943). "Lobo | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[Interview_Spotlight-2] "Kent Kavoie ...The Singer Called Lobo". Mybestyears.com. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 148.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-4] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 326. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[5] "Flavour of New Zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved October 4, 2016.

[Australian_Chart_Book_1970–1992-6] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[sc_Canadaadultcontemporary_-7] " Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5386." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2021.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_-8] " Top RPM Singles: Issue 5385." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2021.

[sc_Ireland2_-9] " The Irish Charts – Search Results – Me and You and a Dog Named Boo". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.

[10] "Flavour of New Zealand, 26 February 1973". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved August 3, 2023.

[11] "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Rock.co.za. Retrieved September 5, 2018.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Lobo-12] "Lobo: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Lobo-13] "Lobo Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Lobo-14] "Lobo Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.

[15] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.

[16] 1971 in British music#Best-selling singles

[17] "Top 100 Hits of 1971/Top 100 Songs of 1971". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved August 3, 2023.

[18] "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1971". Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2017.

[19] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 170.

[20] "Tracks on I Think of You - Perry Como (June 1971) | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.

[21] "Who Was That Dog...?". IMDb.

[22] "Tracks on Original I (A New Beginning) - Agnes Chan (1972) | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.

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v t e Lobo
Albums	Introducing Lobo (1971) Of a Simple Man (1972) Calumet (1973) Just a Singer (1974) A Cowboy Afraid of Horses (1975) Lobo (1979)
Songs	" Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" " I'd Love You to Want Me" " Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" " Let Me Down Easy" " It Sure Took a Long, Long Time" " How Can I Tell Her" " Rings" " Don't Tell Me Goodnight" " Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love"

v t e Stonewall Jackson
Singles	" Life to Go" " Waterloo" " Why I'm Walkin'" " A Wound Time Can't Erase" " B.J. the D.J." " Don't Be Angry" " I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water" " Stamp Out Loneliness" " Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"
Albums	The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson (1959) The Sadness in a Song (1962) I Love a Song (1963) Stonewall Jackson's Greatest Hits (1965) All's Fair in Love 'N' War (1966)