Dog Days Are Over

"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 2008 song by Florence and the Machine and is the second single from their debut studio album Lungs. It went to number 21 in the United Kingdom and the United States, number 27 in New Zealand, number 19 in Canada and number 16 in Scotland.

Track listing and formats

Original 7-inch vinyl/CD single promo

  1. "Dog Days Are Over" – 4:10
  2. "You've Got the Love" – 2:48

2010 re-release 7-inch vinyl

  1. "Dog Days Are Over" – 4:10
  2. "Dog Days Are Over" (Optimo Espacio Remix) – 6:43

2010 digital download bundle

  1. "Dog Days Are Over" – 4:10
  2. "Dog Days Are Over" (Breakage Remix) – 4:48
  3. "Dog Days Are Over" (Steve Pitron & Max Sanna Remix) – 6:43
  4. "Dog Days Are Over" (Optimo Espacio Remix) – 6:43
  5. "You've Got the Love" (strings version, live from the Union Chapel)

References

  1. ↑ Wolfe, Matt (6 July 2009). "Florence and the Machine Lungs". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Cooley, Joshua (January 25, 2022). "10 Alternative Rock Music Videos You've Never Seen". WhatCulture. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  3. ↑ Rolling Stone Staff (8 October 2025). "The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 October 2025. Pure joy is one of the hardest emotions to capture in music, but Florence Welch and her band did it as well as anyone has in ["Dog Days are Over", a] one-of-a-kind, harp-propelled folk-rock epic.
  4. ↑ Bradley, Larry (November 4, 2014). "The 2000s: Florence and the Machine - "Dog Days Are Over". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.