Mad Dogs and Englishmen (song) Mad Dogs and Englishmen (song) "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" is a song written by Noël Coward and first performed in "The Third Little Show" at the Music Box Theatre, New York, on 1 June 1931, by Beatrice Lillie. The following year it was used in the revue "Words and Music" and also released in a "studio version". It then became a signature feature in Coward's cabaret act. The song is especially known for the line "Only Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" with which most verses begin and end. According to Sheridan Morley, Coward wrote the
Who Let the Dogs Out? songs, "Who Let the Dogs Out?" ranked third. It was also ranked first on Spinner's 2008 list of "Top 20 Worst Songs Ever". "Rolling Stone" also ranked it at number 8 on a "worst songs of the 1990s" poll. In the original music video, a police officer is watching a parody of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" called "Who Wants to Be a Zillionaire?" is depicted at the start, where a contestant is given the zillion dollar question "Who let the dogs out?". Then, the dogs in the video then escape from a police station. The officer, surprised, yells