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
Dogs (the Who song) Keith Moon. Both "Dogs" songs were included on the 1987 U.S. collection "Two's Missing". That album is out of print, but "Dogs" is available in a 1990s era stereo remix on the box set "30 Years of Maximum R&B"; a stereo mix of "Dogs (Part Two)" was included on the bonus disc of the "Tommy" deluxe edition in 2003. It was once again released in mono as it was included in the two-disc edition of "The Who Hits 50!". "Uncut" magazine describes the song as "mockney music-hall." "Uncut" praised its whimsy, imaginative arrangement and "tumultuous rhythm." Who biographer John Atkins