I'll Name the Dogs
2017 single by Blake Shelton
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"I'll Name the Dogs" is a song by Matt Dragstrem, Ben Hayslip, and Josh Thompson and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on September 11, 2017, as the first single Shelton's 2017 album Texoma Shore (2017) and would be used for Shelton's other album Fully Loaded: God's Country.
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![Blake Shelton appear sitting on a stool in front of a grey wall that displays the song's title.](#/media/File:Blake_Shelton_"I'll_Name_the_Dogs".jpg) | ||||
| Single by Blake Shelton | ||||
| from the album Texoma Shore and Fully Loaded: God's Country | ||||
| Released | September 11, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
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| Producer | Scott Hendricks | |||
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| I'll Name the Dogs on YouTube | ||||
Background and composition
"I'll Name the Dogs" was written by Matt Dragstrem, Ben Hayslip and Josh Thompson, while production was handled by Scott Hendricks.
Commercial performance
"I'll Name the Dogs" debuted at No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart for the week of September 28, 2017.[1] That same week, the song first entered the Hot Country Songs at No. 40.[2] It became available for sale the following week, and was the second best-selling country song that week with over 27,273 copies sold. This helped the song move up to No. 10 on Hot Country Songs.[3] As of January 2018, "I'll Name the Dogs" has sold 185,000 copies in the United States.[4] The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 13, 2018, and Platinum on July 31, 2019, for a million units in sales and streams.[5]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[14] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[5] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ / 185,000[4] |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||