Dog Scores #1 Hit with ‘I Whip My Tail Back and Forth’

Dog Scores #1 Hit with ‘I Whip My Tail Back and Forth’

Yoshi the dog is flying high this morning after it was revealed his breakout single, “I Whip My Tail Back and Forth” has climbed to number one on the Billboard pop charts. At just 18 months old, he is the youngest puppy artist to have a number one hit.

The single, which was released on January 1, has already sold 350,000 copies on iTunes, and is the second bestselling ringtone on Verizon after “Royals” by Lorde.

“Yoshi really came out of nowhere,” said Rose Cook, music editor at Flavorwire. “His first single goes to number one in a couple of weeks, and now you can’t go anywhere without hearing it.”

Some pundits think that Yoshi was snubbed at this year’s Grammy Awards, where they think he deserved a nomination for either Record of the Year or Best New Artist. But even lacking a Grammy nod, it will be hard to escape the dog’s fist pumping tune this year: it has already been selected as the official warm up song for Team USA at the Sochi Olympic Games.

Via yoshipoo.