Hair of the Dog (song)

"Hair of the Dog"
"Hair of the Dog" cover
Promotional single by Guns N' Roses from the album "The Spaghetti Incident?"
Released	1994 (1994)
Recorded	1993
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal
Length	3:55
Label	Geffen
Producer(s)	Guns N' Roses and Mike Clink
"The Spaghetti Incident?" track listing
"Buick Mackane (Big Dumb Sex)" (7) "Hair of the Dog" "Attitude" (9)

"Hair of the Dog" is the title track of Nazareth's 1975 album Hair of the Dog. It is sometimes called "Son of a Bitch" because of the repeated lyric in the hook ("Now you're messing with a son of a bitch"). The song is about a charming and manipulative woman who can get men to acquiesce to her every need. The singer is letting her know that she has met her match in him, a self-described "son of a bitch."

"Hair of the Dog" uses a talk box extensively during its bridge. The song's title, which does not appear in the lyrics, is a pun ("hair of the dog" = "heir of the dog" = "son of a bitch").

The song has been covered by many bands. Guns N' Roses recorded it on their 1993 album "The Spaghetti Incident?". This version features the signature guitar riff from the Beatles' Day Tripper as a gag at the end. The song is on the Britny Fox album Boys in Heat. Stone Rider covered the song on their 2008 album Three Legs of Trouble. It has also been covered by Deep Purple, The Michael Schenker Group, and Warrant.

The original version of the song is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. The song was also used in The CW show Supernatural in a Season 2 promotional advertisement.