1 hit in 1971 - possibly the band’s most iconic tune. “When it started it was ‘Jeremiah was a profit,’ but no one really liked that, or the song,” Negron went on, noting that the song’s author Hoyt Axton changed the lyrics and brought it back to the band on a few occasions.įinally they relented, Negron said, changed “profit” to “bullfrog” and the song became a No. Still waiting on word for an interview with current Three Dog members, I decided to track down Negron to find out just what he meant by calling Jeremiah a bullfrog in the key of D all those years ago. So I tracked down vintage Three Dog performances on YouTube and found that the guy who sang that opening line was the long-haired, mustachioed “Three Dog Nightmare” Chuck Negron - he’s the third original singer of the band who is no longer affiliated as anything but a former member and is completely cut from the band’s current biography. Like many of my generation, before I even knew of the band Three Dog Night I knew the famous opening line to their hit song “Joy to the World.” So, there you go, that’s rock and roll for ya.īut even more so than the meaning behind the band’s moniker, I’ve always wondered what “Jeremiah was a bullfrog” really means. A cold night would be a one-dog-night, colder was two and the coldest nights would be three dog nights. The official Three Dog bio says the term relates to Australian aborigine stories of getting through the coldest of nights by cuddling with their canines. The actual origin of the name and who deserves credit for it is debated online. It seems many people have wondered that over the years. Subscriber Center – Port Orchard Independent.Subscriber Center – North Kitsap Herald.
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