"Kitty" is a song by the American

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band The Presidents of the United States of America. It originally appeared on the

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''Froggystyle''. This version was entitled "Kitty at My Foot". According to

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, the song was based "as far as I know" on a true story about "a bad little cat that lived in some partment

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, 2009-10-24. Accessed 2009-10-24. Most of the song is in , but right at the last bar of the chorus, it switches to before returning to

Description

The song describes a man's desire to pet a cat that has been out all night, implied to be a

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. After a moment of bliss, the cat turns on him and scratches him and he decides to let it spend the night outside again.

Track listing

Initial pressing

# "Kitty" - 3:23 # "Kitty" (clean edit) - 3:23

Maxi CD

#"Kitty" - 3:23 #"Peaches" (live) - 3:15 #"Lump" (live) - 2:17

Chart positions

References

1995 singles Songs about cats The Presidents of the United States of America (band) songs Music videos directed by Roman Coppola {{1990s-single-stub