When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog

When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog is the debut studio album by Swedish indie pop musician Jens Lekman. His first full-length, the album was released on 7 April 2004 on Service, and later in the year was also released on Secretly Canadian with a slightly altered track listing.

Track listing

 * Sample credits
 * "A Higher Power" contains samples of "So Catch Him" by Blueboy and "Words Don't Fail Me Now" by The Night Keys.

Personnel
Credits for When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog adapted from liner notes.


 * Jens Lekman – writing, performance, recording, horn arrangements
 * Additional personnel


 * Björn Almgren – saxophone
 * Emma Bates – backing vocals
 * Marcus Cato – trumpet
 * Lars-Erik Grimelund – drums
 * Ellen Hjalmarsson – violin
 * Peter Noos Johansson – trombone
 * Ulrika Mild – backing vocals


 * Lilian Olsson – backing vocals
 * Mikaela Robsahm – cello
 * Stefan Sporsén – trumpet, althorn, horn arrangements
 * Jacob Stålhammar – mastering
 * Johan Strömberg – recording (horns and drums)
 * Ben Swanson – drums