{{use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Dirty Paws | cover = Of Monsters and Men - "Dirty Paws".jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Of Monsters and Men | album = My Head Is an Animal | released = 12 April 2012 | recorded = 2011–12 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Indie folk|indie pop}} | length = 4:38 | label = Universal | writer = {{hlist|Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir|Ragnar Þórhallsson}} | producer = {{hlist|Of Monsters and Men|Aron Arnarsson}} | prev_title = Little Talks | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Mountain Sound | next_year = 2012 | misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|mCHUw7ACS8o|"Dirty Paws"}}|header=Lyric video}} }}
"'''Dirty Paws'''" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men for their debut studio album, ''My Head Is an Animal'' (2011). It is the opening track and the title of the album comes from a line in the song, and was released as its second single in April 2012 in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe. The lyrics describe a war among animals, launched by the bees against the birds, but won by an alliance of animals against them.
It was featured in the trailer and soundtrack to ''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''. In 2021, it was also featured in the first episode of ''Sweet Tooth''.
==Lyric video== A lyric video to the song was released in 2014. The video features a large two-legged creature carrying a flag through an Icelandic mountainscape, with squadrons of phoenix-like birds flying in the sky.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = CD / digital download | title1 = Dirty Paws | writer1 = {{hlist|Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir|Ragnar Þórhallsson}} | length1 = 4:38 }}
==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for "Dirty Paws" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2012–2014) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|19|artist=Of Monsters and Men|song=Dirty Paws|access-date=18 February 2015|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|35|artist=Of Monsters and Men|song=Dirty Paws|access-date=4 June 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|75|artist=Of Monsters and Men|song=Dirty Paws|access-date=21 December 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|24|artist=Of Monsters and Men|song=Dirty Paws|access-date=4 June 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrockairplay|25|artist=Of Monsters and Men|song=Dirty Paws|access-date=4 June 2014|rowheader=true}} |- |}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center" |+Year-end chart performance for "Dirty Paws" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2014) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Hot Rock Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-rock-songs/ |title=Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2014 |work=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531203937/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-rock-songs |archive-date=May 31, 2020 |url-status=dead |access-date=20 October 2025}}</ref> | 98 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Dirty Paws"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Of Monsters and Men|title=Dirty Paws|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2012|certyear=2024|access-date=14 March 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|type=single|artist=Of Monsters And Men|title=Dirty Paws|relyear=2012|certyear=2022|source=radioscope|access-date=February 1, 2026}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Of Monsters & Men|title=Dirty Paws|award=Gold|relyear=2012|certyear=2025|id=16515-3398-1|access-date=6 December 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Of Monsters & Men|title=Dirty Paws|award=Platinum|relyear=2012|certyear=2023|digital=true|access-date=19 October 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:2012 songs Category:2012 singles Category:Of Monsters and Men songs Category:Universal Music Group singles Category:Songs about animals Category:Songs about war
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