Backyard Dog

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Backyard Dog

| origin = Manchester

| genre = Ragga, dance

| years_active =

| label = East West Records

| current_members = Aniff Akinola
Lloyd Hanley

}}

Backyard Dog is a musical duo from Manchester,{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/backyard-dog-parts-company-with-record-1164268|title=Backyard Dog parts company with record label|date=17 February 2007 |publisher=Manchester Evening News|accessdate=10 July 2013}} consisting of Aniff Akinola and Lloyd Hanley.{{cite web|url=http://www.djluv.in/music/320kbps-djluv-direct-mp3-songs-album-download/c/craig-pruess/bend-it-like-beckham/aniff-akinola-lloyd-hanley-backyard-dog-baddest-ruffest.html|title=Aniff Akinola & Lloyd Hanley - Backyard Dog - Baddest Ruffest|publisher=Djluv.in|accessdate=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111832/http://www.djluv.in/music/320kbps-djluv-direct-mp3-songs-album-download/c/craig-pruess/bend-it-like-beckham/aniff-akinola-lloyd-hanley-backyard-dog-baddest-ruffest.html|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead}} The name "backyard dog" comes from when Akinola booted Hanley out of his recording studio, culminating in him saying "you can't treat me like this, you're treating me like a backyard dog".{{cite web |url=http://www.global-trance.co.uk/fr_index.html?/Backyard_Dog.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124055/http://www.global-trance.co.uk/fr_index.html?%2FBackyard_Dog.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2018 |title=Backyard Dog |publisher=Global-trance.co.uk |accessdate=10 July 2013 }}

Their 2001 single, "Baddest Ruffest", reached No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart,{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/backyard%20dog/|title=BACKYARD DOG|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=10 July 2013}} and was used as the 2002 FIFA World Cup theme, and in the films Ali G Indahouse and Bend It Like Beckham.{{cite web|url=http://www.umusicpub.co.uk/en-GB/Artists/A/Aniff-Akinola.aspx|title=Aniff Akola|publisher=Universal Music Publishing|accessdate=7 July 2013}}