 " Like a Dog " was released as the third single on 15 January 2001 . The song was heavy in political sentiment , akin to " The Day You Come " on Internationalist . The riff for the song was written by Ian <unk> , and the song 's music video featured Australian Aboriginal boxer Anthony <unk> , and was based on the 1980 Martin Scorsese film <unk> Bull . Drummer Jon <unk> said the song revolved around the question of " why the hell won ’ t John Howard say sorry to the Aboriginal people ! " " Like a Dog " spent one week on the ARIA Singles Chart , at # 40 . 
