▁launch ▁a ▁controvers y ▁over ▁" H ound ▁Dog ", ▁claim ing ▁to ▁have ▁written ▁it . ▁However , ▁when ▁question ed ▁further ▁on ▁the ▁matter , ▁Thor nt on ▁explained ▁that , ▁while ▁the ▁song ▁had ▁been ▁composed ▁by ▁Le iber ▁and ▁St ol ler , ▁she ▁had ▁transformed ▁it : ▁" They ▁gave ▁me ▁the ▁words , ▁but ▁I ▁changed ▁it ▁around ▁and ▁did ▁it ▁my ▁way ". ▁In ▁his ▁book ▁Race , ▁Rock , ▁and ▁El vis , ▁Michael ▁T . ▁Ber tr and ▁says ▁that ▁Thor nt on ' s ▁explanation ▁" ingen u ously ▁str esses ▁artist ▁interpretation ▁as ▁the ▁sole ▁yard st ick ▁with ▁which ▁to ▁measure ▁authentic ity ". ▁ ▁Thor nt on ▁recorded ▁two ▁takes ▁of ▁the ▁song , ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁take ▁was ▁released . ▁H aban era ▁and ▁H aban era - m am bo ▁variations ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁this ▁recording . ▁Puerto ▁R ican ▁bass ▁player ▁Mario ▁Del ag arde ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁ ▁adding ▁" a ▁jazz - based ▁rh ythm ." ▁In fl uen ced ▁by ▁African - American ▁musical ▁cult ures , ▁its ▁" s ounds ▁range ▁from ▁the ▁gra vel ly ▁beginning ▁of ▁several ▁phr ases , ▁to ▁her ▁spoken ▁and ▁how led ▁interpol ations , ▁and ▁the ▁ending ▁with ▁dog ▁sounds ▁from ▁the ▁band ." ▁According ▁to ▁Robert ▁F ink , ▁Thor nt on ' s ▁delivery ▁has ▁flexible ▁phr asing ▁making ▁use ▁of ▁micro - inf lections ▁and ▁sync op ations . ▁Over ▁a