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A wolf from the Voyageurs Wolf Project on June 5, 2023.
A wolf from the Voyageurs Wolf Project on June 5, 2023.Courtesy of Voyageurs Wolf Project

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

May 20, 2024

This Coffee Break is a special one for Minnesota basketball fans. We’re celebrating our Minnesota Timberwolves’ most-impressive playoff run in 20 years. Sunday night, the Wolves were in Denver to play the Nuggets in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals.

We decided no matter how the game turned out that we’d want to send love to the team with songs that reference the team’s name. Let’s find songs that have a wolf or wolves in the lyrics. Dig up some tunes that refer to howling or just feature a good howl. And, while we’re at it, are there musicians with a lupine (relating to wolves) name we can play?

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs mentioning wolves would you like to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
Sea Wolf - You're A Wolf
TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me
Cloud Cult – Running With The Wolves
Warren Zevon – Werewolves Of London
Garbage – Wolves
Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf
Los Lobos – Will The Wolf Survive