These Boots Are Made For Walkin

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August 10, 2007

Baby Boomer Lens of the Week

Nancy Sinatra - One Hit Wonder

You keep saying you've got something for me.
something you call love, but confess.
You've been messin' where you shouldn't have been a messin'
and now someone else is gettin' all your best.

These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.

You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'
and you keep losin' when you oughta not bet.
You keep samin' when you oughta be changin'.
Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet.

These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.

You keep playin' where you shouldn't be playin
and you keep thinkin' that you´ll never get burnt.
Ha! I just found me a brand new box of matches yeah
and what he knows you ain't HAD time to learn.

Are you ready boots? Start walkin'!

The song was adopted by troops in the Vietnam War when they marched, and Sinatra traveled there in the mid- to late-1960s to perform for the U.S. soldiers. It was used on the soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987). Sinatra also sang it on an episode of China Beach in the late-1980s. In 2005, Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded a revamped version of the song using Sinatra's original vocal track. It appeared on the CD Ride to the Wall, Vol. 2, with proceeds going to help Vietnam veterans.

Other Interesting Recordings of the song:
* 1966 Nancy Sinatra, U.S. #1, UK #1
* 1966 Lee Hazlewood, the songwriter's own Version
* 1967 Loretta Lynn, a country version
* 1991 Jewel on the album Revolution in Heaven
* 1992 Billy Ray Cyrus, on the album Some Gave All
* 1993 LaToya Jackson, on the album From Nashville to You
* 1995 Boy George, on the album Rareties
* 1998 Geri Halliwell, formerly of the Spice Girls, for the Rugrats in Paris: The Movie soundtrack
* 2004 Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots, for a bonus feature on the Shrek 2 DVD.
* 2005 Jessica Simpson, for The Dukes of Hazzard soundtrack, U.S. #14. See These Boots Are Made for Walkin' for more information.
* 2006 Miss Piggy, a parody called "These Bites Are Made For Poppin", sung for a Pizza Hut commercial.

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