"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | ||||
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Single by Nancy Sinatra | ||||
from the album Boots | ||||
B-side | "The City Never Sleeps at Night" | |||
Released | February 22, 1966 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Recorded | November 19, 1965 Western Recorders Hollywood, California, United States |
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Genre | Pop rock, rock n' roll | |||
Length | 2:42 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Writer(s) | Lee Hazlewood | |||
Producer(s) | Lee Hazlewood | |||
Nancy Sinatra singles chronology | ||||
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Promotional single by Geri Halliwell from the album Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | ||||
Released | February 1, 2000 | |||
Format | Promo CD | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:03 | |||
Label | EMI, Maverick | |||
Writer(s) | Lee Hazlewood | |||
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie track listing | ||||
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Single by Jessica Simpson | ||||||||
from the album The Dukes of Hazzard and A Public Affair | ||||||||
Released | May 26, 2005 (US) August 29, 2005 (UK) |
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Format | Digital download, digital maxi single | |||||||
Genre | Country pop, dance-pop | |||||||
Length | 4:10 (radio edit) | |||||||
Label | Columbia | |||||||
Writer(s) | Lee Hazlewood; Jessica Simpson (additional; uncredited) | |||||||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |||||||
Jessica Simpson singles chronology | ||||||||
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"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a hit song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra. It was released on February 22, 1966, and hit No. 1 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart.
Subsequently, many cover versions of the song have been released in a range of styles: metal, pop, rock, punk rock, country, dance, and industrial. Loretta Lynn, Jessica Simpson, Kon Kan, Geri Halliwell, The Residents, Megadeth, Cold Snap, Jewel, Operation Ivy, Parquet Courts, and KMFDM also released covers of the song. Leningrad Cowboys titled their version "These Boots", and released a video of the song, directed by Aki Kaurismäki.
Nancy Sinatra was encouraged by Lee Hazlewood to sing the song as if she were "a sixteen-year-old girl who fucks truck drivers." Sinatra's recording of the song was made with the help of Los Angeles session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew. This session included Hal Blaine on drums, Al Casey, Tommy Tedesco, and Billy Strange on guitars, Ollie Mitchell, Roy Caton and Lew McCreary on horns, Carol Kaye on electric bass, and Chuck Berghofer on double bass, providing the notable bass line.