# Songs about shoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395 "2006-04-12T16:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/21 "2006-04-12T17:50:09Z")
Hole in my Shoe : Steve Winwood The Red Shoes : Kate Bush Not in the title, but prominent in the lyrics Let’s Dance : David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/22 "2006-04-12T18:24:43Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Oooh! Phoebe Buffay, **Sticky Shoes** : > > “Sticky shoes, sticky shoes , > Always make me smile, > Sticky shoes, sticky shoes, > Next time I’ll > Avoid the pile!” > > 😃 Aw, you stole mine **Scarlett67** , so all i can say is I want to put on my my my my my boogie shoes and boogie with you. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/23 "2006-04-12T18:32:20Z")
> [@Cowgirl Jules](#): > > “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under,” Shania Twain. Horrible song. And still better than her other song “Men Are Like Shoes” “Boogie Shoes” by KC & the Sunshine Band. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/24 "2006-04-12T18:33:05Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Hole in my Shoe : Steve Winwood Nitpick: performed by Traffic and written by Dave Mason, no Winwood. How about: “Excuse my shoes they don’t quite fit They’re a special offer and they hurt me a bit.” – Kinks, _Low Budget_ “He wears tan shoes with pink shoelaces A polka dot vest and man, oh, man Tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big Panama with a purple hat band” – Dodie Stevens, _Pink Shoelaces_ “What confidence in my new built-up shoes, So smart for winter or summer. Undetectable in normal everyday use. Look out there’s a monster coming!” – Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, _Look Out There’s a Monster Coming_ ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/25 "2006-04-12T18:33:09Z")
**Boogie shoes** by KC and the Sunshine Band. I am ashamed that this is my sole contribution to this thread, but my good ones were already taken. Honest! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/26 "2006-04-12T18:37:21Z")
Uh, **Bead** , look two posts above yours. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/27 "2006-04-12T18:39:02Z")
Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain ("…another town that I’ll go walking through, with the rain in my shoes, searching for you…") Claudja Barry - Boogie Woogie Dancin’ Shoes Many artists - Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy The Main Ingredient - Red Shoes Almost fits the criteria: John Lennon’s song “Meat City” started out as a demo called “Shoeshine.” ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/28 "2006-04-12T18:41:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Uh, Bead, look two posts above yours. Oh for the love of Pete! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/29 "2006-04-12T18:50:39Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Nitpick: performed by Traffic and written by Dave Mason, no Winwood. Totally correct, my bad relying on the first Google link I got. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/30 "2006-04-12T19:09:48Z")
“I Could Have Stood You Up” from Keith Richards’ “Talk is Cheap” solo album: _My shoes walk down the street Only trouble is, they ain’t on my feet_ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/31 "2006-04-12T19:11:29Z")
**Boots or Hearts** - the Tragically Hip “Just like boots or hearts/ When they start/ They sure do fall apart!” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/32 "2006-04-12T19:19:46Z")
**Kinky Boots** by Patrick McNee & Honor Blackman ([really](http://www.answers.com/topic/kinky-boots-1)). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/33 "2006-04-12T19:42:31Z")
Mitch Ryder’s “Devil with a Blue Dress On”: _Wearin’ a wig hat and shades to match She’s got high-heel shoes and an alligator hat._ Old-timey bluegrass tune: “My Walkin’ Shoes Don’t Fit Me Anymore” From Fats Domino: _It’s time I’m walkin’ to New Orleans I’m walkin’ to New Orleans I’m going to need two pair of shoes When I get through walkin’ to you When I get back to New Orleans_ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/34 "2006-04-12T20:12:43Z")
“You’ve got to put on your sailin shoes Put on your sailing shoes Everyone will start to cheer When you put on your sailin’ shoes” – Little Feat – _Sailin’ Shoes_ “Wave after wave of pretty girls in high-heeled shoes And there’d be no more than one or two.” – Fountains of Wayne, _Some Girls Tell Lies_ “Put on your high heeled sneakers and put your wig hat on your head May not win a prize, I’m pretty sure you’re gonna knock them dead.” – Various (including Booker T. and the MGs, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jose Feliciano, etc.) _Hi Heel Sneakers_ ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/35 "2006-04-12T20:18:04Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > From Fats Domino: > _It’s time I’m walkin’ to New Orleans > I’m walkin’ to New Orleans > I’m going to need two pair of shoes > When I get through walkin’ to you > When I get back to New Orleans_ He’s going to need two pairs of shoes when he “gets through walkin’ these blues.” If you take into account the subject matter of the song, his girl used to be his honey, 'til she took all his money. Now he’s poor and love-less and has no alternative but to walk back to New Orleans, his home. It was fresh on my mind because I recently got the Fats Domino box set. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/36 "2006-04-12T20:46:00Z")
Elton John “The Boy in the Red Shoes” from his underrated newer-ish album **Songs From the West Coast** I’m ashamed to suggest Kenny Loggins “Footloose” from the movie (and Broadway show) of the same name. Can we count Willie Nelson’s “Old Shoe” from the movie **Wag the Dog**? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/37 "2006-04-12T20:49:17Z")
Springsteen’s Drive All Night: I swear I’d drive all night again just to buy you some **shoes** and to taste your tender charms And I just wanna sleep tonight again in your arms I remember because it always seems a little silly ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/38 "2006-04-12T20:59:13Z")
Al Kooper’s “I Bought You The Shoes (you’re walking away in)”–may have the title wrong (and Kooper may have just performed it) but that’s the line I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/39 "2006-04-12T20:59:16Z")
Oh, and for downright strange, Loretta Lynn “Little Red Shoes” off of her shining **Van Lear Rose**. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/40 "2006-04-12T21:07:06Z")
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