Brown Shoes Don't Make It

"Brown Shoes Don't Make It"
Song by The Mothers of Invention
from the album Absolutely Free
ReleasedMay 26, 1967
RecordedNovember 18, 1966[1]
StudioTTG Studios, Los Angeles
Genre
Length7:30
LabelVerve
Songwriter(s)Frank Zappa
Producer(s)Frank Zappa, Tom Wilson

"Brown Shoes Don't Make It" is a song by The Mothers of Invention, written by band leader Frank Zappa. It is the penultimate song on the second album Absolutely Free. The song is one of his most widely renowned works, declared by the AllMusic as "Zappa's first real masterpiece".[2]

  1. ^ Ulrich, Charles (May 13, 2018). The Big Note: A Guide to the Recordings of Frank Zappa. New Star Books. ISBN 978-1-554201-46-4.
  2. ^ "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" (song review). Retrieved 2008-03-03.