Dirty Boots

"Dirty Boots"
Single by Sonic Youth
from the album Goo
ReleasedApril 1991 (1991-04)
StudioSorcerer Sound Recording Studios and Greene St. Recording, New York City
Genre
Length
LabelDGC
Songwriter(s)Sonic Youth
Producer(s)
Sonic Youth singles chronology
"Disappearer"
(1990)
"Dirty Boots"
(1991)
"100%"
(1992)
Music video
"Dirty Boots" on YouTube

"Dirty Boots" is a song by the American rock band Sonic Youth from their sixth studio album, Goo (1990). It was released as the third and final single from the album in April, 1991, by DGC Records. The song was written and produced by Sonic Youth, with additional production from Nick Sansano and Ron Saint Germain. The single included five live tracks taken from a concert recorded on November 3, 1990 at University of California, Irvine's Crawford Hall in Irvine, California. The complete show was released in 2019 as "Live In Irvine 1990", with it being part of the Sonic Youth Archive series of digital releases.[3][4]

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  3. ^ "Live in Irvine 1990, by Sonic Youth". Retrieved March 17, 2022.
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