Hole in My Shoe

"Hole in My Shoe"
Single by Traffic
B-side"Smiling Phases" (Capaldi, Winwood, Wood)
ReleasedAugust 1967
Genre
Length2:52
LabelIsland WIP 6017
United Artists UA 50218
Songwriter(s)Dave Mason
Producer(s)Jimmy Miller
Traffic singles chronology
"Paper Sun"
(1967) 		"Hole in My Shoe"
(1967) 		"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"
(1967)

"Hole in My Shoe" is a song by English rock band Traffic featuring a spoken-word midsection by Chris Blackwell's stepdaughter, Francine Heimann, in which she tells a little story about a giant albatross. It was released as a single in 1967 and reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart,[3] number 22 in the German charts,[4] and number 4 in Canada.[5] Composed by guitarist Dave Mason, it was disliked by the other three members of the group who felt that it did not represent the band's musical or lyrical style.[6]

  1. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "The Golden Road: San Francisco and Psychedelia". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1967". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 157–158. ISBN 9781493064601.
  3. ^ Traffic in the UK Charts Archived 2011-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Official Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  4. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Traffic / Single". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 4, 1967" (PDF).
  6. ^ Black, Johnny (May 1997). Feature: Steve Winwood Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Mojo.