| "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single by Nancy Sinatra | ||||
| from the album Boots | ||||
| B-side | "The City Never Sleeps at Night" | |||
| Released | December 16, 1965 | |||
| Recorded | November 19, 1965 | |||
| Studio | United Western, Hollywood[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lee Hazlewood[6] | |||
| Producer(s) | Lee Hazlewood[7] | |||
| Nancy Sinatra singles chronology | ||||
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| Official Audio | ||||
| "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" on YouTube | ||||
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a hit song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by American singer Nancy Sinatra. It charted on January 22, 1966,[8] and reached No. 1 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart.[7]
Subsequently, many cover versions of the song have been released in a range of styles: metal, pop, rock, punk rock, country, dance, and industrial. Among the more notable versions are the singles released by Megadeth, Billy Ray Cyrus and Jessica Simpson.
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- ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 18, 2006). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
"Boots" is maybe the finest bitchy kiss-off in pop history.
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- ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ "Music: Top 100 Songs – Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.