These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a song originally performed by singer Nancy Sinatra and composed by Lee Hazlewood. It came out on February 26 1966 at number one in the United States, and entered the charts similarly in many other countries.

Artists who have covered the song

• Geri Halliwell, formerly of the Spice Girls would sing her own rendition of this song for the ' soundtrack.
• Billy Ray Cyrus recorded his version on the Some Gave All album.
• Operation Ivy, a punk cover hailed by many as a punk classic due to its punk-natured lyrics
• Kon Kan, a dance music remix/remake
• Boy George, a cover on the Rareties album
• KMFDM, a cover on the Boots EP
• LaToya Jackson on the album From Nashville to You
• Paula Yates on the British Electric Foundation album Music Of Quality & Distinction
• Megadeth on the album Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! — their version was produced more as a parody than as a cover. When the album started selling well after Megadeth became more popular, the writer of the song, Lee Hazlewood, began demanding that the song be cut, due to its being a "perversion of the original". Dave Mustaine made the point that he had been payed royalties for all those years before Hazlewood made the case, but eventually cut the song anyway. A censored version of the track can be found on the deluxe edition released in 2002.
• Lil Kim, a cover for the popular TV show Growing Up Gotti.
• Crispin Glover, on the album The Big Problem Does Not Equal the Solution. The Solution = Let It Be.
• Jessica Simpson, for the soundtrack of the film The Dukes of Hazzard (see separate article)