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Martin Kolbe & Ralf Illenberger - These Boots Are Made For Walking (2021) Emotions - Live In Bremen 1978

German guitar duo.

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These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ - 50th Anniversary

200 Versions of Boots in Ten Hours

The single of the iconic pop song These Boots Are Made for Walkin’, written by Lee Hazlewood and performed by Nancy Sinatra was No. 1 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 on February 26, 1966.

Till today this is one of the most covered song and one of the easiest to recognize. Just the first few notes of the signature bassline are enough to either identify the song or draw attention to it.

This mix consists of 200 different versions in a wide range of genres. It's not complete, but 200 renditions of one and the same song is impressive isn't it? These ten hours start with the original version and then the mix is compiled in alphabetical order by artist. It's going to be a wild ride, through highs and lows, depending on your personal taste of music. I promise it's not going to be boring! Enjoy! (Scroll down for a 2,5 hours Mini-Mix with some selected highlights and oddities)

Part I - These Boots Are Made for Walking - 10 Hours/200 Version Mega-Mix

Part II - These Boots Are Made for Walking - 10 Hours/200 Version Mega-Mix

Part III - These Boots Are Made for Walking - 10 Hours/200 Version Mega-Mix

Here is the complete playlist.

My Boots Are Made for Walkin' - 2,5 Hours Mini-Mix

I've set up a shorter mix with some of my personal highlights, oddities and outstanding or super weird renditions.

It includes an early live performance of Nick Cave with The Boys Next Door, Country Legend Loretta Lynn, Skinhead Ska by Symarip and Poison Ivy, Anton LaVay’s Daughter Zeena Schreck and her Radio Werewolf project with some super weird casio keyboard marching music and of course outsider chanteuse Mrs. Elva Miller. Outtakes by David Byrne and Canned Heat. Some dubstep, eighties disco, euro trash, garage rock, punk and a wonderful rough jangly French version by Muguette.

Thanks to Jeff Harris of the Behind the Grooves music blog for input about the release date of the single (which is unclear) and when the song peaked at the Billboard Hot 100.

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Mystery Girls - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (1983)

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Lumiere String Quartet - These Boots Are Made for Walkin' (arr. R. Paterson for string quartet and tambourine) 

(2014) Divorce Music

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98% American Mom & Apple Pie 1929 Crash Band - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 

(1967)

Honky Tonky version of Hazlewood’s songs...

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Gigi Marga - These Boots Are Made For Walking (Ghetele Acestea Sînt Făcute Pentru Mers) 

(1968)

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Martin Lund/The El Super Blancos - Das Boots (These Boots Are Made for Walking) 

(2007) No Rhyme or Reason

No reason, indeed.

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The Badmen - These Boots Are Made for Walking 

(2013) 

Live At Pacific Rock

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Invidia Project - These Boots Are Made for Walking 

(2012)

Synth pop from Italy

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The Tubby Hayes Orchestra - These Boots Are Made For Walking

(1970)

Big band jazz

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Elvis Schoenberg's Orchestre Surréal - DAS BOOTS! (These Boots are Made for Walking)

(2004)

surreal, indeed

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The Lions - These Boots Are Made For Walking (1966) Danske 60'er Hits (Beat House)

Garage Rock, not more or less

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Jessica Simpson - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (2005)

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Lil'Kim - These Boots Are Made For Walking

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D.C. Lacroix - These Boots Are Made For Walking (1988) - Livin' By The Sword

Hair Metal

In a classic admitting of lack of talent (via having little material to play), the band includes several covers on the album – poor sign. The AC/DC one isn’t bad ... but the cover of ‘These Boots are made for Walking’ just smacks of desperation. This one is weakly done, with the questionable vocal talents of Sylvie Lacroix being il-suited to pop. Her attempts at an attitude laden snarl a la Leather Leone just come out as misguided, immature and talentless, especially in comparison to Nancy Sinatra.

review via Encyclopaedia Metallum

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James Last - These Boots are made for walkin´

(1966)

Klar das Onkel James das auch gecovert hat