Hole in My Shoe

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"Hole in My Shoe"
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Single by Traffic
B-side "Smiling Phases" (Capaldi, Winwood, Wood)
ReleasedAugust 1967
Genre
Length2:52
Label Island 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)
Official audio
"Hole in My Shoe" on YouTube

"Hole in My Shoe" is a song by English rock band Traffic, released as a single in 1967, which reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, [4] number 22 in the German charts, [5] and number 4 in Canada. [6] 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. [7]

Contents

The sing features a spoken-word midsection by Chris Blackwell's stepdaughter, Francine Heimann, in which she tells a little story about a giant albatross.[ citation needed ]

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Cover version

In July 1984, Nigel Planer, who played Neil in the BBC sitcom The Young Ones , recorded a cover version of the song, which reached the same number 2 peak as the original. [8] It also peaked at number 29 in Australia. [9] His version featured Barbara Gaskin on backing vocals and was produced by Dave Stewart. [10]

References

  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. ↑ Zivkovic, Ljubinko (January 6, 2025). "12 obscure psych-rock songs from the 1960s that deserve a revival". Audio Phix . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  4. ↑ Traffic in the UK Charts Archived 2011-11-20 at the Wayback Machine , The Official Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Traffic / Single". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 4, 1967" (PDF).
  7. ↑ Black, Johnny (May 1997). Feature: Steve Winwood Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine , Mojo .
  8. ↑ "UK Charts - neil". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Neil - Hole in my shoe". www.discogs.com. 1984. Retrieved 30 May 2014.


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