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Hole in My Shoe

Hole in My Shoe

1967 single by Traffic

"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]

Quick Facts Single by Traffic, B-side ...

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.[7] It also peaked at number 29 in Australia.[8] His version featured Barbara Gaskin on backing vocals and was produced by Dave Stewart.[9]

References

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    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.
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    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.
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    Traffic in the UK Charts Archived 2011-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Official Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
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    "Chartverfolgung / Traffic / Single". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
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    "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 4, 1967" (PDF).
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    Black, Johnny (May 1997). Feature: Steve Winwood Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Mojo.
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    "UK Charts - neil". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
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    "Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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    "Neil - Hole in my shoe". www.discogs.com. 1984. Retrieved 30 May 2014.


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