The Wrong People · 1986 · Stiff Records
Love Your Shoes
Written by Jim Irvin, Tim Whelan, Hamilton Lee
Published by Copyright Control
I love your shoes And I know you say you want to sit this one out But don't refuse I'm dressed to the nines and I really want to twist and shout I know it's gonna rain on our party But we mustn't let that get us down I love your tongue And I love the wicked things that it's says I'm all undone and ready to hear the error of my ways I know it's bound to rain on our party But we mustn't let that get us down We're going to have the best time The time of our worthless lives I love your mind It makes me want to stay right here in bed I'm way behind you darling And I never want to get ahead I know there's a thunder storm coming But we mustn't let that get us down We're going to have the best time The time of our worthless lives I love your shoes And love the stupid things that you say So I don't lose out, not even when you run away I know it's gonna rain on our party But we mustn't let that get us down We're going to have the best time The time of our worthless lives Nothing you can do, because I love you And I love your shoes, love your shoes Don't you understand
Commentary
The follow-up to "Brilliant Mind", a re-recording of an earlier single, coincided with our first national tour in the autumn of 1986. It sold well but was kept out of the charts after evidence of naughty marketing practices by Stiff came to light. We were furious at first but then realised this meant that no-one would ever see the terrible video that went with it. Every cloud...
Band commentary — She Gets Out the Scrapbook — 1991 inlay (compiled by Jim, Tim, Hami)
At around 2am in the morning, near the end of a stressful, 16 hour video shoot I am being pelted with stiletto shoes by a man crouching in a wardrobe in the recently vacated house of a dead person — whose clothes are still in the room — and I'm thinking, 'Wish I'd never written this lyric.' The video treatment, which we didn't get the chance to veto, was way too literal and just made me look pervy. While I was mooning over a pile of the deceased's shoes, the rest of the group were stuck on the stairs, miming. It was wretched. The song's actually about being crap at chatting someone up. It was the follow-up single to Brilliant Mind. The week before release it was very high in the airplay charts, beating the current Madonna single. People said it was a potential Number 1. Then Stiff cocked up the distribution. End of chart career.
Jim Irvin — Band commentary, 2010 Cherry Red reissue booklet (compiled by Jim, Tim and Hami)
I was forced at stiletto point in Tooting to wear too much make-up.....
Hamilton Lee — Band commentary, 2010 Cherry Red reissue booklet (compiled by Jim, Tim and Hami)