THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING – NANCY SINATRA

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
04-Mar-66	10	New
11-Mar-66	2	+8	Biggest climber/Star rater
18-Mar-66	1	+1	Peak
25-Mar-66	1	0	Peak
01-Apr-66	1	0	Peak
08-Apr-66	1	0	Peak
15-Apr-66	3	-2
22-Apr-66	6	-3
29-Apr-66	6	0
06-May-66	8	-2
13-May-66	11	-3
20-May-66	15	-4

Written by: Lee Hazlewood
Produced by: Lee Hazlewood
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Reprise

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	1
Weeks	12
Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	1
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	187
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=445
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	307
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=597
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1966

9

Other chart success:

Argentina	1
Australia	1
Austria	7
Belgium	2
Canada	2
Denmark	1
Finland	4
France	13
Germany	1
Ireland	1
Italy	3
Malaysia	2
Mexico	3
Netherlands	1
New Zealand	2
Norway	3
Singapore	1
Sweden	5
Switzerland	5
UK	1
US	1
Zimbabwe	1

Songwriter Lee Hazlewood was inspired by a line Frank Sinatra had in the 1963 film ‘4 For Texas’ where he said, ‘They tell me them boots ain’t built for walkin’.’ Hazlewood initially planned to record the song himself, but Frank Sinatra talked him into getting Nancy to sing it. The song has been used in a number of box office hit movies including 1987’s ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and 1997’s ‘Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery’. Juliette Lewis would sing a version of it in the film ‘Natural Born Killers’. Sinatra’s version would be the 1^st of 23 hits to get to number 1 in its 3^rd week on the chart (a record at that time).  This excludes those songs on the very first chart. Subsequently 3 songs would manage it in 2 weeks.

Artist link: Nancy Sinatra