Dirty Boots

1991 single by Sonic Youth

"Dirty Boots"

Single by Sonic Youth

from the album Goo

Released

April 1991 (1991-04)

Studio

Sorcerer Sound Recording Studios and Greene St. Recording, New York City

Genre

Alternative rock^[1]
noise rock^[2]

Length

5:24 (album version)
4:49 (single version)

Label

DGC

Songwriter(s)

Sonic Youth

Producer(s)

Sonic Youth
Nick Sansano
Ron Saint Germain

Sonic Youth singles chronology

"Disappearer"
(1990)

"Dirty Boots"
(1991)

"100%"
(1992)

Music video

"Dirty Boots" on YouTube

"Dirty Boots" is a song by the American rock band Sonic Youth from their sixth studio album, Goo (1990). It was released as the third and final single from the album in April, 1991, by DGC Records. The song was written and produced by Sonic Youth, with additional production from Nick Sansano and Ron Saint Germain. The single included five live tracks taken from a concert recorded on November 3, 1990 at University of California, Irvine's Crawford Hall in Irvine, California. The complete show was released in 2019 as "Live In Irvine 1990", with it being part of the Sonic Youth Archive series of digital releases.^[3]^[4]

Music video

The music video for "Dirty Boots" was directed by Tamra Davis. The video features a boy and girl who meet and fall in love at a Sonic Youth concert. At the climax, both get onstage and kiss passionately while the band continues to play; both are then escorted by bouncers into the audience via stage dive. The video was shot in a now-defunct New York City club called Beowulf. The girl was played by Lisa Stansbury of Neptune, New Jersey.^[5] The band selected her after seeing her dance at a Dinosaur Jr. show at Maxwell's in Hoboken.

Track listings and formats

12" vinyl, cassette, and CD single^[6]^[7]^[8]

"Dirty Boots" (edit) – 4:49
"White Kross" (live) – 5:06
"Eric's Trip" (live) – 3:28
"Cinderella's Big Score" (live) – 6:34
"Dirty Boots" (live) – 6:13
"The Bedroom" (live) – 3:37

References

^ Pearis, Bill (July 2, 2020). "Sonic Youth have 'Goo' masks & t-shirts for LP's 30th anniversary (vintage posters, too)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
^ "10 Essential '90s Alt-Rock Albums". Treble. July 25, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
^ "Live in Irvine 1990, by Sonic Youth". Retrieved March 17, 2022.
^ "Sonic Youth Release 12 New Archival Projects". Spin. June 5, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
^ "Lisa Stansbury". IMDb.
^ Dirty Boots (US 12" Vinyl liner notes). Sonic Youth. DGC Records. 1991. DGC12-21634.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Dirty Boots (UK Cassette liner notes). Sonic Youth. DGC Records. 1991. DGCC 21634.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Dirty Boots (US CD Single liner notes). Sonic Youth. DGC Records. 1991. dgcds-21634.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)