December 1965.

They may well have been made for walking, but right now they are just going to have to sit it out like the rest of us.

This was written by country singer/songwriter Lee Hazelwood with the intention of recording it himself. He believed that it wasn’t really a girl’s song but Nancy Sinatra had other ideas, claiming that coming from a man’s perspective the song sounded “harsh and abusive but was perfect for a little girl to sing.” Hazelwood agreed and Sinatra recorded the song.

Released as the second single from her 1966 album Boots, the song was an instant success and became a global number one, apart from France, where it only reached number thirteen, and Italy, where it peaked at number three. In the UK it spent fourteen weeks on the charts including four weeks at number one.

The song has been covered countless times over the decades with some of the more noticeable versions coming from Ella Fitzgerald, Jessica Simpson and even Megadeth (an interesting version indeed).