Purple Sneakers

"Purple Sneakers"
Single by You Am I
from the album Hi Fi Way
ReleasedJune 1995
RecordedGreene St. Recording, New York City
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:30
LabelrooArt Records
Songwriter(s)Rusty Hopkinson, Andy Kent, Tim Rogers
Producer(s)Lee Ranaldo
You Am I singles chronology
"Jewels and Bullets"
(1995) 		"Purple Sneakers"
(1995) 		"Mr. Milk"
(1995)

"Purple Sneakers" is the third single from the album Hi Fi Way by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 1995 and was listed at number 24 on Triple J Hottest 100, 1995.[1]

The song opens with the lyric "Had a scratch only you could itch, underneath the Glebe Point bridge", which refers to the Anzac Bridge, Sydney.[2][3] The Glebe Island Bridge was still under construction when Tim Rogers wrote and recorded the song in 1994, with the bridge's official name changing to Anzac Bridge on Remembrance Day in 1998.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Purple Sneakers" – 3:30
  2. "Sci-Fi Way" - 2:42
  3. "We're Desperate" - 1:59

Tracks 1 and 2 are written by (Rogers); track 3 by X.

"Sci-Fi Way" is an instrumental which features samples taken from 1950s sci-fi movies and other television shows including Ren & Stimpy. "We're Desperate" is a cover of X's song and features Rusty Hopkinson on backing vocals.

References

  1. ^ JJJ Hottest 100 1995
  2. ^ Jolly, Nathan (10 July 2017). "Which musical landmarks in Sydney should be recognised with plaques?". The Brag. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ Cayley, A.H. (27 June 2013). "You Am I is the longest love affair I have ever had". Faster Louder. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Anzac Bridge". NSW Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 11 February 2019.