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| "Shine My Shoes" | ||||
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| Single byRobbie Williams | ||||
| from the albumSwings Both Ways | ||||
| Released | 24 March 2014 | |||
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| Length | 3:23 | |||
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| Producer | Guy Chambers | |||
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| "Shine My Shoes" onYouTube | ||||
"Shine My Shoes" is a song by British singer-songwriterRobbie Williams and the third and final single from his tenth studio albumSwings Both Ways (2013). The single was released on 24 March 2014.[1] The song was written byRobbie Williams,Guy Chambers andChris Heath. A vinyl version of the single was released two months prior to the official single release, through robbiewilliams.com.
According to Robbie;
"Guy Chambers and I started writing together again after a break of about ten years, and 'Shine My Shoes' came out of the first batch. It's in the spirit of a Sammy Davis Jr. song. In the biopic The Rat Pack there's a dream sequence where Sammy Davis Jr. is dancing against the racists. I'm singing against the haters and the naysayers, giving them my time in the form of a swing song detailing exactly why they should hate me. The smugness will infuriate the haters, and the people who kind of like me will just think that it's sweet."
The song also contains "lyrical flourishes from Williams's biographer Chris Heath" and Williams dismissing his critics ("The way you don't love me/Kinda makes you look ugly").[2]
An official lyric video of "Shine My Shoes" was uploaded to YouTube on 26 September 2013.[3]
Helen Brown ofThe Telegraph, in a review forSwings Both Ways, called it "an original, though instantly recognisable and fairly forgettable Williams/Chambers collaboration".[2]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Shine My Shoes" | 3:21 |
| 2. | "You Got Old" (featuringJonny Wilkes) | 3:45 |
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles (OCC)[4] | 89 |
