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In These ShoesBette Midler

Released: October 10, 2000

Songwriter: Kirsty MacColl Peter Glenister

Producer: Don Was

I once met a man with a sense of adventure
He was dressed to trill
Wherever he went he said
"Let's make love on a mountain top
Under the stars, on a big hard rock"

I said, "In these shoes? What is this, the Peace Corps?"
I said, "Honey, let's do it here"

So we're sitting at a bar in Guadalajara
In walks a guy with a faraway look in his eyes
He says, "I got a powerful horse outside
Climb on the back, I'll take you for a ride
I know a little place
We can get there 'fore the break of day"

I said "In these shoes?
No way Jose"
I said "Honey, let's stay right here

No le guta caminar
No puede montar a caballo
Como se puede bailar
Es un escandalo

Then I met an Englishman
"Oh," he said, "Are you American?"
"Won't you walk up and down on my spine
It makes me feel strangely alive"

I said, "In these shoes?
Oh, I doubt you'd survive"
I said, "Honey, let's do it"

No le gusta caminar
No puede montar a caballo
Como se puede bailar
Es un escandalo

Bette Midler

Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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