"Dirty Boots" was the third and final single from Sonic Youth's

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

 1990 album Goo

Goo (album)

Goo is the sixth album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. Goo was the first album released after the band signed to major label Geffen Records.-Background and recording:...

. It was released in 1991 on DGC

Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

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Track listing

1. Dirty Boots (edit) - 4.49
2. White Kross (live) - 5.06
3. Eric's Trip (live) - 3.28
4. Cinderellas Big Score (live) - 6.34
5. Dirty Boots (live) - 6.13
6. The Bedroom (live & previously unreleased) - 3.37

All live songs are taken from November 3, 1990 at University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine

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's Crawford Hall

Crawford Hall

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 in Irvine, California

Irvine, California

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Music video

The music video for Dirty Boots was directed by Tamra Davis

Tamra Davis

Tamra Davis is an American film, television and music video director.-Biography:She is known for directing films such as Billy Madison, CB4 and Half Baked and television shows such as My Name Is Earl and Everybody Hates Chris. She also directed the film Crossroads, starring Britney Spears.She...

. The video features a boy and girl who meet and fall in love in the mosh pit while Sonic Youth play on stage. The video was shot in a club in New York City

New York City

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. The girl is played by Lisa Stansbury of Neptune, New Jersey

New Jersey

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. The band selected her for the video after seeing her dance at a Dinosaur Jr. show at Maxwell's

Maxwell's

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 in Hoboken

Hoboken, New Jersey

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Trivia

• On the front cover, Thurston Moore is wearing a Roland Kirk t-shirt.
• The main girl in the video wears a Nirvana
  Nirvana (band)
  Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
  
   t-shirt, 5 months before the release of their breakthrough album Nevermind
  Nevermind
  Nevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind was the group's first release on DGC Records...
  
  
• While technically an EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
  , it is considered the final single from the album
• The music video for 'Lazy Eye' by the Silversun Pickups bears a strong resemblance to the music video for 'Dirty Boots', the latter being filmed and released almost 16 years prior.
• The song lyrics contain sexually themed euphemisms, such as "jelly roll"
• Dirty Boots was covered by the Japanese singer KOTOKO
  KOTOKO
  , better known by her stage name Kotoko , is a Japanese J-pop singer from Sapporo, Hokkaidō. Kotoko began her singing career as a member of I've Sound in 2000, and was later signed to Rondorobe under Geneon from 2004 to 2010. Kokoto left I've Sound and Geneon in 2010, and signed to Warner Home...
  
   (With the name of Outer). This version was included in an I've Sound
  I've Sound
  I've Sound, or simply called , is a Japanese techno/trance music production group based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Led by Kazuya Takase, it features the talents of seasoned "sound creators" and many different female vocalists, known as to their fans....
  
   EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
   called Dirty Gift
  Dirty Gift
  Dirty Gift is an extended play by Japanese music production unit I've Sound, released on December 29, 2002 at the 2002 Winter Comic Market event. It was sold as a set with the I've P.V Collection Vol.2 DVD...
  
  , that was released in December 2002.

Footnotes

The music video is also in an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head