Megadeth Version
| "These Boots" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by Megadeth from the album Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | Combat Records | |||
| Composer | Lee Hazlewood | |||
| Producer | Dave Mustaine | |||
| Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! track listing | ||||
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Megadeth covered the song on their 1985 debut album Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!, which is track four on the original release, and eight on the 2002 re-release. Their version (entitled "These Boots") was more of a parody than a cover and featured altered lyrics.
When the album started selling well, the writer of the song, Lee Hazlewood, began demanding that the song be omitted, due to its being a "perversion of the original". Dave Mustaine made the point that Hazlewood had been paid royalties for years before his complaint, but eventually omitted the song anyway. After 2004 remaster album contains uncensored version as a bonus track. In 2011, an uncensored live version recorded in 1987 was released as part of the 25th anniversary edition of the album Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?.
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