Emilie-Claire Barlow (born 6 June 1976) is a Canadian singer, arranger, rec… Read Full Bio ↴Emilie-Claire Barlow (born 6 June 1976) is a Canadian singer, arranger, record producer, and voice actress. She has released several albums on her label, Empress Music Group, and has voiced characters for animated television series. She performs in English, French, and Portuguese.

Barlow's first album, Sings, was released in 1998. She has received seven nominations for Canada's Juno Awards with her album Seule ce soir winning for best Jazz Vocal Recording in 2013 and Clear Day winning the same award in 2016. Seule ce soir also won Album of the Year – Jazz Interpretation at the 2013 ADISQ Awards. Barlow was also nominated for the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award at the 2016 Juno Awards.

Barlow was named Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2008 National Jazz Awards. She has named as influences Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, and Stevie Wonder.

Barlow has voiced various characters for animated television series, including Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon, Courtney, Laurie and Ellody in the Total Drama series, Chrissy in 6teen, Mrs. Ridgemount in Stoked, Bunny in Almost Naked Animals and Theresa Falcone (MacDougall) in Fugget About It.

Born in Toronto to parents who were professional musicians, Barlow grew up in recording studios and by age seven had begun a career singing television and radio commercials.

She was encouraged by her parents to sing and study several instruments including piano, cello, clarinet, and violin. Barlow studied voice at the Etobicoke School of Arts and music theory and arranging at Humber College.

Barlow's grandfathers were ventriloquist Cy Leonard and actor Bob Homme (who played The Friendly Giant). Her father is award-winning jazz drummer Brian Barlow (aka Brian Leonard). Her mother, Judy Tate, is a composer, arranger and singer. Her uncle was Richard Homme, a Canadian jazz bassist who died 6 May 2011.

These Boots Are Made For Walkin
Emilie-Claire Barlow Lyrics

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You keep saying
You got something for me
Something you call love
But confess
You've been messing
Where you shouldn't have been messing
And now someone else

Is getting all your best

These boots were made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

Well, you keep lying
When you ought to be truthing
And you keep losing
When you oughta hot bet
Oh, you keep saming
When you ought to be changing
Now what's right is right
And you ain't been right yet

These boots were made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk right over you

You keep playing
Where you shouldn't be playing
And you keep thinking
That you'll never get burned - ha!
Well, I just found me
A brand new box of matches
And what he knows
You ain't had time to learn

These boots were made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

They're gonna walk right over you
Are you ready, boots
Are you ready, boots
Are you ready, boots
Are you ready, boots
Ooh, start walking

You keep saying
You got something for me
Something you call love
But confess
Confessing you've been messing
Where you shouldn't have been a-messing
And now someone else
Is getting all your best

These boots were made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

They're gonna walk all over you
Are you ready, boots

Are you ready, boots
They're gonna walk right over you

Overall Meaning

The song "These Boots Were Made For Walkin'" by Emilie-Claire Barlow is a cover of the original song released by Nancy Sinatra in 1966. The song is about a woman who is tired of her lover's lies and cheating behavior. In the opening lines, the woman confronts her lover, saying that he claims to have something called love, but he has been unfaithful. She warns him that someone else is getting the best of him now. She then goes on to say that her boots were made for walking, and she will use them to walk all over him one day.

The lyrics suggest that the woman has had enough of her lover's games and is ready to move on. She is tired of him lying and not being truthful, and she tells him that he has not been right yet. She accuses him of playing where he shouldn't be playing and thinking he will never get burned. She then reveals that she has found a brand new box of matches, and the man hasn't had time to learn what she can do.

The chorus repeats that her boots were made for walking and that one day, they will walk all over him. The instrumental part of the song adds a playful tone to the song, giving it a sassy feel. The lyrics suggest that the woman is strong and independent and is not afraid to walk away from her lover.

Line by Line Meaning

You keep saying
You keep telling me

You got something for me
You have something to give me

Something you call love
You claim it's love

But confess
But admit

You've been messing
You've been fooling around

Where you shouldn't have been messing
In places you shouldn't be

And now someone else
And now another person

Is getting all your best
Is receiving your best effort

These boots were made for walking
These boots were designed to be worn while walking

And that's just what they'll do
That is exactly what I'm going to do in these boots

One of these days these boots
In the near future these boots