Fairies Wear Boots
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| "Jack the Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots" | ||
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| Song by Black Sabbath | ||
| from the album 'Paranoid' | ||
| Released | 1970 | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 6:16 | |
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US) | |
| Producer(s) | Rodger Bain | |
| 'Paranoid' track listing | ||
| "Rat Salad" (7) |
"Jack the Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots" (8) |
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"Fairies Wear Boots" is a Black Sabbath song from their 1970 album Paranoid.
The colourful title, contrary to popular belief, is not about gays. Bass player Geezer Butler wrote this song after being assaulted by a gang of skinheads, who swiftly exited before the rest of the band could come to his aid. Seeing this act as very cowardly, Butler penned the tune, "Fairies Wear Boots". He was high at the time, hence the "smoking and tripping" parts.[citation needed] The song contains an instrumental at the beginning called "Jack the Stripper", a reference to Jack the Ripper.
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