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“Purple Sneakers” by You Am I
From the album Hi Fi Way (1995)
“Purple Sneakers” by You Am I appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1995. It was first released in 1995 on the album Hi Fi Way. Its best result is #24 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #147 alternative song of 1995.
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"Purple Sneakers" was the third single from Hi Fi Way, the 1995 album by Australian rock band You Am I on rooArt. Tim Rogers wrote the words and shares the music credit with Andy Kent and Russell Hopkinson, and Lee Ranaldo produced it, mixing it with Jon Auer while John Siket did the recording.
The song's opening scene is set under a Sydney bridge that was still a building site when Rogers put the song to tape in 1994; it's the span that officially took the name Anzac Bridge on Remembrance Day in 1998. It's the kind of local, lived-in detail that pins a song to one city.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 24 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
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