"Step on My Old Size Nines" is the third single from Welsh rock band

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' third album, ''

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'' (2001). The song is track four on the album. It was released on 24 September 2001, reaching number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and number 26 in Ireland. A live acoustic version recorded at the Grand Opera House in

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, England, is on CD2 of the "Step on My Old Size Nines" single.

Background

Lead singer

Kelly Jones Kelly Jones (born 3 June 1974) is a Welsh musician and a founding member, lead singer, and guitarist of the rock band Stereophonics. Early life and debut Kelly Jones was born the youngest of three boys to Beryl and Arwyn Jones in the small We ...

began writing the song in May 2000. While spending a night with his friends in

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, Jones played several of his new songs, during which one of his friends asked if he had written a song in

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. Right before

went to

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s in Wales for a recording session, Jones wrote the entire song with this tuning in 10 minutes and recorded a demo of "Step on My Old Size Nines" at his house. Once he arrived at Monnow Valley Studios, he placed the track onto the demo CD.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Step on My Old Size Nines" # "Shoeshine Boy" # "

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cover) # "Step on My Old Size Nines" (video) UK CD2 # "Step on My Old Size Nines" (live acoustic) # "Everyday I Think of Money" (live acoustic) # " Just Looking" (live acoustic) # "Everyday I Think of Money" (live acoustic video) UK cassette single # "Step on My Old Size Nines" # "Shoeshine Boy"

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the ''

'' album booklet. Studios * Recorded at

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s ( Rockfield, Wales) * Mixed at Soundtrack Studios (New York City) * Mastered at Gateway Mastering (

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– writing, vocals, guitar * Marshall Bird – backing vocals, piano,

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, harmonica * Bird and Bush – production, engineering * Richard Jones – bass, harmonica *

Stuart Cable Stuart James Cable (19 May 1970 – 7 June 2010) was a Welsh rock drummer and broadcaster, best known as the original drummer for the band Stereophonics. Early life Cable was born in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 19 May 1970. When he was 10 ...

– drums * Andy Wallace – mixing *

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– mastering

Charts

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Step On My Old Size Nines 2001 singles 2001 songs Songs written by Kelly Jones Stereophonics songs V2 Records singles