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Wishin' Boot

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The setup

Three country singers credit a miraculous cowboy boot with rescuing them from increasingly unlikely disasters.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

In a sentimental country music video, three singers recount lives transformed by a mysterious black boot. One finds help while caring for her younger brothers, another receives an unexpected prison visitor, and a man in a barn discovers that an apparent rescuer is an armed impostor.

Their earnest performances, soft lighting and dramatic reenactments turn the boot into a source of salvation. An improbable transformation resolves the barn confrontation, before a final aside reveals a more commercial motive for the song.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 5

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

We're gonna make so much [bleep] money off this song.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

The song was released as a single by Back Lot Music on January 29, 2015.

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