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Wishin' Boot
The setup
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.

Chris Kelly
Writer

Sarah Schneider
Writer

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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