Hole in My Shoe

{{short description|1967 single by Traffic}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Hole in My Shoe

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Traffic

| album =

| B-side = "Smiling Phases" (Capaldi, Winwood, Wood)

| released = August 1967

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| studio =

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• Psychedelic pop{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= The Golden Road: San Francisco and Psychedelia|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=231}}{{cite book|title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999|first=Mike|last=Segretto|date=2022|chapter= 1967|pages= 157–158|publisher=Backbeat|isbn=9781493064601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ}}
• psychedelic rock{{cite web|first= Ljubinko|last= Zivkovic|title= 12 obscure psych-rock songs from the 1960s that deserve a revival|website= Audio Phix |date= January 6, 2025|url= https://audiophix.com/12-obscure-psych-rock-songs-1960s-that-deserve-revival|accessdate= January 8, 2025}}

| length = 2:52

| label = Island WIP 6017
United Artists UA 50218

| writer = Dave Mason

| producer = Jimmy Miller

| prev_title = Paper Sun

| prev_year = 1967

| next_title = Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

| next_year = 1967

}}

"Hole in My Shoe" is a song by English rock band Traffic featuring a spoken-word midsection by Chris Blackwell's stepdaughter, Francine Heimann, in which she tells a little story about a giant albatross. It was released as a single in 1967 and reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart,[http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/traffic/ Traffic in the UK Charts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120171347/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/traffic/ |date=2011-11-20}}, The Official Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2011. number 22 in the German charts,{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Traffic/25547/single |title=Chartverfolgung / Traffic / Single |work=Music Line |publisher=Media Control Charts |location=Germany |language=de |access-date=26 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061048/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Traffic/25547/single |archive-date=23 October 2013 |url-status=dead}} and number 4 in Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.100111.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - November 4, 1967}} Composed by guitarist Dave Mason, it was disliked by the other three members of the group who felt that it did not represent the band's musical or lyrical style.Black, Johnny (May 1997). [http://www.stevewinwood.com/news/5765 Feature: Steve Winwood] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928165937/http://www.stevewinwood.com/news/5765 |date=2011-09-28}}, Mojo.