The Song
" Eleanor Put Your Boots On " is a song by Scottish alternative rock band Franz Ferdinand , and is featured on their second album , You Could Have It So Much Better . The band recorded a new version of the song in Benton Harbor, Michigan during their 2006 tour with Death Cab for Cutie. This new version was released 17 July 2006 as the fourth and final single from that album in the United Kingdom , peaking at #30 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2006 in British music ). Promotion for the single included two videos: one for "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" and one for B-side "Wine in the Afternoon", making the B-side a video-clip-only single.
Steve Lamacq first played the new version of the song on his BBC Radio show, Lamacq Live in the last week of May 2006. Shortly thereafter, an interview appeared with the band in Nylon Magazine where they confirmed the recording of a new version of the song for release as a single.
The 'Eleanor' in the title is thought to refer to Eleanor Friedberger, a member of indie rock band The Fiery Furnaces who supported Franz Ferdinand during their 2004 tour. Friedberger has a relationship with Franz Ferdinand lead singer Alex Kapranos. The album version of the song has a very Beatlesque sound to it, and some think that the title was not only a reference to Eleanor Friedberger, but also a nod to The Beatles ' song " Eleanor Rigby ".
Lyrics
Eleanor Put Your Boots On ( http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/)
Eleanor put those boots back on
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
I know it isn't dignified to run
But if you run You can run to the Coney Island rollercoaster
Ride to the highest point and leap across the filthy water
Leap until the Gulf Stream's brought you down
I could be there when you land
So Eleanor take a Greenpoint three-point turn
Towards the hidden sun
You know you are so elegant when you run
Oh if you run
You can run to that statue with the dictionary
Climb to her fingernail and
Leap, yeah take an atmospheric leap
Let the jet stream set you down
I could be there when you land
So Eleanor put those boots back on
Put the boots back on and run
Come on over here