Written by Smith and Ivan Kral for the Patti Smith Group album Wave, “Dancing Barefoot” was a dreamlike, mesmerizing song about love and spiritual connection. It featured a spoken word at the end—not an uncommon move for the poet/songwriter known as the "Godmother of Punk.”
In a post on her website, Smith recalled that she wrote the lyrics to "Dancing Barefoot" in 1978 after Kral recorded song ideas on a cassette tape and gave them to her.
Smith also revealed that she wrote the lyrics to the song with late Doors legend Jim Morrison in mind.
Like Morrison, who died in 1971, Smith often merged poetry with rock and roll. She once told NPR that while she hadn’t planned to become a rock singer, she recorded music as a way to “reach out to other disenfranchised people.”
While “Dancing Barefoot" became a hit in Europe, Smith noted that in 1979 “it was considered too provocative for American radio.”
“The use of the word ‘heroine,’ which of course is used in the context of the song as the feminine of HERO, was objected to,” Smith explained on her website. “It was suggested that I change the word ‘heroine’ and consult the thesaurus for a suitable replacement. I am happy with my decision to let it stand as written.”
Smith has stated that while she experimented, she couldn’t relate to the rampant rock drug culture of the 1970s.
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