Sand in My Shoes

"Sand In My Shoes" is the fourth and final single from Dido's second album, Life for Rent. The lyrics describe a single woman returning from a holiday, reminiscing about a romantic encounter she had while away.[1] The single under-performed in the United Kingdom, reaching number 29 on the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart. A music video directed by Alex De Rakoff was made for the song.

"Sand in My Shoes"
Single by Dido
from the album Life for Rent
Released13 September 2004
FormatCD single, vinyl
GenrePop
Length4:59 (Album Version)
3:47 (Radio Edit)
LabelBMG
Songwriter(s)Dido Armstrong, Rick Nowels
Producer(s)Dido, Rollo
Dido singles chronology
"Don't Leave Home"
(2004)		 "Sand in My Shoes"
(2004)		 "Look No Further"
(2008)
Music video
"Sand in My Shoes" on YouTube

Music video

The music video for "Sand in My Shoes" represents the song's plot, with surreal and symbolic images of a beach city and the partners in a house, playing dominos sitting in the street and at a party, mixed with images of Dido alone and a truck unloading sand in the street. It was directed by Alex De Rakoff and Dido's love interest was portrayed by Erik Fellows.

Track listing

CD single

  1. "Sand In My Shoes" (Album Version)
  2. "Sand In My Shoes" (Dab Hands Baleria Injection Mix)
  3. "Sand In My Shoes" (Beginerz Vocal Mix)
  4. "Sand In My Shoes" (Steve Lawler We Love Ibiza Mix)
  5. "Sand In My Shoes" (Rollo & Mark Bates Mix)

12" single

  1. "Sand In My Shoes" (Above & Beyond Mix)
  2. "Sand In My Shoes" (Filterheadz Mix)

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 37
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 57
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[4] 15
CIS (Tophit)[5] 8
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 54
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[7] 11
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 27
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 37
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 59
Poland (LP3)[11] 34
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[12] 28
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[13] 28
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 95
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[15] 29
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[16] 24
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[17]
Remixes		 1

Year-end charts
Chart (2004) Position
CIS (Tophit)[18] 15

See also

References
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  2. "Australian-charts.com – Dido – Sand in My Shoes". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. "Austriancharts.at – Dido – Sand in My Shoes" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Dido – Sand in My Shoes" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  5. Dido — Sand in My Shoes. Tophit. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Dido – Sand in My Shoes". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  7. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sand in My Shoes". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  9. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 41, 2004" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Dido – Sand in My Shoes" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  11. "Notowanie nr1188" (in Polish). LP3. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 1 March 2019. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  12. "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 46, saptamina 15.11 – 21.11, 2004" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 22 February 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  13. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Dido – Sand in My Shoes". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  15. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  16. "Dido Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  17. "Dido Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  18. "CIS Year-End Radio Hits (2004)". Tophit. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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