Purple Sneakers


"Purple Sneakers" is the third single from the album Hi Fi Way by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 1995 and reached number 24 in the 1995 Triple J Hottest 100.
The song opens with the lyric "Had a scratch only you could itch, underneath the Glebe Point bridge", which refers to the Anzac Bridge in Sydney. The Glebe Island Bridge was still under construction when Tim Rogers wrote and recorded the song in 1994, with the bridge's official name changing to 'Anzac Bridge' on Remembrance Day in 1998.

Track listing

  1. "Purple Sneakers" – 3:30
  2. "Sci-Fi Way" - 2:42
  3. "We're Desperate" - 1:59
Tracks 1 and 2. Track 3 by X.
"Sci-Fi Way" is an instrumental which features samples taken from 1950s sci-fi movies and other television shows including Ren & Stimpy.
"We're Desperate" is a cover the X song and features Rusty Hopkinson on backing vocals.