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58 Songs About Legs and Feet

Make a pop, rock, country, and R&B playlist about feet, toes, and legs as you unwind and enjoy yourself.

Make a pop, rock, country, and R&B playlist about feet, toes, and legs as you unwind and enjoy yourself.

Bare Feet in the Summertime

When the weather turns warm, bare legs, feet, and toes pop out everywhere like daffodils. All winter long, people hide their legs under long pants. They safely tuck their feet away in closed-toe shoes. But all bets are off in the summertime as sandals, flip flops, and bare feet become part of the unofficial uniform.

If you don't mind showing off your legs, feet, and toes, then make a playlist of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs to celebrate the basic beauty and functionality of these body parts. Legs and feet represent much more than a way to get you from point A to point B.

1. "Legs" by ZZ Top

The narrator of this 1984 classic rock song boasts that the young woman he has his eye on flaunts her long, gorgeous legs to get what she needs. Out on the dance floor, she uses those legs to seek attention from admirers, and he's one of her biggest fans. The song was used in a commercial to sell L'Eggs pantyhose later, in 1988.

2. "Bare Feet" by Caroline Jones

In this zippy 2018 country tune, a young woman celebrates her youth and freedom by using her bare feet to run after her dreams. She casts away doubts and feels the world's heartbeat through her bare feet. Even if she may slip on occasion, she knows she'll find her footing eventually.

3. "Fire Under My Feet" by Leona Lewis

There's no way you're keeping the woman in this 2015 pop ditty down. She has fire under her feet, and there's no putting out those flames! Just like everyone else, she's made her mistakes and faced her share of challenges. However, now she's fighting back so strong that nothing is gonna hold her back. You go girl!

4. "Knees" by Bebe Rhexa

Love has fizzled between the narrator and her partner in this 2018 pop single, but they haven't broken up yet. Unfortunately, they don't touch, don't talk, don't laugh, or even fight. There just seems to be nothing between them anymore, thus the narrator gets down on her knees to make her case:

Don't be scared to leave
If I'm not all you need
Then just set me free
I'm down on my knees, tonight.

As lovely as Bebe Rhexa's voice is, I have to call a timeout on this song to wonder why this sad woman wants to hand over complete decision making to Mr. Wrong? She's obviously not getting what she needs either from the relationship. Get off your knees, girl, and make a clean break!

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5. "Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears

The man in this 1985 pop ditty feels confused and vulnerable. We've all felt like this, right? He is attracted to someone who doesn't reciprocate the intensity of his emotions:

Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out till I'm head over heels
Something happens and I'm head over heels
Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart
Don't, don't, don't throw it away.

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6. "Hot Legs" by Rod Stewart

The man in this 1977 rock tune affectionately refers to the young woman he's seeing as "Hot Legs." She should be calling him "Dirty Old Man." Sure, the standards were different back then, but yuck. Hot Legs is only seventeen, and the guy actually tells her to bring her mother along. This song would not fly today.

7. "Barefootin'" by Robert Parker

Although this R&B tune from 1965 is simple, it's incredibly catchy. The narrator encourages his audience to stand, take their shoes off, and pat their feet—in other words, dance barefoot! (People also enjoy barefoot running, skiing, hiking, soccer, and skateboarding.)

8. "Falling In Love (Is Hard on the Knees) by Aerosmith

This rock tune became an international hit in 1997. It's about a guy who falls in love with various women but feels taken advantage of. They use him for sex which becomes obvious when a partner calls him by someone else's name during lovemaking.

9. "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" by Jake Owen

Nothing says "casual" like being in blue jeans and bare feet. In this 2011 country song, a group of twenty-somethings celebrates their youth down by the local river with beer, music, and friends.

The narrator meets a red-haired beauty who is new to town, then grabs his guitar to entertain his friends as they sing along. Together, they have a southern summer barefoot blue jean night.

10. "Head to Toe" by Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam

Talk about going from zero to 60. Today the woman in this 1987 rock song instantly transitions a friendship to a romantic relationship with a kiss.

It must have been magical because it leads not only to sleeping with him but also to declarations of forever love. Suddenly, she swears she loves him top to bottom, head to toe, promising that she will never leave. Awkward!

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." - Henry David Thoreau, American writer

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." - Henry David Thoreau, American writer

11. "Get on Your Feet" by Gloria Estefan

Tired of the status quo? Don't just stand back and let life happen all around you. Stand up, step up, get up on your feet. The world needs you.

This high energy pop song from 1989 encourages you to stop being a bystander in life:

Get on your feet.
Get up and make it happen
Get on your feet
Stand up and take some action.

12. "I'm a Believer" by Lenny Kravitz

Although life moves fast, make sure you live for today and remain authentically you. That's the message behind this energetic 2014 rock release. From his head down to his tippy toes, the narrator believes in living for the moment and being true to himself.

27 Idioms About Legs, Feet and Toes

How many of these leg, foot, and toe idioms do you use?

to have a hollow leg - to be able to consume a large quantity of food or drink

to drag one's feet - to procrastinate

itchy feet - restless

one foot in the grave - to be near death or in very poor health

to have two left feet - to be very clumsy

to dig your heels in - to behave stubbornly

my foot - a way of expressing skepticism

to make one's toes curl - to cause acute disgust, embarrassment, or anguish

to think on one's feet - to solve a problem spontaneously

to be toes up - dead

to put one's foot in it - to do or say something to get oneself in an unfortunate situation

to shake the dust from one's feet - to depart gladly with no intention of ever returning

to get one's sea legs - to become accustomed to being on a ship

to give leg bail - to run away

to shake a leg - to hurry (or to dance)

sex on legs - an extremely sexually attractive person

to find one's feet - to become accustomed

to leg it - to go somewhere on foot

doesn't have a leg to stand on - unsupported by evidence

to wait on someone hand and foot - to serve someone continuously

to cool one's heels - to calm down

can talk the legs off an iron pot - very talkative

to show a leg - to get out of bed

talk the hind legs off a donkey - endlessly talkative

to put one's toe in the water - to try an activity to see if you like it

to shoot oneself in the foot - to say or do something that is not in one's own best interests

to foot the bill - to pay, to accept financial responsibility

13. "Toes" by Zac Brown Band

In this country hit from 2009, the narrator slips off to Mexico for a tropical vacation where he can sit and relax with his toes in the water and a beer in his hand. He enjoys escaping the concrete and cars of the city, trading all that stress for tequila and bikini-clad senoritas.

When his money runs out, the easygoing fella bids farewell to his new friends and returns home to Georgia. He continues his beach party there, this time with his toes in his local lake. Life is good.

14. "On Bended Knee" by Boyz II Men

I don't know whether the dude in this 1994 R&B song is down on one knee or both because he gives mixed messages, however let's just say he's begging his partner for another chance. He doesn't understand what caused their relationship bust-up and just wants it back to be the way it used to be.

Whatever he did to steer it off course, he apologizes and pleads with her to return, refusing to believe their love is over. He seems pretty earnest. Should she give him a chance? The song was an international hit in part because people could identify with it so much.

15. "Down on My Knees" by Trisha Yearwood

In this 1992 country track, the female narrator makes it clear that she values her significant other and doesn't want to be without him. Although she sometimes takes the security of their love for granted, she'd be lost if her partner ever went away. If that occurred, she'd immediately be down on her knees to implore him to return.

"It's better to die standing than live on your knees." - Emiliano Zapata, a Mexican revolutionary

"It's better to die standing than live on your knees." - Emiliano Zapata, a Mexican revolutionary

16. "Knocks Me Off My Feet" by Donell Jones

Are you so enamored with your sweetheart that you could simply faint? If so, you're not the only one. This lovestruck guy loves his darling so much that has knees turn to Jello and he falls out! The 1996 R&B crossover hit was originally recorded by Stevie Wonder in the 1970s, but it was more successful the second time around.

17. "Bubbly" by Colbie Callait

Well, this is awkward. The woman in this cutesy 2007 pop tune describes the exhilaration of being physically attracted to her partner. With all the sophistication of someone much younger, she describes how her lover's sexual charisma appeals to every inch of her body:

You give me feelings I adore
I get the tingles in a silly place
It starts in my toes, and I crinkle my nose
Wherever it goes I always know
That you make me smile, please, stay for a while now
Just take your time, wherever you go.

18. "My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink and I Don't Love Jesus" by Jimmy Buffett

The guy in this 1977 country ditty had too much to drink last night at the local bar. As a result, he woke up among a stranger's silk sheets with a headache and a bad attitude. It's a helluva way to start a day.

19. "Below My Feet" by Mumford & Sons

The narrator in this 2012 rock tune is cold, lost to God, and asleep in a dark grave. He begs not to stay dead by pleading that he's still faintly alive: "Keep the earth beneath my feet." Although he struggles with Christianity, he asks for more time so that he may serve and learn.

20. "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" by Michael Bolton

To be back on your feet again means to be doing better after going through difficult times or circumstances. We don't know the types of challenges the man in this 1989 soft rock number has endured, but he does express his eagerness to move forward with his life.