The Dukes of Hazzard (film) gosh... it was terrible! It wasn’t Dukes. It was true to whatever it was; I just don’t know what that was!" Jessica Simpson recorded her own version of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (and added her own lyrics) for the soundtrack to the film "The Dukes of Hazzard" (2005). Performed from the point of view of her character in the movie, Simpson's cover was co-produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and was released as the soundtrack's first single in 2005. It became Simpson's fifth top-20 single in the United States and its music video drew some controversy because
The Dukes of Hazzard version that was used in the show's opening credits; the single version has a repeat of the chorus and an instrumental to pad out the length, uses a different instrumental mix that emphasizes the bass, and replaces the last verse with an inside joke about how the TV show producers "keep on showing (Jennings's) hands and not (his) face on TV". In 1980, the song reached #1 on the American Country chart and peaked at #21 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Soon before the series ended its original run on CBS, "The Dukes of Hazzard" went into off-network syndication. Although