Melanie Brand New Key (( Composer Melanie Safka))

Brand New Key is a pop song written by folk singer Melanie, which became a novelty hit in 197172. Taken from Melanie s album Gather Me, it was also known as The Rollerskate Song due to its chorus. It was her biggest hit, reaching, 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1971 and January 1972. It reached, 1 in Canada and Australia, and, 4 in the UK charts. The song is lighthearted in tone, sung from the viewpoint of a girl with roller skates trying to attract the attention of a boy: I got a brand new pair of roller skates, You got a brand new key. I think that we should get together and try them out, to see. .. The roller skates in question would have been children s quad skates, which were clamped to the soles of ordinary shoes. The clamps were tightened with a special key that basically was a very simple socket wrench. The key was inevitably lost or misplaced, in which case a screwdriver or other tool usually could substitute though a