Brand New Roller Skates You Got A Brand New Key

The key melanie sings about is a skate key.

Brand new roller skates you got a brand new key. I got a brand new pair of roller skates you got a brand new key i asked your mother if you were at home she said yes. The story about the girl looking for the boy so he could use his brand new key had plenty of connotation which was striking because it was placed in such an innocent setting. Initially a track of melanie s album gather me produced by melanie s husband peter schekeryk it was known also as the rollerskate song due to its chorus. So the storyline is centered on the singer seeking out the addressee as he has something she needs.

Well 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 you see i been looking around awhile you got something for me oh. 1 in canada and australia and no. And basically she wants to see if his key fits her skates. 1 on the billboard hot 100 singles chart during december 1971 and january 1972.

4 on the uk singles chart. Billboard ranked it as the no. It was her greatest success scoring no. 9 song of 1972.

But you weren t alone oh sometimes i think that you re avoiding me i m okay alone but you ve got something i need. It also scored no. At the time roller skates were metal contraptions that required an adjustment tool the skate key to fit them to the foot. And symbolically its storyline is based on the addressee a romantic interest having a brand new key.