About this song
- Lead singer John McCrea told Rolling Stone about the line, "I want a girl with a short skirt and a long jacket": "I think it was inspired by seeing somebody with those two oppositional fashion gestures. And that's sort of what the song is about, directly oppositional forces housed within the same mechanism or personage. I saw this woman as trying to arrive at balance - the skirt going up and the jacket going down." (Source Short Skirt/Long Jacket Songfacts). . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" is the first single by American alternative rock band Cake from their 2001 album Comfort Eagle. It peaked at number 7 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. It is one of the band's most recognizable songs with its funky grooves, opening trumpet lick, and use of the vibraslap. — wikipedia
