Steve Martin releases 'Angel in Flip Flops' music video

Steve Martin released a music video for his "Only Murders in the Building" song "Angel in Flip Flops" Monday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Honoree Steve Martin (L) and actor Martin Short attend American Film Institute's 43rd Life Achievement Award gala in Los Angeles in 2015. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Steve Martin arrives at the backstage entrance before the final taping of the "Late Show" in New York City in 2015. File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI Martin Short attends the 28th annual SAG Awards in Santa Monica in February 2022. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Selena Gomez attends the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza on March 13. File Photo by Photo Jim Ruymen/UPI

July 18 (UPI) -- Actor, comedian and writer Steve Martin released an animated music video Monday for the song, "Angel in Flip Flops."

The song appears in Martin's Hulu comedy, Only Murders in the Building.

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His fictional character, Charles-Haden Savage, is supposed to be a washed-up actor, best known for playing the titular TV detective on the drama, Brazzos.

In a recent Season 2 episode, it was revealed that Savage has been living off the proceeds of his one-hit wonder song, "Angel in Flip Flops."

Monday's 2-minute cartoon music video shows Martin/Savage sitting on a beach, strumming a guitar and singing the song when a pretty girl -- wearing the summer shoes that make a "pitta putta" sound on the sand -- walks by.

"The year was 1989 and Brazzos' single, Angel in Flip Flops, was riding high on the charts ... until the Berlin Wall came down," a message accompanying the song on YouTube said.

Only Murders in the Building also stars Martin Short and Selena Gomez.