Sharp Dressed Man
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| Template:Infobox song/link by ZZ Top | ||||
| from the album Eliminator | ||||
| B-side | "I Got the Six" | |||
| Released | July 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | ||||
| [[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Bill Ham | |||
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"Sharp Dressed Man" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top, released on their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. Pre-production recording engineer Linden Hudson was very involved in the early stages of this song's production.[5]
Composition
The guitar solo in the song was chosen by Guitar World as number 43 in their 2009 list of the 50 Greatest Guitar Solos.[6]
Appearances
At 2007's VH1 Rock Honors, Nickelback covered the song as a tribute (Billy Gibbons had earlier made a guest appearance on Nickelback's own songs "Rockstar" and "Follow You Home").
ZZ Top played this song at halftime of the 2008 Orange Bowl college football bowl game.
In 2020, the song reentered the Billboard charts following the release of the documentary ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas.[7]
Music video
The "Sharp Dressed Man" music video continues the story of the "Gimme All Your Lovin'" video, and forms a loose trilogy ending with the video for "Legs". In the video, a male parking valet is remade as a star by a trio of women driving up in the Eliminator car; the band grants him the keys to the car.[8]
The video was directed by Tim Newman, who had also directed the video for "Gimme All Your Lovin'". Warner Bros. Records record executive Jeff Ayeroff said that Warner did not want to do a second video, but he convinced them to pay more money for the "Sharp Dressed Man" video.[9] Newman said, "When they asked me to do another one, the idea that you would do a sequel in a form that isn't even a form struck me as funny, in a very insidery way." He said that a beer company, likely Schlitz, secretly paid Warner Bros. for a product placement in the video, but MTV refused to air it until the shots were removed. After this damaged his reputation, Newman told Warner he would no longer direct their videos.[9] After negotiating, he returned to direct the video for "Legs".[10]
Charts
| Chart (1983–1985) | Peak position |
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| Australian Kent Music Report | 66[11] |
| Belgian VRT Top 30 | 15 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 9[12] |
| Irish Singles Chart | 8 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 22[13] |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 56[14] |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 8[15] |
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Year-end charts
| Chart (1985) | Position |
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| Dutch Top 40 | 81 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[16] | Gold | 0 |
| Germany (BVMI)[17] | Gold | 300,000 |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[18] | 2× Platinum | 0 |
| Spain (Promusicae)[19] | Gold | 0 |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[20] with "I Got the Six" |
Gold | 400,000 |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel
- Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Music Producer, Harmonica, Synthesizer, Arrangement, Vocals: Billy Gibbons
- Bass Guitar, Vocals: Dusty Hill
- Drums: Frank Beard
- Sound Engineer, Music Producer, Synthesizer, Arrangement: Linden Hudson
- Keyboard, Sound Engineer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, Music Producer, Synthesizer, Arrangement, Drum Machine, Electronic Drums:Terry Manning
- Background Vocals: Jimi Jamison
- Record Producer: Bill Ham
- Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
- Composer: Frank Beard
- Composer: Billy Gibbons
- Composer: Dusty Hill
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gundersen, Edna (December 21, 2013). "Catalog box sets sum up Beatles, Dylan, Eagles, Ramones". USA Today. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ZZ Top: Rhythmeen". RollingStone.com. February 2, 1996. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCarthy, Amy (March 26, 2024). "20 essential Southern rock classics". Yardbreaker. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Evans, Richard (August 6, 2024). "1983.3". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 446. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Blayney, David (1994). Sharp Dressed Men. New York: Hyperion. pp. 196–203. ISBN 0-7868-8005-8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Staff (January 2009). "The 50 Greatest Guitar Solos". Guitar World. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ZZ Top's New Documentary Spurs Rock Chart Debuts, Streaming & Sales Gains". Billboard.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sheffield, Rob (July 29, 2021). "How ZZ Top Conquered MTV With the 'Eliminator' Trilogy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tannenbaum, Rob; Marks, Craig (2012). I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. Penguin. pp. 115–120. ISBN 9780452298569.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tannenbaum, Rob; Marks, Craig (2012). I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. Penguin. pp. 115–120. ISBN 9780452298569.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top 40: ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man". Top40.nl. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sharp Dressed Man". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rock Music: Top Mainstream Rock Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
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