Cheap Sunglasses

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"Cheap Sunglasses"

Single by ZZ Top
from the album Degüello
Released	1980
Format	7" 12"
Recorded	1979
Genre	Rock
Length	4:46
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s)	Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
Producer(s)	Bill Ham
Chart positions
#89 (Pop singles)
ZZ Top singles chronology
Arrested For Driving While Blind (1977)	Cheap Sunglasses (1980)	I Thank You (1980)

Cheap Sunglasses is a 1980 single by ZZ Top from their 1979 album Degüello. It is one of their most famous songs and includes the use of some odd instruments. The song captures many of the sounds and beats that ZZ Top is famous for. It is also featured on the greatest hits collections ZZ Top's Greatest Hits, Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, and Rancho Texicano. In addition, a live version of the songs appears on Chrome, Smoke & BBQ and Rancho Texicano.

v • d • e ZZ Top

Billy Gibbons • Dusty Hill • Frank Beard

Discography

Albums: ZZ Top's First Album • Rio Grande Mud • Tres Hombres • Fandango! • Tejas • Degüello • El Loco • Eliminator • Afterburner • Recycler • Antenna • Rhythmeen • XXX • Mescalero

Compilations: The Best of ZZ Top • ZZ Top's Greatest Hits • One Foot in the Blues • Chrome, Smoke & BBQ • Rancho Texicano

Singles: Salt Lick • (Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree • Francine • Waitin' For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago • La Grange • Tush • It's Only Love • Arrested For Driving While Blind • Cheap Sunglasses • I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide • I Thank You • Leila • Pearl Necklace • Tube Snake Boogie • Gimme All Your Lovin' • Got Me Under Pressure • Sharp Dressed Man • TV Dinners • Legs • Can't Stop Rockin' • Sleeping Bag • Stages • Delirious • Rough Boy • Velcro Fly • Woke up With Wood • Concrete and Steel • Doubleback • Give it Up • My Head's in Mississippi • Decision or Collision • Viva Las Vegas • Breakaway • Fuzzbox Voodoo • Girl in a T-Shirt • Pincushion • Tush • Bang Bang • She's Just Killing Me • What's Up with That • Rhythmeen • Fearless Boogie • 36-22-36