Velcro Fly

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Velcro Fly is the fifth of six singles off of ZZ Top's 1985 album Afterburner. The song peaked at #15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and #35 on the Hot 100 in 1986.

[edit] Alternate version

A 12" version is featured on the ZZ Top collection Chrome, Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box Set.

[edit] Music video

The music video for Velcro Fly features Egyptian hieroglyphics (possibly a reference to other songs from the album such as Sleeping Bag) and female dancers, a common theme in almost every ZZ Top music video. The video also has dance moves choreographed by pop singer and current American Idol judge Paula Abdul; the Texas trio also shows off their moves in a dance sequence, which will most likely garner a few laughs from fans.

The video was released on the DVD Greatest Hits: The Video Collection, along with other popular videos from this album 1983's Eliminator and 1990's Recycler.

[edit] References in popular culture

The song's drum beat is alluded to in Stephen King's "The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands", where the one fraction of inhabitant of fictional city Lud uses reproduction system to periodically play a deafening recording of pounding drums. Character Eddie Dean, upon hearing those sounds, "God Drums", recognizes them as the drumbeat from "Velcro Fly".