| "Sharp Dressed Man" | ||||
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| Single by ZZ Top | ||||
| from the album Eliminator | ||||
| B-side | "I Got the Six" | |||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:13 (album) 3:01 (single edit) |
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) | Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard | |||
| Producer | Bill Ham | |||
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"Sharp Dressed Man" is a song performed by ZZ Top from their album Eliminator released in 1983. The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.
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 song "Rockstar"). ZZ Top played this song at halftime of the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl.
Chris Hollins and Ola Jordan performed a tango to "Sharp Dressed Man" as their first dance in the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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The video for "Sharp Dressed Man" continues the "male fantasy come to life" of the "Gimme All Your Lovin'" video released earlier in 1983. As in the previous video, an attractive man who is experiencing frustration in his menial job is assisted in gaining social stature and sexual experience by a triad of very attractive and somewhat mysterious women traveling in ZZ Top's signature red car. ZZ Top themselves play a role in the narrative, both by playing themselves as performing band members and as rather ethereal spirits who encourage and assist the young man by providing him with the car keys that enable him to go for a very long drive with the women. The young man returns to the site of his previous frustration (his workplace, a nightclub) and empowered both by his newfound status and by both the women's and ZZ Top's encouragement, embarks on a new romantic adventure with another attractive young woman who has previously abandoned her date.
This is the only video in the trilogy that does not have an intro.
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Kent Music Report | 66[2] |
| Belgian VRT Top 30 | 15 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 9[3] |
| Irish Singles Chart | 8 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 22 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 56 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| Chart (1985) | Position |
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| Dutch Top 40 | 81 |