Gimme All Your Lovin'

"Gimme All Your Lovin'"
Single by ZZ Top
from the album Eliminator
Released	1983
Format	7"
Recorded	1982
Genre	Hard rock
Length	3:59
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
Producer(s)	Bill Ham
ZZ Top singles chronology
"Tube Snake Boogie" (1981) "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (1983) "Got Me Under Pressure" (1983)

"Gimme All Your Lovin'" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. It was released as the album's first single in 1983.

Initially unsuccessful in the UK upon its August 1983 release, in the wake of the band's American success (the single reached no. 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart), it was promptly re-released, and reached no. 10 on the UK Singles Chart. It ties with the band's 1992 cover of Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" as their highest-charting single in the UK. The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. Tramm returned in their later music video for "Sharp Dressed Man".

Music video

The video features ZZ Top playing at a gas station, along with actor/model Peter Tramm playing a young gas station mechanic, and introduces classic ZZ elements such as the red "ZZ Eliminator Car," the "ZZ Keychain" and the "Three ZZ Girls" as heroines. It is the first of a ZZ Top music video series. It was directed by Tim Newman.

Album appearances

In addition to Eliminator, "Gimme All Your Lovin'" appears on the following compilations:

• Rancho Texicano
• Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
• Greatest Hits

In other media

This song appeared in The Santa Clause in the montage scene where Santa/Scott Calvin, his son Charlie, and all the elves prepare themselves for Christmas Eve. This song also appears in Beverly Hills Ninja. It is also featured in the second season of Bones, episode 21, which guest-stars Billy Gibbons as himself.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1983–85) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 82 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 11 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[3] 9 Canada (CHUM)[4] 19 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 39 France (IFOP)[6] 19 Ireland (IRMA)[7] 9 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 8 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 3 Poland (LP3)[10] 23 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[11] 10 US Billboard Hot 100[12] 37 US Billboard Top Tracks[12] 2 US Cash Box[13] 43 Chart (1999)^1 Peak position Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[14] 6 Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 39 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 33 ^1Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000

Year-end charts Chart (1985) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[17] 76 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 56 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] 52

Other versions

• Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown's 1994 rendition, which utilized a sample from C+C Music Factory's "Deeper Love", reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart.
• In 1993 a Finnish band Leningrad Cowboys recorded on the Helsinki Senate Square a live cover version of this song featuring Red Army Choir, with a bit of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union making its way into the arrangement, along with choruses of "Halleluiah" as well.^[20]
• Lonestar released a version of the song in 2002 for the album Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top.
• Features in the animated film Happy Feet (2006).
• A cover version of the song appears as downloadable content for Guitar Hero World Tour, and can be downloaded for all subsequent games (except for Smash Hits).
• A cover version was done on by musician John Roderick and released as part of the Sweetheart 2010 on Itunes.

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons – guitar, lead vocals
• Dusty Hill – bass, backing vocals
• Frank Beard – drums

References

1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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3. "Radio 2 Top 30 : 23 februari 1985" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
4. CHART NUMBER 1377 – Saturday, June 04, 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived July 29, 2007). CHUM. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
5. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6299." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
6. "InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "ZZ Top" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
7. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
8. "Nederlandse Top 40 – ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
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10. "GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN' – ZZ Top" (in Polish). LP3. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
11. "Archive Chart: 1984-11-17" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
12. "ZZ Top – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
13. CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MAY 21, 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived September 11, 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
14. "Ultratop.be – Martay feat. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
15. "Offiziellecharts.de – Martay feat. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Martay feat. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
17. "Jaaroverzichten 1985" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
18. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
19. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
20. Padgett, Ray (August 5, 2010). "Song of the Day: Leningrad Cowboys, "Gimme All Your Lovin’" (ZZ Top cover)". Cover Me. Retrieved June 16, 2014.