Gimme All Your Lovin'
"Gimme All Your Lovin'" | ||||
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Single by ZZ Top | ||||
from the album Eliminator | ||||
B-side | "I Got the Six" | |||
Released | 1983 | |||
Genre | Hard rock[1] | |||
Length | 3:59 (album version) 3:24 (edited version) | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Bill Ham | |||
ZZ Top singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
Music video
Directed by Tim Newman, 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. Tramm returned in their later music video for "Sharp Dressed Man".
Album appearances
In addition to Eliminator, "Gimme All Your Lovin'" appears on the following compilations:
Charts
Weekly charts
1Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000 |
Year-end charts
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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.[17]
- A house/modern R&B version entitled "Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000", combining samples from the original with alternate rap lyrics, was released by Martay in 1999.
- Lonestar released a version of the song in 2002 for the album Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top.
- "Gimme All Your Lovin'" was featured in films The Santa Clause (1994) and Happy Feet (2006).
- "Gimme All Your Lovin'" was featured in the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC versions of Grand Theft Auto V.
- 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.
- In 2011, American band Filter covered the song for the tribute album ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends.[18]
Personnel
- Billy Gibbons – guitar, lead vocals
- Dusty Hill – bass, backing vocals
- Frank Beard – drums
References
- ^ Daniels, Neil (2014). Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: A ZZ Top Guide. Soundcheck Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-9571442-7-9.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin'" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6299." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ^ "Le Détail par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "ZZ Top" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Gimme All Your Lovin'". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin'" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "ZZ Top – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MAY 21, 1983". Archived from the original on September 11, 2012.. Cash Box.
- ^ "Martay feat. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "Martay feat. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1985" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ Padgett, Ray (August 5, 2010). "Song of the Day: Leningrad Cowboys, "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (ZZ Top cover)". Cover Me. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ Robinson, Joe (August 29, 2011). "Filter, 'Gimme All Your Lovin" – Song Review". Loudwire. Retrieved May 17, 2016.