Tush (ZZ Top song)
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| B-side | "Blue Jean Blues" |
"Tush" is a song by American blues rock band ZZ Top and was the only single from their fourth album Fandango!. The song was named the 67th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[2]
Composition
The song is a twelve-bar blues in the key of G. The recording was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. The title is a double entendre, referring both to slang for buttocks (with the connotation of "a piece of ass"), and slang for "luxurious" or "lavish", according to a 1985 interview with Dusty Hill in Spin magazine.[3]
Chart performance
"Tush" peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100.
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 19 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[4] | 11 |
Other versions and covers
- In an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1986, ZZ Top were backed by the show's in-house big band, led by bandleader Doc Severinsen, who wore a ZZ Top-style beard for the occasion, as did host Johnny Carson, who also donned matching ZZ Top-style sunglasses and hat.
- Iron Maiden have played it on some gigs off their The Beast on the Road, World Piece and World Slavery Tours in 1982, 1983 and 1984–85 (although it can only be found on bootlegs). They have played also an acoustic version, from which exists a video, which is filmed in the studio while the band was playing. This video appeared on the bonus DVD from their 2006 album A Matter of Life and Death.
- Girlschool recorded a cover for their 1981 album Hit and Run; a live version appeared on their 1986 release Race with the Devil.
- Nazareth performed a version of the song on the band's 1981 tour for their live album Snaz.
- Kenny Chesney released a country version of the song for the 2002 album Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top.
- Whitesnake performed a version of the song on their 1987/1988 tour with altered lyrics, entitled "Tits".
- Joan Jett performed a version of the song on her 1990 album The Hit List
- Wolf Mail recorded a version of the song on his 2011 album The Basement Session.
- Girl included the song on their posthumous 2001 album Live at the Exposition Hall, Osaka, Japan.
- Tygers of Pan Tang released and performed the song as cover in many albums, such as Live at Wacken in 2001.
- Dumpy's Rusty Nuts recorded a version of the song as part of their double live album Somewhere In England (1983).
- The Motörhead song "No Class" has a similar guitar riff.[5]
- Robert Prince composed an albeit modified version for the 1992 PC game Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure.
- German metal band Axel Rudi Pell performed a version of the song on the Magic Moments live album
- Gibbons performed the song at the 2016 ACM Awards alongside Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban. Lambert has also performed it on her tour.
- American singer Alexandra Savior performed the song in 2016 with Alex Turner of British band Arctic Monkeys.
Usage in popular culture
- The song was used in the films An Officer and a Gentleman, Dazed and Confused, Sgt. Bilko, The Perfect Storm, Ghost Rider and The Bucket List.
- The song was featured in the episodes "Calderone's Return (Part I)/The Hit List" from Miami Vice and "I.F.T." from Breaking Bad
- On the animated sitcom King of the Hill, the song appears twice in the episodes "Hankey Pankey" and where ZZ Top guest starred in "Hank Gets Dusted".
- It is heard in a 2016 TV commercial for Chili's restaurants.
Personnel
References
- ^ "Ten Great Blues-Rock Songs by Guitar Rockers". Guitar Player. NewBay Media. December 16, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Tush by ZZ Top Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
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- ^ Peter Buckley, ed. (2003). The rough guide to rock. Rough Guides. p. 699. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
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