Gimme All Your Lovin'

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

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.

Contents

 * 1 Music video
 * 2 Album appearances
 * 3 In other media
 * 4 Charts
 * 4.1 Weekly charts
 * 4.2 Year-end charts
 * 5 Other versions
 * 6 Personnel
 * 7 References

Music video[edit]
The video features ZZ Top playing at a gas station, 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[edit]
In addition to Eliminator, "Gimme All Your Lovin'" appears on the following compilations:
 * Rancho Texicano
 * Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
 * Greatest Hits

In other media[edit]
This song appeared in The Santa Clause in the scene where Santa/Scott Calvin tries on his flameproof suit. 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[edit]
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]

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Other versions[edit]

 * 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.[21]
 * 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 musican John Roderick and released as part of the Sweetheart 2010 on Itunes.

Personnel[edit]

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