TV Dinners (song)

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"TV Dinners"
ZZ Top TV Dinners.jpg
Single by ZZ Top
from the album Eliminator
B-side"Cheap Sunglasses"
Released1983
Recorded1982
GenreRock
Length3:50
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bill Ham
ZZ Top singles chronology
"Sharp Dressed Man"
(1983) 		"TV Dinners"
(1983) 		"Legs"
(1984)

"TV Dinners" is a song performed by American band ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. It was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. The song is a simple, beat-driven tune with lyrics about pre-packaged, oven-ready meals. Promoted for radio play in the US, and released commercially as a single in the UK, it reached number 38 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. Robert Palmer recorded "TV Dinners" for his 2003 album Drive.

Recording[]

Guitarist Billy Gibbons played a 1955 Gretsch Roundup while recording "TV Dinners".[1]

Credits and personnel[]

Charts[]

Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 67
U.S. Billboard Top Tracks 38

Music video[]

Marius D. Penczner (then) of Ardent Studios in Memphis directed the song's music video,[citation needed] which used both live action and claymation. In it, bassist Dusty Hill plays a Vox Continental organ, and both Hill and drummer Frank Beard do not wear sunglasses, a trademark ZZ Top accessory.


See also[]

  • TV dinner

References[]

  1. ^ Gibbons, Billy F. (March 2011). Billy F. Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead. Voyageur Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-7603-4030-1. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  2. ^ Blayney, David (1994). Sharp Dressed Men. New York: Hyperion. pp. 196–203. ISBN 0-7868-8005-8.
  3. ^ Frost, Deborah (1985). ZZ Top: Bad And Worldwide. New York: Rolling Stone Press. ISBN 0020029500.
  4. ^ Sinclair, David (1986). Tres Hombres: The Story of ZZ Top. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-86369-167-6.
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