Tube Snake Boogie

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"Tube Snake Boogie"
Single by ZZ Top
from the album El Loco
B-side	"Heaven, Hell or Houston La Grange (France)"
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Length	3:02
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
Producer(s)	Bill Ham
ZZ Top singles chronology
"Pearl Necklace" (1981) "Tube Snake Boogie" (1981) "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (1983)

"Tube Snake Boogie" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top from their 1981 album El Loco. It was released as a single the same year and reached No. 4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.^[1]

While the lyrics seem to imply sexual innuendo or double entendre, in the liner notes for the band's 1992 Greatest Hits album, it is explained that "'tube snake' is gnarly lingo for a surfboard, or 'boogie board.' Either way, it's good clean fun." However, this claim of surfing belies the lyrical content clearly indicating that the 'boogieing' is done at night.^{[citation needed]}

The song was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.

Cover versions[]

• Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack recorded a version on their live cover album DisCover in 2002.
• Canadian blues guitarist Bill Durst recorded a version on his 2005 album, The Wharncliff Sessions.

Charts[]

Personnel[]

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

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