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1983 single by ZZ Top

"TV Dinners"

Single by ZZ Top

from the album Eliminator

B-side

"Cheap Sunglasses"

Released

1983

Recorded

1982

Genre

Rock

Length

3:50

Label

Warner Bros.

Songwriter(s)

Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard

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. Released as a single, it reached #38 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. Robert Palmer recorded "TV Dinners" for his studio album 2003 Drive.

Recording

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

Credits and personnel

Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
Dusty Hill – keyboards
Frank Beard – drums
Linden Hudson – Preproduction Engineer
Terry Manning – Engineer

Charts

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

Music video

Marios Pinzer directed the song's music video, 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.

References

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.
Blayney, David (1994). Sharp Dressed Men. New York: Hyperion. pp. 196–203. ISBN 0-7868-8005-8.
Frost, Deborah (1985). ZZ Top: Bad And Worldwide. New York: Rolling Stone Press. ISBN 0020029500.
Sinclair, David (1986). Tres Hombres: The Story of ZZ Top. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-86369-167-6.
https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/tv-dinners
https://www.musicvf.com/ZZ+Top.art

v t e ZZ Top
Billy Gibbons Frank Beard Elwood Francis Lanier Greig Dan Mitchell Billy Ethridge Dusty Hill
Studio albums	ZZ Top's First Album Rio Grande Mud Tres Hombres Fandango! Tejas Degüello El Loco Eliminator Afterburner Recycler Antenna Rhythmeen XXX Mescalero La Futura
Compilations	The Best of ZZ Top Greatest Hits One Foot in the Blues Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top
Live albums	Live from Texas
Box sets	The Six Pack Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
Singles	"Francine" "La Grange" "Tush" "It's Only Love" "Arrested for Driving While Blind" "I Thank You" "Cheap Sunglasses" "Leila" "Tube Snake Boogie" "Gimme All Your Lovin'" "Sharp Dressed Man" "TV Dinners" "Legs" "Sleeping Bag" "Stages" "Velcro Fly" "Rough Boy" "Doubleback" "My Head's in Mississippi" "Viva Las Vegas" "Pincushion" "She's Just Killing Me" "What's Up with That"
Other songs	"Waitin' for the Bus" "Jesus Just Left Chicago" "Master of Sparks" "Pearl Necklace" "Got Me Under Pressure"
Video albums	Greatest Hits Live from Texas Live at Montreux 2013
Tours	Worldwide Texas Tour Recycler Tour XXX Tour Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour Whack Attack Tour Hollywood Blues Tour El Camino Ocho Tour 2010 World Tour Gang of Outlaws Tour Tonnage Tour
Related articles	Discography Super Bowl XXXI halftime show CadZZilla Bill Ham Moving Sidewalks American Blues Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends
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