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Gimme All Your Lovin'

Gimme All Your Lovin'

1983 single by ZZ Top


"Gimme All Your Lovin'" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. It was released as the album's first single in early 1983. The single reached No. 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, 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.

Quick Facts Single by ZZ Top, from the album Eliminator ...

Music video

The "Gimme All Your Lovin'" music video follows a young male gas station attendant who is taken for a ride by a trio of women driving the vintage Eliminator car. The band appears and disappears, and they throw the attendant the keys to the car.[2] The three main actresses were Jeana Tomasino from Wisconsin, Danièle Arnaud from Nice, France, and a third model who dropped out of contact and was not paid.[3] Tomasino had posed for Playboy in 1980.[4]

Record executive Jeff Ayeroff saw how MTV was reshaping popular music throughout 1982. After he joined Warner Bros. Records in early 1983, he convinced them to pay for the first ZZ Top music video, for "Gimme All Your Lovin'". Warner hired filmmaker Tim Newman to direct it. Newman's siblings David, Thomas and Maria scored orchestral music, and his cousin was songwriter Randy Newman. Tim Newman met with Ham and the band to discuss ideas for the video.[5] He returned to direct the videos for "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs".[6]

Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000

Quick Facts Single by Martay feat. ZZ Top, Released ...

A cover by Martay featuring ZZ Top, called "Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000", charted in Top 40 in several European countries in 1999 including number 28 in the UK.[7]

Other versions

Charts

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Certifications

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References

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  2. Sheffield, Rob (July 29, 2021). "How ZZ Top Conquered MTV with the 'Eliminator' Trilogy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  3. "Playmates: Jeana Tomasino". Playboy. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  4. Sinclair, David (1986). Tres Hombres – The Story of ZZ Top. London: Virgin. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0-86369-167-6.
  5. Patoski, Joe Nick (December 1996). "Still ZZ After All These Years". Texas Monthly.
  6. Padgett, Ray (August 5, 2010). "Song of the Day: Leningrad Cowboys, "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (ZZ Top cover)". Cover Me. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  7. Robinson, Joe (August 29, 2011). "Filter, 'Gimme All Your Lovin" – Song Review". Loudwire. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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  12. "ZZ Top – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  13. "Jocelyn Brown and Kym Mazelle". OCC. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  14. "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). September 10, 1994. p. 6. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  15. "Jaaroverzichten 1985" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  16. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  17. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2014.

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