Gimme All Your Lovin'

"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.

"Gimme All Your Lovin'"
Single by ZZ Top
from the album Eliminator
B-side"If I Could Only Flag Her Down"
ReleasedApril 26, 1983
GenreHard rock[1]
Length
  • 3:59 (album version)
  • 3:24 (edited version)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bill Ham
ZZ Top singles chronology
"Tube Snake Boogie"
(1981)
"Gimme All Your Lovin'"
(1983)
"Sharp Dressed Man"
(1983)
Official video
"Gimme All Your Lovin'" on YouTube

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

"Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000"
Single by Martay feat. ZZ Top
Released1999
Length2:54
LabelRiverhorse Records
Songwriter(s)
Martay singles chronology
"Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000"
(1999)
"Take You There"
(2000)

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

Jocelyn Brown & Kym Mazelle

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[20]19
UK Singles (OCC)[21]22
UK Dance (OCC)[22]9
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[23]12

Martay feat. ZZ Top

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[24]6
Germany (Official German Charts)[25]39
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]33
UK Singles (OCC)[27]28

Year-end charts

ZZ Top

Chart (1985)Rank
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[28]76
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29]56
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30]52

Certifications

RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[31]Gold400,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References