Gimme All Your Lovin'

This article is about the ZZ Top song. For the Madonna song, see Give Me All Your Luvin'. For other uses, see Give Me All Your Loving (disambiguation).

"Gimme All Your Lovin'" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. It was released as the album's first single in 1983.

"Gimme All Your Lovin'"
Single by ZZ Top
from the album Eliminator
B-side	"If I Could Only Flag Her Down"
Released	1983
Genre	Hard rock^[1]
Length	3:59 (album version) 3:24 (edited version)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
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

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.

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
Released	1999
Length	2:54
Label	Riverhorse Records
Songwriter(s)	Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
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

• Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown's 1994 rendition, which utilized a sample from C+C Music Factory's "Deeper Love", reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart.^{[citation needed]}
• In 1993 a Finnish band Leningrad Cowboys recorded on the Helsinki Senate Square a live cover version of this song featuring Red Army Choir, with a bit of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union making its way into the arrangement, along with choruses of Hallelujah as well.^[8]
• Lonestar released a version of the song in 2002 for the album Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top.
• In 2011, American band Filter covered the song for the tribute album ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends.^[9]

Charts

Weekly charts ZZ Top Chart (1983–1985) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)^[10] 82 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[11] 11 Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[12] 39 France (IFOP)^[13] 19 Ireland (IRMA)^[14] 9 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[15] 8 Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[16] 3 UK Singles (OCC)^[17] 10 US Billboard Hot 100^[18] 37 US Billboard Top Tracks^[18] 2 US Cash Box^[19] 43 Martay feat. ZZ Top Chart (1999) Peak position Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[20] 6 Germany (Official German Charts)^[21] 39 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[22] 33 UK Singles (OCC)^[23] 28

Year-end charts Chart (1985) Rank Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[24] 76 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[25] 56 Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[26] 52

References

1. Daniels, Neil (2014). Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: A ZZ Top Guide. Soundcheck Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-9571442-7-9.
2. Sheffield, Rob (July 29, 2021). "How ZZ Top Conquered MTV with the 'Eliminator' Trilogy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
3. Tannenbaum, Rob; Marks, Craig (2012). I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution. Penguin. pp. 115–120. ISBN 9780452298569.
4. . Playboy. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
5. Sinclair, David (1986). Tres Hombres – The Story of ZZ Top. London: Virgin. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0-86369-167-6.
6. Patoski, Joe Nick (December 1996). "Still ZZ After All These Years". Texas Monthly.
7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100: 10 October 1999 – 16 October 1999". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
8. Padgett, Ray (August 5, 2010). "Song of the Day: Leningrad Cowboys, "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (ZZ Top cover)". Cover Me. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
9. Robinson, Joe (August 29, 2011). "Filter, 'Gimme All Your Lovin" – Song Review". Loudwire. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
11. "ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin'" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
12. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6299." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
13. "Le Détail par Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Select "ZZ Top" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
14. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Gimme All Your Lovin'". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
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17. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
18. "ZZ Top – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
19. . Cash Box. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012.
20. "Martay feat. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
21. "Martay feat. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
22. "Martay feat. ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin' 2000". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
23. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
24. "Jaaroverzichten 1985" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
25. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
26. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2014.