B-side "Cheap Sunglasses" Format 12", cassette Genre Rock | Released 1983 Recorded 1982 Length 3:50 | |
"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 humorous 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.
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Recording
Guitarist Billy Gibbons played a 1955 Gretsch Roundup while recording "TV Dinners".
Credits and personnel
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
TV Dinners (song) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA