Single:
Legs entered the Australian singles chart* on 3 September 1984 and peaked at #6. It was #50 in the Top 100 of 1984.
Album:
The song is on Eliminator which entered the Australian albums chart* on 6 August 1984 and peaked at #2.
Songwriters:
Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard
Producer:
Bill Ham
Record label of Australian release:
Warner Bros
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
In a 1985 interview with Spin magazine, ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons explained the inspiration for this song:
“I was driving in Los Angeles, and there was this unusual downpour. And there was a real pretty girl on the side of the road. I passed her, and then I thought, ‘Well, I’d better pull over’ or at least turn around and offer her a ride, and by the time I got back she was gone. Her legs were the first thing I noticed. Then I noticed that she had a Brooke Shields hairdo that was in danger of falling. She was not going to get wet. She had legs and she knew how to use them.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/zz-top/legs
Lyrics:
She got legs
She knows how to use them
She never begs
She knows how to choose them
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