Peak
37
Weeks
12
Score
1,058
Chart Year
1983
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
This was the first ZZ Top single to use synthesizers; the new sound made them a huge commercial success. Lyrically, the song is a variation on a common theme for the band: sex. Van Halen followed ZZ Top's lead a few months later when they used synthesizers on their album 1984. Most of their fans didn't mind, since it still featured the guitar of Eddie Van Halen. The video was ZZ Top's first and also the first to have a sequel. Wildly successful on MTV, the clip showed a mechanic/gas station attendant who is working when three beautiful women appear in "The Eliminator," which was a 1933 Ford Hot Rod owned by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Our hero gets the keys to the car, and goes for a ride with the ladies, who return him some time later. In a brilliant move, they left room for a sequel, as he sees the car driving off. The story picks up in the video for "Sharp Dressed Man," where the guy is now a valet. Establishing the car and the girls as iconic images of ZZ Top helped them wow the younger generation. The car was so popular that Gibbons had another one made to take on tour. This was the first single from the Eliminator album, which went Diamond, meaning it sold over 10 million copies. The video for this song helped pay off the car that starred in it. Billy Gibbons estimates that he spent about $250,000 buying and restoring the car, and was deep in debt on the vehicle. By putting the car in the video, it became a business expense, and thus a write-off. The car was used on the album cover and became a personification of the band. The video was directed by Tim Newman (Randy's brother), who did all of the ZZ Top videos with the girls and cars. By using these props, he defined the band's image without making them work very hard. Newman said in the book I Want My MTV: "The song seemed to be about a horny, yearning kid. So I had the idea to base it around a guy who worked at a gas station in the middle of nowhere. I would not be making a huge demand on ZZ Top's acting ability if I cast them in the role of mythological characters." That famous ZZ Top hand gesture started with the video for this song. It wasn't planned: The band had to do several takes as the car drove by, and they were instructed to watch it. With about 20 minutes between each take, they came up with the gesture out of boredom. One of the girls in the video was Jeana Keough, who was Playboy's Miss November in 1980. She starred in all four videos featuring the Eliminator.
I got to have a shot Of what you got, it's oh so sweet You got to make it hot Like a boomerang I need a repeat Gimme all your lovin' All your hugs and kisses too Gimme all your lovin' Don't let up until we're through You got to whip it up And hit me like a ton of lead If I blow my top Will you let it go to your head? Gimme all your lovin' All your hugs and kisses too Gimme all your lovin' Don't let up until we're through You got to move it up And use it like a screwball would You got to pack it up Work it like a new boy should Gimme all your lovin' All your hugs and kisses too Gimme all your lovin' Don't let up until we're through
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 2, 1983 | 79 | 47 |
| 2 | Apr 9, 1983 | 65 | 61 |
| 3 | Apr 16, 1983 | 57 | 69 |
| 4 | Apr 23, 1983 | 50 | 76 |
| 5 | Apr 30, 1983 | 45 | 81 |
| 6 | May 7, 1983 | 40 | 86 |
| 7 | May 14, 1983 | 38 | 88 |
| 8 | May 21, 1983 | 37 | 89 |
| 9 | May 28, 1983 | 47 | 79 |
| 10 | Jun 4, 1983 | 68 | 58 |
| 11 | Jun 11, 1983 | 78 | 48 |
| 12 | Jun 18, 1983 | 94 | 32 |