Rough Boy

"Rough Boy"
Single by ZZ Top
from the album Afterburner
Released	1986
Format	7"
Recorded	1985
Genre	Rock
Length	3:32
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s)	Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
Producer	Bill Ham
ZZ Top singles chronology
"Velcro Fly" (1985) "Rough Boy" (1985) "Delirious" (1986)

"Rough Boy" was the third single by American rock band ZZ Top from their album Afterburner. The song reached #5 on the Mainstream Rock charts and #23 in the UK Top 40. Unlike the other songs on the album, this song has a much slower tempo and is more of a power ballad.

The music video for the song features the band's "Eliminator" car/space shuttle hybrid going into a spacebound car-wash, interspersed with images of the band members' hands and faces, as well as a woman's legs, protruding from metal plates, some of which double as lighted message signs or crosswalk signals.

Charts

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons - guitar, vocals
• Dusty Hill - bass, keyboards
• Frank Beard - drums