"La Grange"
Single by ZZ Top
from the album Tres Hombres
Released	1973
Format	7"
Recorded	Brian Studios Ardent Studios Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Blues-rock
Length	3:51
Label	London Records
Writer(s)	Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
Producer(s)	Bill Ham
Peak chart positions
#41 (US)
ZZ Top singles chronology
Waitin' for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago (1973)	La Grange (1973)	Tush (1975)

"La Grange" is a song by the rock group ZZ Top from their album Tres Hombres, released in 1973. A one-chord blues, it is one of their most successful songs. It was released in 1973 and received extensive radio play, rising to #41 in the Billboard Pop Singles list in 1974. The song refers to a country brothel on the outskirts of La Grange, Texas (later notoriously known as the "Chicken Ranch"). This brothel is also the subject of the Broadway play and film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the latter starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds. Cover for album Tres Hombres by ZZ Top. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... ZZ Top is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. ... Tres Hombres is the third album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ... Ardent Studios is the Memphis studio where albums released by Ardent Records and many other recording labels are recorded. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... London Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 through the 1980s. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Billy F. Gibbons (born December 16, 1949), nicknamed the Reverend Willie G, is best known as the guitarist for that Little Ol band from Texas, ZZ Top. ... Dusty Hill (born Joe Hill on May 19, 1949 in Dallas, Texas) is bassist and vocalist with Texas Boogie-Blues-Rock group ZZ Top. ... Frank Beard (b. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Bill Mack Ham (b. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... ZZ Top is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. ... ZZ Top is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. ... Tres Hombres is the third album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ... La Grange is a city located in Fayette County, Texas. ... the Chicken Ranch operated as an illegal but tolerated brothel from 1905 until 1973 and was located in Fayette County, just outside the city limits of La Grange. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a stage and film musical written by Larry L. King. ... Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Grammy-winning and Academy Award-nominated country singer, songwriter, composer, author, actress and philanthropist. ... Burt Reynolds (born Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. ...

The initial groove of the song is based on the song "Shake Your Hips" by Slim Harpo, later covered by the Rolling Stones. The chords were also based on "Boogie Chillen" by John Lee Hooker and also has elements of other Hooker songs. This song itself was subsequently covered by Crazy Backwards Alphabet on their lone album. Shake Your Hips is a song written and performed by American bluesman Slim Harpo. ... Slim Harpo, born James Moore (11 January 1924, Lobdel, Louisiana, USA, died 31 January 1970) was a blues musician. ... This article is about the rock band. ... John Lee Hooker on Hastings Street. ... John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. ... Crazy Backwards Alphabet is an album conceived by Matt Groening and recorded by Henry Kaiser. ...

In March 2005, Q magazine placed "La Grange" at number 92 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.^{[citation needed]} Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ...

Appearances

The song was featured as the title track in the pinball machine "The Getaway", and has been used in movies like Shanghai Noon and Striptease. It also appears in Armageddon, the documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, and a modified version of the song appears in the 2004 remake of Walking Tall. A cover of the song by Junkie XL appears in the Xbox game Forza Motorsport. Shanghai Noon is a 2000 movie starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson as Chans western sidekick. ... Striptease is a 1996 erotic comedy film starring Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds, and Ving Rhames. ... For other films with this name, see Armageddon (disambiguation). ... Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) is a documentary about the history of skateboarding. ... Walking Tall is a 1973 semi-biopic of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a former professional wrestler-turned lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee. ... Forza Motorsport is a racing simulator video game developed by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox gaming system. ...

Opening guitar riff to "La Grange."