Leila (song)

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"Leila"
ZZ Top Leila.jpg
Single by ZZ Top
from the album El Loco
B-side "Don't Tease Me"
Released1981
Recorded1981
Length3:13
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriters Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard
Producer Bill Ham
ZZ Top singles chronology
"Cheap Sunglasses"
(1980)		"Leila"
(1981)		"Tube Snake Boogie"
(1981)

"Leila" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top, from their 1981 album El Loco .

Contents

The song is a ballad with country and western influences and features Mark Erlewine on steel guitar. [1]

Record World called it a "gorgeous ballad [that] highlights Billy Gibbons' Brian Wilson-ish falsetto vocal flights." [2]

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 77

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Photos: Behind the scenes with legendary guitar-maker Mark Erlewine". Austin 360. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 12, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ↑ "ZZ Top". Billboard.



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