Pearl Necklace (song)

"Pearl Necklace"
Song by ZZ Top
from the album El Loco
Released	1981
Recorded	1979
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	4:01
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
Producer(s)	Bill Ham

"Pearl Necklace" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1981 album El Loco . ^{[1] [2]} The song went to No. 28 on the Billboard Rock Tracks chart in 1981 but was never released as a single.

"Pearl Necklace" was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.

Song information

The song contains double entendre lyrics which refer to a sexual act called a "pearl necklace" ^[3] , as intimated in the chorus: "She was gettin' bombed and I was gettin' blown away", and ultimately revealed in the final verse: "And that's not jewelry she's talkin' about—it really don't cost that much." ^{[4] [5]}

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Tracks	28

Personnel

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

References

1. McKittrick, Christopher (4 June 2024). Gimme All Your Lovin’: The Blues, Boogie, and Beard of ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 123. ISBN   979-8-216-34244-1 . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
2. "El Loco - ZZ Top | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
3. "Robert Christgau: CG: ZZ Top". Robert Christgau . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
4. Owings, Henry H. (2006). The Overrated Book. Last Gasp. p. 16. ISBN   978-0-86719-657-3 . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
5. O'Brien, Darcy (1 July 2014). A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State. Open Road Media. ISBN   978-1-4976-5853-0 . Retrieved 24 September 2025.