Sharp Dressed Man

Infobox Single
Name = Sharp Dressed Man


Artist = ZZ Top
from Album = Eliminator
B-side = "I Got the Six"
Released = 1983
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Blues-rock
Length = 4:13
Label = Warner Bros.
Writer = Billy Gibbons
Dusty Hill
Frank Beard
Producer = Bill Ham
Certification =
Last single = "Got Me Under Pressure" (1983)
This single = "Sharp Dressed Man" (1983)
Next single = "TV Dinners" (1983)

"Sharp Dressed Man" is a popular song performed by ZZ Top from their signature album "Eliminator" released in 1983. The song is famous for its guitar riff, recognizable chorus, and music video which received a large amount of airplay during the early years of MTV. When released as a single late in the year, it became their most successful song so far, reaching #2 on the Mainstream Rock charts and #56 on Pop Singles. The song is featured in the 2005 video game "Guitar Hero", as well as a brief appearance on an episode of "Beavis and Butt-Head" entitled "Radio Sweethearts," in which it can be heard on a radio. It also appeared on an S&K men's suits commercial. Debbie Harry covered the song on her "Domination" tour of the UK in July 1991. At 2007's VH1 Rock Honors. Nickelback covered the song as a tribute. This song has also been in an episode of Mountie O'reely titled 'Mountie O'reely and the Fountain of Youth' and most recently it was featured during a scene in the 2007 movie "Evan Almighty". ZZ Top played this song at halftime of the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl.

Former professional wrestler "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin also used this song as his theme music.Fact|date=May 2008

It is considered to be the signature song of ZZ Top and was inspired by an employee at a big bracket bank in London City - renowed for his jumpers.Fact|date=May 2008

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Lucyfire, the musical project of Johan Edlund, Tiamat front-man, covered this song on their first album, "This Dollar Saved My Life At Whitehorse", released in 2001.

Brad Paisley released a country version of the song as a single in 2002, which also appeared on the album "".

The song was performed by 2008 American Idol winner David Cook along with the legendary band on the American Idol finale on May, 21, 2008

Norwegian heavy metal band Chrome Division recorded a cover of the song for their 2008 album, "Booze, Broads and Beelzebub".

Canadian Electropop band Dragonette created a cover of this song.

British rock band Queen did a cover of Sharp Dressed Man in their True Miracles tour.