Velcro Fly

Infobox Single
Name = Velcro Fly


Artist = ZZ Top
from Album = Afterburner
B-side =
Released = 1986
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:29
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Writer = Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard
Producer = Bill Ham
Certification =
Last single = "Woke Up with Wood" (1986)
This single = "Velcro Fly" (1986)
Next single = "Rough Boy" (1986)

"Velcro Fly" is the fifth single off ZZ Top's 1985 album "Afterburner". The song peaked at #15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986.

A 12" version is featured on the box set "Chrome, Smoke & BBQ".

Music video

The music video for "Velcro Fly" features Egyptian hieroglyphics (possibly a reference to other songs from the album such as "Sleeping Bag") and female dancers, a common theme in almost every ZZ Top music video. The video also has dance moves choreographed by pop singer Paula Abdul.

The video was released on the "DVD Greatest Hits: The Video Collection", along with other videos from the band's albums "Eliminator" and "Recycler".

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