La Grange ( song ) - wikipedia La Grange ( song ) `` La Grange '' Single by ZZ Top from the album Tres Hombres B - side `` Just Got Paid '' Released 1973 Format 7 '' Recorded Brian Studios and Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee Genre Blues rock boogie rock Length 3 : 51 Label London Songwriter ( s ) Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill Frank Beard Producer ( s ) Bill Ham ZZ Top singles chronology `` Waitin ' for the Bus '' / `` Jesus Just Left Chicago '' ( 1973 ) `` La Grange '' ( 1973 ) `` Tush '' ( 1975 ) `` Waitin ' for the Bus '' / `` Jesus Just Left Chicago '' ( 1973 ) `` La Grange '' ( 1973 ) `` Tush '' ( 1975 ) Audio sample file help La Grange is a song by the American rock group ZZ Top, from their 1973 album Tres Hombres. One of ZZ Top 's most successful songs, it was released as a single in 1973 and received extensive radio play, rising to No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. The song refers to a brothel on the outskirts of La Grange, Texas ( later called the `` Chicken Ranch '' ). The 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. The first time ZZ Top played the song in La Grange, Texas was during the Fayette County Fair on September 5, 2015. Contents 1 Information 2 Chart performance 3 Uses 4 Covers 5 Personnel 6 References Information In March 2005, Q magazine placed La Grange at 92nd of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. The song is also ranked No. 74 on Rolling Stone magazine 's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone called the song, ``... a standard for guitarists to show off their chops. '' Billy Gibbons played the lead on a 1955 Fender Stratocaster with a stop tailpiece through a Marshall Super Lead 100 amp with Celestion greenback speakers. The song was produced by Bill Ham and mixed by Terry Manning. The initial groove of the song is based on a traditional boogie blues rhythm used by John Lee Hooker in `` Boogie Chillen ' '' and by Slim Harpo in `` Shake Your Hips ''. A failed lawsuit by the copyright holder of `` Boogie Chillen ' '' resulted in the court ruling that the rhythm was in the public domain. The line `` a-how - how - how - how '' is quoted from John Lee Hooker 's song `` Boom Boom ''. Chart performance Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position Australia ( Go - Set National Top 40 ) 15 Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 21 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 34 France ( IFOP ) 58 US Billboard Hot 100 41 US Cash Box 24 US Record World 33 Uses This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2016 ) The song was licensed for use as the title track in the 1992 pinball machine The Getaway : High Speed II. It has been used in many movies, including : Shanghai Noon, Striptease, Armageddon, Man of the House, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dogtown and Z - Boys, and the trailers for Planet 51, The Rundown and Home on the Range. A modified version of the song appears in the 2004 remake of Walking Tall. Professional wrestler David Von Erich and his brother Kerry used this as their theme song in World Class Championship Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling. Professional wrestler Barry Windham used an instrumental cover of La Grange as his theme music in the NWA 's Jim Crockett Promotions territory and its successor, World Championship Wrestling. An instrumental of the song is featured in the South Park episode Poor and Stupid ( S14E08 ) in 2010, as Eric Cartman wreaks havoc in a NASCAR Race. This song is also featured in the NASCAR The Game : 2011 soundtrack. The beginning of song was played by Billy Gibbons in an episode of Bones named Stargazer in a Puddle. When Gibbons and Hill hosted an episode of WWE Raw in 2009, they played this song with Santino Marella ( who was substituting for the absent Frank Beard ). The song is in many Wrangler Jeans commercials with athletes including Brett Favre, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. The song was in an IMAX movie about NASCAR in 2003. This song was also used in two episodes of a German TV Series, Alarm für Cobra 11 -- Die Autobahnpolizei. The song played at the start of The Blacklist season 2 premiere. The song was used for many of GEICO 's advertising campaigns for motorcycle insurance. Covers The song has been covered by Australian rock band The Angels as a B - Side to their 2015 commemorative re-release of the hit single Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again with the guitar solos completely replaced by harmonica solos from guitarist John Brewster. The Mexican rock band El Tri sampled La Grange in the song El Muchacho Chicho, in their 1997 album Cuando Tú No Estás. Black Oak Arkansas performs a cover of the song in the album Lynyrd Skynyrd Family & Southern Classics. A cover of the song by Junkie XL appears in the Xbox game Forza Motorsport. A cover of this song, with an edited solo in the later part of the song ( in order to cover up the final fade - out ), was used for the music video game Guitar Hero III : Legends of Rock, and Guitar Hero : On Tour. The song is covered by the French artist Renaud Papillon Paravel as well as by Hank Williams, Jr. The song was covered by Crazy Backwards Alphabet on their lone album. D.O.A. recorded a cover of the song for their 2002 EP Play It Over and Over Again. The liner notes included a comment from lead singer / guitarist Joey `` Shithead '' Keithley lamenting his inability to find the brothel that inspired the song when D.O.A. were touring through Texas. Tracy Byrd released a country version of the song in 2002 for the album Sharp Dressed Men : A Tribute to ZZ Top. The band Phish covered it often in their early career, especially the late 1980s and 1990, but was almost completely dropped from rotation after 1991, appearing only sparsely throughout their extensive touring schedule. It was played for the first time since September 22, 1999 on July 8, 2012 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York as the first - set closer. Blues Traveler has covered the song regularly in their live performances since 2013. It is the only song in Blues Traveler 's repertoire with lead vocals not handled by frontman John Popper. Keyboardist Ben Wilson handles vocals instead. The song was covered by Molotov on their album Con Todo Respeto ( Spanish for `` with all due respect '' ), where they changed the lyrics. The song was covered live by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and John Petrucci on the G3 : Live in Tokyo concert DVD. Personnel Frank Beard -- drums Billy Gibbons -- guitar, vocals Dusty Hill -- bass guitar References Jump up ^ Gundersen, Edna ( December 21, 2013 ). `` Catalog box sets sum up Beatles, Dylan, Eagles, Ramones ''. USA Today. Retrieved May 7, 2015. Jump up ^ Wood, Mikael ( June 5, 2014 ). `` CMT Awards : ZZ Top, Jason Derulo, Florida Georgia Line go all in ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 7, 2015. Jump up ^ `` ZZ Top Setlist at Fayette County Fairgrounds, La Grange, TX, USA ''. Setlist.fm. September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Q Magazine -- 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever ! ''. Q magazine. Rocklist.net. March 2005. Retrieved February 20, 2014. Jump up ^ `` 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time ''. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008... Rolling Stone. Jump up ^ `` La Grange by ZZ Top ''. Songfacts. Retrieved February 20, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Go - Set Australian charts -- 13 July 1974 ''. Go - Set. Poparchives.com.au. cf. last week position. Retrieved June 10, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Forum -- ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts -- CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989 ''. Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 20, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 5040a. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 10, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par Z ''. InfoDisc ( in French ). Select `` ZZ Top '' from the artist drop - down menu. Retrieved December 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Tres Hombres -- Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2013. Jump up ^ `` CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending JULY 13, 1974 ''. Cash Box. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Jump up ^ `` The Singles Chart '' ( PDF ). Record World. July 13, 1974. p. 25. ISSN 0034 - 1622. Retrieved September 17, 2017. ZZ Top Billy Gibbons Frank Beard Dusty Hill Studio albums ZZ Top 's First Album Rio Grande Mud Tres Hombres Fandango ! Tejas Degüello El Loco Eliminator Afterburner Recycler Antenna Rhythmeen XXX Mescalero La Futura Compilations The Best of ZZ Top Six Pack Greatest Hits One Foot in the Blues Chrome, Smoke & BBQ Rancho Texicano Live albums Live from Texas Double Down Live Extended plays Texicali Tours Fandango ! Tour Worldwide Texas Tour Expect No Quarter Tour El Loco - Motion Tour Eliminator Tour Afterburner World Tour Recycler World Tour Antenna World Tour Continental Safari Tour XXX Tour Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour Whack Attack Tour Hollywood Blues Tour El Camino Ocho Tour In Your Face Tour European Tour 2009 Aerosmith / ZZ Top Tour Necessity Is a Mother Tour Double Down Live Tour 2010 World Tour Rebels and Bandoleros Tour Gang of Outlaws Tour La Futura Tour Grooves & Gravy Tour Tonnage Tour Singles `` Francine '' `` La Grange '' `` Tush '' `` Cheap Sunglasses '' `` Leila '' `` Pearl Necklace '' `` Tube Snake Boogie '' `` Gimme All Your Lovin ' '' `` Got Me Under Pressure '' `` Sharp Dressed Man '' `` TV Dinners '' `` Legs '' `` Sleeping Bag '' `` Stages '' `` Velcro Fly '' `` Rough Boy '' `` Doubleback '' `` My Head 's in Mississippi '' `` Give It Up '' `` Viva Las Vegas '' `` Pincushion '' `` She 's Just Killing Me '' `` What 's Up with That '' `` Fearless Boogie '' Videos Greatest Hits Live from Texas Double Down Live Live at Montreux 2013 Related articles Discography Equipment Bill Ham Moving Sidewalks American Blues Sharp Dressed Men : A Tribute to ZZ Top ZZ Top : A Tribute from Friends Book Municipalities and communities of Fayette County, Texas, United States County seat : La Grange Cities Carmine Fayetteville La Grange Schulenburg Towns Flatonia Muldoon Round Top Unincorporated communities Ammannsville Cistern Dubina Ellinger Engle Freyburg High Hill Holman Hostyn Kirtley Ledbetter Mullins Prairie Nechanitz O'Quinn Oldenburg Park Plum Praha Rabbs Prairie Rek Hill Roznov Rutersville Swiss Alp Waldeck Walhalla Warda Warrenton West Point Willow Springs Winchester Winedale Ghost Towns Black Jack Springs Bluff Gay Hill Stella Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Grange_(song)&oldid=816201588 '' Categories : 1973 singles London Records singles ZZ Top songs Songs about Texas Songs written by Billy Gibbons Songs written by Dusty Hill Songs written by Frank Beard ( musician ) Fayette County, Texas Hidden categories : CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Articles needing additional references from August 2016 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Euskara Français Italiano Nederlands Slovenčina Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 19 December 2017, at 22 : 40. 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Question: what is the zz top song lagrange about
Answer: a brothel