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** In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday", Marge and Lisa watch a Super Bowl ad which spoofs the music video for "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (though accompanied by "Legs") by showing a man pulling into a gas station in the middle of nowhere, where he's serviced by three attractive women, before it's revealed to be an ad for ''the Catholic Church''.
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** American figure skater UsefulNotes/TonyaHarding used "Sleeping Bag" to underscore several of her performances; one such show, song and all, is depicted in the 2017 biopic ''Film/ITonya''.

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* ReferencedBy: A minor antagonist from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', ZZ of the [[TarotMotifs Wheel of Fortune card]], gets his name from the band itself. His [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Wheel of Fortune, also appears to be modeled after the truck on the album cover for ZZ Top's ''[[Music/EliminatorZZTopAlbum Eliminator]]''.

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A minor antagonist from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', ZZ of the [[TarotMotifs Wheel of Fortune card]], gets his name from the band itself. His [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Wheel of Fortune, also appears to be modeled after the truck on the album cover for ZZ Top's ''[[Music/EliminatorZZTopAlbum Eliminator]]''.Eliminator]]''.
** One episode of ''Westernanimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' had the Lobe asking Stef "Is every women crazy about a sharp dressed man?"
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* ReferencedBy: A minor antagonist from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', ZZ of the [[TarotMotifs Wheel of Fortune card]], gets his name from the band itself. His [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Wheel of Fortune, also appears to be modeled after the truck on the album cover for ZZ Top's ''[[Music/EliminatorZZTopAlbum Eliminator]]''.

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* ReferencedBy: A minor antagonist from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', ZZ of the [[TarotMotifs Wheel of Fortune card]], gets his name from the band itself. His [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Wheel of Fortune, also appears to be modeled after the truck on the album cover for ZZ Top's ''[[Music/EliminatorZZTopAlbum Eliminator]]''.Eliminator]]''.
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* ChartDisplacement: Their BreakthroughHit "La Grange" actually just barely missed making the Top 40 (it's been called the most famous song to ever peak at #41, though [[Music/EltonJohn "Tiny Dancer"]] might take issue with that claim), and the iconic "Sharp Dressed Man" stalled out at #56. The band's biggest hits on the charts were instead "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag" (both peaked at #8), and they had six other songs reach the Hot 100's Top 40 and outperform their most iconic hits.

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* ChartDisplacement: Their BreakthroughHit "La Grange" actually just barely missed making the Top 40 (it's been called the most famous song to ever peak at #41, though #41; the other contenders would be [[Music/TheBeatles "From Me to You"]], [[Music/MerleHaggard "Okie from Muskogee"]] and [[Music/EltonJohn "Tiny Dancer"]] might take issue with that claim), and the Dancer"]]). The iconic "Sharp Dressed Man" stalled out at #56. The band's biggest hits on the charts were instead "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag" (both peaked at #8), and they had six other songs reach the Hot 100's Top 40 and outperform their most iconic hits.
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* ChartDisplacement: Their BreakthroughHit "La Grange" actually just barely missed making the Top 40 (it's been called the most famous song to ever peak at #41), and the iconic "Sharp Dressed Man" stalled out at #56. The band's biggest hits on the charts were instead "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag" (both peaked at #8), and they had six other songs reach the Hot 100's Top 40 and outperform their most iconic hits.

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* ChartDisplacement: Their BreakthroughHit "La Grange" actually just barely missed making the Top 40 (it's been called the most famous song to ever peak at #41), #41, though [[Music/EltonJohn "Tiny Dancer"]] might take issue with that claim), and the iconic "Sharp Dressed Man" stalled out at #56. The band's biggest hits on the charts were instead "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag" (both peaked at #8), and they had six other songs reach the Hot 100's Top 40 and outperform their most iconic hits.
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* ChartDisplacement: Their BreakthroughHit "La Grange" actually just barely missed making the Top 40 (it's been called the most famous song to ever peak at #41), and the iconic "Sharp Dressed Man" stalled out at #56. The band's biggest hits on the charts were instead "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag" (both peaked at #8), and they had six other songs reach the Hot 100's Top 40 and outperform their most iconic hits.

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* ChartDisplacement: Their BreakthroughHit "La Grange" actually just barely missed making the Top 40 (it's been called the most famous song to ever peak at #41), and the iconic "Sharp Dressed Man" stalled out at #56. The band's biggest hits on the charts were instead "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag" (both peaked at #8), and they had six other songs reach the Hot 100's Top 40 and outperform their most iconic hits.hits.
* ReferencedBy: A minor antagonist from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', ZZ of the [[TarotMotifs Wheel of Fortune card]], gets his name from the band itself. His [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Wheel of Fortune, also appears to be modeled after the truck on the album cover for ZZ Top's ''[[Music/EliminatorZZTopAlbum Eliminator]]''.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Dusty Hill died on July 28, 2021 at the age of 72.
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* ChartDisplacement: Most music listeners are likely to be familiar with "Sharp Dressed Man" and "La Grange", but neither was a Top 40 hit (#56 and #41, respectively). The band's biggest hits on the charts were instead "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag" (both peaked at #8), and they had six other songs reach the Hot 100's Top 40 and outperform their most iconic hits.

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* ChartDisplacement: Most music listeners are likely Their BreakthroughHit "La Grange" actually just barely missed making the Top 40 (it's been called the most famous song to be familiar with ever peak at #41), and the iconic "Sharp Dressed Man" and "La Grange", but neither was a Top 40 hit (#56 and #41, respectively).stalled out at #56. The band's biggest hits on the charts were instead "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag" (both peaked at #8), and they had six other songs reach the Hot 100's Top 40 and outperform their most iconic hits.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Dusty Hill died on July 28, 2021 at the age of 72.
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* ChartDisplacement: Most music listeners are likely to be familiar with "Sharp Dressed Man" and "La Grange", but neither was a Top 40 hit (#56 and #41, respectively). The band's biggest hits on the charts were instead "Legs" and "Sleeping Bag" (both peaked at #8), and they had six other songs reach the Hot 100's Top 40 and outperform their most iconic hits.

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