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"Sleeping Bag" is a song performed by the band ZZ Top from their 1985 album Afterburner.

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"Sleeping Bag"
Single by ZZ Top
from the album Afterburner
B-side	"Party on the Patio"
Released	1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	Synth-rock
Length	4:03
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard
Producer(s)	Bill Ham
ZZ Top singles chronology
"Legs" (1984) "Sleeping Bag" (1985) "Stages" (1985)
Music video
"Sleeping Bag" on YouTube

Reception

Cash Box said that the song is a "high tech workout which makes good use of drum machines and Fairlight effects as well as the 'lil ole band from Texas' innate soul."[1]

The song was released as a single in 1985 and became their most successful single, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, equaling the peak of their previous single "Legs". However, unlike "Legs", it also reached No. 1 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, a first for the band.

Track listing

7" single

1. "Sleeping Bag" - 4:02
2. "Party on the Patio" - 2:48

12" maxi-single

1. "Sleeping Bag (Extended Mix)" - 6:12
2. "Party on the Patio" - 2:48

Music video

A music video directed by Steve Barron was made to promote the song. In the form of a story narrative, two thieves break into a house to recover a sack of money, but are thwarted by a young woman living in the house who runs off with the sack, meeting a young man who accompanies her on the run. After being assisted in their escape by the band members, the ZZ Top video girls and the Eliminator vehicle, the thieves are eventually arrested.

The video marks the end of the "Eliminator" vehicle featured in the videos from the Eliminator album (although its supposed destruction happens off-screen) and introduces the space shuttle from Afterburner.

Actors Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and John Dye (Touched by an Angel) appear as the female and male leads.

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report[2]	36
Canadian RPM Top Singles[3]	18
German Singles Chart	40
Irish Singles Chart	14
New Zealand Singles Chart[4]	13
Polish Singles Chart	28
Swedish Singles Chart[4]	13
U.K. Singles Chart	27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5]	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	41
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)	Position
U.S. Cashbox Top 100	83

Chart (1986)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[6]	80

Personnel

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

References

На других языках

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Sleeping Bag (с англ. — «Спальный мешок») — двадцатый сингл американской блюз-рок-группы ZZ Top, первый сингл альбома Afterburner. Наряду с предшествующим синглом Legs добрался до 8 позиции в Billboard Hot 100, что было наибольшим успехом группы за её историю.

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