"Tube Snake Boogie" is a song by the rock band ZZ Top

ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...

 from their 1981 album El Loco

El Loco

El Loco is the seventh studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1981 . The title means "The Crazy One" in Spanish. Guitarist/singer Billy Gibbons has stated that the recordings of this album was the first time the three members of the band were isolated from one another in the...

. It was released as a single that year and reached #4 on the Mainstream Rock

Mainstream rock

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 charts.

According to the liner notes of the 1992 compilation album ZZ Top's Greatest Hits

ZZ Top's Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 1992 . "Viva Las Vegas" and "Gun Love" are the two new tracks.-Track listing:...

, the band writes "'tube snake' is gnarly lingo for a surf board. Either way, it's good clean fun."

"Tube Snake Boogie" was produced by Bill Ham

Bill Ham

Bill Ham was the manager, producer, and image-maker of ZZ Top, from its inception in late 1969 until September 2006.-Career:...

, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning

Terry Manning

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.

Cover versions

• Serbia
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  n hard rock
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   band Cactus Jack
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  -Band history:The band, originally named Caramba, was formed at the end of 1998 by Stevan Birak , Miodrag Krudulj , Vladimir Jezdimirović and Dušan Gnjidić ....
  
   recorded a version on their live cover album DisCover
  DisCover (album)
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  in 2002.

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
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U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Mainstream Rock Tracks Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...	4

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons
  Billy Gibbons
  William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
  
   - guitar
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  , lead vocals
• Dusty Hill
  Dusty Hill
  Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.-History:Hill was in Dallas, Texas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas...
  
   - bass
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  , backing vocals
• Frank Beard
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  Frank Lee Beard is the drummer in the rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellars, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top.Beard was born in...
  
   - drums
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  , percussion
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