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1300: 22: 463:. The city's barbaric inhabitants believe it to be sacred, and sacrifice themselves to the drumbeat. In the book, Eddie Dean asserts that the song was never released as a single in his world. In the audiobook an actual sample of Velcro Fly is used to accompany the narration. 131: 1344: 1115: 1108: 357:. Singles included both 7" and 12" edit versions of thore remixes with addition of Jellybean dub mix. A 12" Jellybean version of the song is featured on the box set 1359: 875: 1334: 1277: 1339: 1090: 1200: 443: 105: 964: 671: 1354: 957: 1284: 43: 1251: 911: 86: 1154: 861: 58: 601: 39: 1062: 794: 414: 324: 151: 65: 1083: 999: 738: 423:
called it a "seductive rocker that finds the 'Lil Ol' Band From Texas' in its usual tongue-in-cheek mode."
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called it a "techno-boogie stomper buried in fuzz and percussion."
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For the single release the song was remixed in two versions: by
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features female dancers choreographed by pop singer
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Single
ZZ Top
Afterburner
B-side
Genre
Rock
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Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Billy Gibbons
Dusty Hill
Frank Beard
Producer(s)
Bill Ham
ZZ Top
Rough Boy
Doubleback
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