On this day in 1985, the ZZ Top single “Legs” debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #42 (February 23) The song was released from the trio’s mega-successful 1983 LP “Eliminator”. “Eliminator” saw ZZ Top embrace the synthesizer as an instrument, which features heavily in this song, opening up the band to a new audience, but displeasing some fans of their more traditional 70s style rock. The classic video clip for “Legs" was the third installment of a trilogy of similarly themed videos shot by Tim Newman for “Eliminator”, and it won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group. Dean Guitars created the pair of matching guitars shown in the clip, based on the Dean Z model, but painted white and covered in fluffy white sheepskin. Dean also painted the band's "ZZ " logo extending the length of each fretboard. The video was on heavy rotation on MTV and other video hit music shows of the day, which helped drive the single up the charts. It peaked at #6 in Australia, #8 in the US, #9 in Canada and Ireland, #16 in the UK, and #19 in the Netherlands… Click on the link below to watch the classic clip: https://youtu.be/eUDcTLaWJuo #legs, #zztop, #billygibbons, #DustyHill, #frankbeard, #Eliminator, #MTV, #dailyrockhistory, #80smusic, #80srock