Rough Boy

Name: Rough Boy
Duration: 4 min 51 s

~ Recording by ZZ Top

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	US1985-10-28	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	9 25342-2
1.4	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	XE1985-10-28	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	925 342-1, WX 27
1.4	Rough Boy	4:50	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	US1985-10-28	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	1-25342, 9 25342-1E
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	GB1985-10-28	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	9253421
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	JP1985-12-21	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	32XD-374
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	CA1985	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	CD 25342
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner (BMG Direct)	ZZ Top	Album	US1985	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)	9 25342-2, D 164042
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	DE1985	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	32 358-4
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner (made in West Germany)	ZZ Top	Album	US1985	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	9 25342-2
1.3	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	US1992-04-14	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	9 26846-2
1.3	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	AU1992-04-20	Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)	7599-26846-2
1.3	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits (France WE 852)	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	XE1992-04 DE1992	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	7599-26846-2
1.3	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	US1992	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	W2 26846
1.3	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits (Columbia House)	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	CA1992	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	W2 26846
1.3	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	CA1992	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	CD 26846
1.3	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits (special limited tour edition)	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	DE1992	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	9362-47510-2
1.3	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	ZA1992	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	WBCD 1728
1.3	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	JP1992	WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990)	WPCP-4788
2.16	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Kuschelrock 8	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1994-09-19	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 477777 2
1.1	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Even More Power Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE1994	EVA Records (Sweden)	EVACD 5016
2.16	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Knuffelrock 6	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1994	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	COL 477980-2
16.5	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Moments of Love	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1994	SR International	37 666 5
1.15	Rough Boy	4:46	ZZ Top	Best of Love	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR1995
2.16	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	KuschelRock 8 (Gold-Edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1995	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	477777 9
1.15	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	The Power of Love: 1986–1987	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1997	Time–Life Music	TL629/4
1.10	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Viva Las Vegas	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	DE1997	Euro Sound (Falcon Neue Medien sublabel)	3315
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	DE1998	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	7599-25342-2
1.17	Rough Boy	4:48	ZZ Top	Love Flashback 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BR1998	Cutting Records (Brazilian bootleg label), MNF Brazil	BM5147
1.3	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits (WE 833)	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	XE1999	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	7599-26846-2
2.16	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Kuschelrock 8	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1999	Sony Music Media	477777 2, SMM 477777 2
2.13	Rough Boy	4:54	ZZ Top	Classic Rock: Power Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2000	Time–Life Music	TL 559/26, TL559/26
1.9	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	ZZ Top	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	DE2000	Falcon Neue Medien	3635
2.2	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Absolute Rock Ballads Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE2002-01-21	Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records)	ACCD 3002
3.16	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Chrome, Smoke & BBQ (limited edition)	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	US2003-10-14	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	R2 73935
2.3	Rough Boy	4:48	ZZ Top	While My Guitar Gently Weeps II	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2003-10-27	Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)	9807760
2.9	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	US2004-06-15	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	R2 78908
2.12	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Rock Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2004-06-28
2.9	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	DE2004-07-12 XE2004	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	8122-78908-2
2.4	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Hard ’n’ Heavy: Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FI2004
2.17	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Absolute Power Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE2006-07-26	EVA Records (Sweden)	EVACD 4060
3.16	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Chrome, Smoke & BBQ	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	US2006-07-26	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	R2 78176
2.18	Rough Boy	4:50	ZZ Top	The Ultimate Rock Collection: The Quieter Side	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ZA2006	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	DGCD069190
1.5	Rough Boy	4:50	ZZ Top	Les plus grands: slows	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2007-02-19	wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)
1.6	Rough Boy (remastered)	4:44	ZZ Top	Top 10: Rock‐Pop Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2007-11-30	Warner Strategic Marketing
1.6	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	The Best Rock Ballads …Ever!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	PL2007	EMI Music Poland	88160
6.16	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Ultimate Love Songs Collection: Greatest Love of All	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2007	Time–Life Music
1.60	Rough Boy (2003 remaster)	4:51	ZZ Top	Chrome, Smoke & BBQ	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	-2008-02-29	Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.8	Rough Boy	4:50	ZZ Top	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2008-08-22
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	2 in 1: Afterburner / Eliminator	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	XE2008	Rhino (reissue label)	8122-79911-5
2.5	Rough Boy	4:49	ZZ Top	Absolute Rock Ballads Anthems	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE2008	EVA Records (Sweden)	EVACD 4083
1.18	Rough Boy	4:48	ZZ Top	Kuschelrock: Lovesongs of the 80’s (special edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2009-02-06	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697 37440 2
1.17	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Simply the Best 80’s Rock Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NZ2009	Warner Music New Zealand
1.34	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	My Perfect List: 40 titres: Slows	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2010-11-15	Warner Music France
2.6	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	The Guitar: 31 Laidback Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2011-03-25	Universal TV (Netherlands & Belgium)	0600753332467
3.16	Rough Boy	4:48	ZZ Top	La Collection Georges Lang, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2012-06-11	Rhino (reissue label)
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	XW2013-06-07	Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
3.16	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Chrome, Smoke & BBQ	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	XW2013-06-07	Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
9.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	The Complete Studio Albums 1970–1990	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	XE2013-06-10	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	8122796519, 8122796642
1.3	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	CA2013-06-11 US2013-06-11	Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.4	Rough Boy	4:49	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	XW2013-06-12	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album	XW2013-06-18	Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.4	Rough Boy	4:50	ZZ Top	Afterburner (limited edition)	ZZ Top	Album	JP2013-08-28	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	WPCR-15175
9.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	The Complete Studio Albums 1970–1990	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	US2013	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.3	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	-2014-01-14	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
3.18	Rough Boy	4:48	ZZ Top	Kuschelrock 28	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2014-09-26	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88843 01272 2
3.18	Rough Boy	4:48	ZZ Top	Kuschelrock Vol. 28 (Gold Edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2014-09-26	Sony Music Media	8875008352
4.14	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Génération Top 50, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR2014	Universal Music France	536 013 1
3.10	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Classic Power Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2015-10-09	Universal UMC
3.10	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Classic Power Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2015-10-09	Universal Music Catalogue (aka UMC)	UWCLA015
4.4	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Original Album Series, Volume 2	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	XE2016-06-17	Rhino (reissue label)	081227944766
1.6	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	Hard Rock Power Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2016-11-17 US2016-11-17	X5 Music Group
1.35	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	Power Ballads: The Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2017-01-20	Rhino (reissue label)
2.17	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	Power Ballads: The Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2017-01-27	Rhino (reissue label)	0190295867959
1.7	Rough Boy	4:44	ZZ Top	80s Essential Rock Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AF2017-11-21 AL2017-11-21 (show 201 more) XK2020-07-14	X5 Music Group
3.8	Rough Boy	4:50	ZZ Top	Classic Rock Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2017	Rhino (reissue label), Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), Universal Music Catalogue (aka UMC)	UWCLA031
4.4	Rough Boy	?:??	ZZ Top	Cinco No. 2 (the second five LPs)	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	US2018-06-01	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	081227932534, R1-563584
1.9	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Goin 50	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	CA2019-06-14	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	R2 591565 / 603497851621
1.9	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Goin’ 50	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	AI2019-06-14 AG2019-06-14 (show 116 more) ZW2019-06-14	Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it)
1.6	Rough Boy (2019 remaster)	4:51	ZZ Top	Goin’ 50	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	XW2019-06-14	Rhino (reissue label), Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it)
2.9	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Goin’ 50 (deluxe edition)	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	AI2019-06-14 AG2019-06-14 (show 116 more) ZW2019-06-14	Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it)
2.9	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Goin’ 50	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	US2019-08-16	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	R2591567
3.5	Rough Boy	4:50	ZZ Top	Goin’ 50	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	-2019-08-16	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	603497851607, R1 591568
1.30	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	Power Ballads: The Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AF2019-08-16 AL2019-08-16 (show 209 more) ZW2019-08-16	Rhino (reissue label)
1.30	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	Power Ballads: The Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AF2019-08-16 AL2019-08-16 (show 216 more) VI-	Rhino (reissue label)
1.6	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	100 Greatest Soft Rock Anthems Ever..	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2019-08-23	X5 Music Group
1.23	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	Prom Night Ballads 80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AF2020-02-28 AL2020-02-28 (show 204 more) ZW2020-02-28	X5 Music Group
1.23	Rough Boy	4:44	ZZ Top	80’s Rock Originals	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2020-03-06	X5 Music Group
1.27	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	I Love Power Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AF2020-03-13 AL2020-03-13 (show 213 more) SR2020-04-21	Rhino (reissue label)
1.6	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	100 Greatest Soft Rock Anthems Ever..	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AF2020-04-10 AL2020-04-10 (show 181 more) XK2020-07-14	X5 Music Group
1.21	Rough Boy	4:47	ZZ Top	80's Radio Gold	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2020-12-11	X5 Music Group
1.18	Rough Boy	4:44	ZZ Top	Die besten Rockballaden	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AL2021-04-09 DZ2021-04-09 (show 181 more) ZW2021-04-09	X5 Music Group
2.5	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	NOW That’s What I Call Power Ballads: Total Eclipse of the Heart	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2022
Promotion
1.2	Rough Boy	4:50	ZZ Top	ZZ Top Special	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	JP1985	Warner-Pioneer Corporation (Japanese holding company, 1972–1991)	PS-252
1.15	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Selections from Chrome, Smoke & BBQ	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	US2003-10-14	Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)	PRCD 400067
Bootleg
1.9	Rough Boy	4:48	ZZ Top	Live USA: Una hermosa noche	ZZ Top	Album + Live	DE1991 CH1991	Imtrat (Mother‐Label of “Live + Alive”, usually unofficial releases), Live & Alive (Sub-Label of imtrat)	imt 777.063
1.13	Rough Boy	4:48	ZZ Top	Fandango / Afterburner	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	RU2001	CD-MAXIMUM (Russian label)	CDM 0100-401
1.19	Rough Boy	4:51	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	RU2008	Star Mark	16395-1/2
1.19	Rough Boy	4:52	ZZ Top	Greatest Hits	ZZ Top	Album + Compilation	RU2013	Star Mark	32364•1/2
(unknown)
1.8	Rough Boy	4:53	ZZ Top	Les incontournables des années 80, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1995-02-23
3.5	Rough Boy	3:51	ZZ Top	Greatest Ever Decade: 80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2021-06-25	BMG Rights Management (see annotation)

Relationships

engineer:	Joe Hardy (US producer, engineer and musician, notably associated with ZZ Top among others) Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer)
producer:	Bill Ham (manager of ZZ Top)
drums (drum set) and percussion:	Frank Beard (ZZ Top drummer)
electric bass guitar:	Dusty Hill
electric guitar and lead vocals:	Billy Gibbons
vocals:	Dusty Hill

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1985) WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1985)

recorded at:	Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States

recording of:	Rough Boy

Rough Boy

writer:	Frank Beard (ZZ Top drummer) Billy Gibbons Dusty Hill

publisher:	Music of Stage Three Songs of Mosaic Hamstein Music Company (publisher) (in 1985)

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