Album · Frank Zappa
Sheik Yerbouti by Frank Zappa
Sheik Yerbouti is an album by Frank Zappa, released in 1979. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Dancin' Fool”, on 1 list with a best position of #1774.
Sheik Yerbouti, Frank Zappa's twenty-sixth album, was a double record released on March 3, 1979, and the very first on his own Zappa Records, distributed by Phonogram in the US and Canada and by CBS abroad. Most of it was taped live in 1977 and 1978, then buried under studio overdubs, with TTG Studios in the credits, and Zappa produced every inch of it. Back in October 1978 he was still calling it Martian Love Secrets.
What you get is Zappa the satirist on full blast: savage humor, brilliant guitar and a band that can turn on a dime, all aimed at American culture's soft underbelly. "Dancin' Fool" is the track that still turns up on countdowns. It became his biggest seller, with over 2 million sold worldwide.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sheik Yerbouti on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dancin' Fool | 1 | #1774 | – | 2020 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.