RockLists.com
Cover of Degüello by ZZ Top
Cover: Degüello

Song · ZZ Top

“I Thank You” by ZZ Top

From the album Degüello (1979)

“I Thank You” by ZZ Top appears on 34 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1991 and 2025. It was first released in 1979 on the album Degüello. Its best result is #131 on the KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #681 classic rock song of all time.

34countdowns
16stations
#131best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2025years charted

ZZ Top had never put anybody else's song on a studio album until Degüello, and "I Thank You" was one of the first two they tried, an Isaac Hayes and David Porter number that shares the record with "Dust My Broom". Billy Gibbons sings it and plays guitar, Dusty Hill holds down the bass and Frank Beard the drums, and Bill Ham produced, with Terry Manning recording and mixing and Bob Ludwig handling the mastering.

Degüello, the band's sixth album and their first for Warner Bros., came out in 1979 after a two-year break, and it went platinum in time. Gibbons had brought a taste for punk home from Europe, and the band went looking for new sounds, right down to a voice-disguising pitch shifter Gibbons spotted on The Phil Donahue Show.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 396 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 548 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 628 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 681 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 286 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 355 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 674 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 643 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 132 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 131 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 406 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 390 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 543 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 547 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 304 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 427 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 395 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 749 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 474 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 395 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 192 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 322 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 458 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 227 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2020 384 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 292 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 447 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 323 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 311 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2023 848 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 400 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 466 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 266 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 461 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500

Comments

Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "I Thank You" by ZZ Top.

Be kind and stay on topic. Guidelines

No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.