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“La Grange” by ZZ Top

From the album Tres hombres (1973)

“La Grange” by ZZ Top appears on 101 radio countdowns from 35 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1973 on the album Tres hombres. Its best result is #5 on the KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,137 indie & aaa song of all time.

101countdowns
35stations
#5best position
0#1 finishes
4top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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ZZ Top - La Grange (Official Audio)

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"La Grange" rolls off ZZ Top's 1973 album Tres Hombres like a pickup kicking up dust, and it's about as Texan as rock gets: the song is named for, and sings about, a brothel on the edge of La Grange in Fayette County, the place later known as the Chicken Ranch and the subject of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

Billy Gibbons growls the vocal and cranks out that boogie on guitar, Dusty Hill holds the bass and Frank Beard drives the drums, all three credited as writers, with Bill Ham producing and Terry Manning engineering and mixing. Released as a single in January 1974, it got heavy radio play and reached 41 on the Hot 100 that June, and it returned to the Billboard charts in March 2020 after the documentary ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 185 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1991 496 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 114 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 99 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 85 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 467 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 102 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 32 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 5 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 54 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 43 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 81 KISW KISW Top 99 Rock Songs (2001) 99
2001 1486 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 288 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 5 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 5 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 16 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2010 150 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 8 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 127 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 206 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 128 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 249 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 38 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 59 KBPI KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time 200
2013 216 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 163 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 376 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 30 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 208 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 22 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 207 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 22 101 The Fox 101 The Fox Labor Day 500 (2015) 25
2015 325 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 38 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 55 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 87 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 13 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Rocktober: Southern Rock 24 24
2016 98 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 27 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 54 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 384 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 128 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 73 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 395 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 16 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 24 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 394 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 154 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 26 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 141 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 81 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 291 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 327 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 208 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 84 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 31 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 253 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 60 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2021 25 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 151 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 55 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 208 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 199 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 257 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 118 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2022 53 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 53 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 206 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 378 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2022 466 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 128 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 189 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 284 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 418 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 54 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 387 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 56 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 366 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 29 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 34 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 128 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 295 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 564 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2024 275 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 83 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 484 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 357 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 244 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 62 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 58 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 78 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 305 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 82 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 372 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 63 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 42 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 35 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 154 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 68 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 371 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: LaGrange.

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