TV Dinners (song)
| "TV Dinners" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by ZZ Top | ||||
| from the album Eliminator | ||||
| B-side | "Cheap Sunglasses" | |||
| Released | December 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Boogie rock | |||
| Length | 3:50 (album version) 3:24 (single version) | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Bill Ham | |||
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"TV Dinners" is a song by American band ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. It was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. The song is a simple, beat-driven and tongue-in-cheek tune with lyrics about pre-packaged, oven-ready meals, implying that these servings of industrially processed foods are standard cuisine for lonely and culinarily challenged unpartnered gentlemen. Promoted for radio play in the US, and released commercially as a single in the UK, it reached number 38 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart. Robert Palmer recorded "TV Dinners" for his 2003 album Drive.