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My Head's In Mississippi
by ZZ Top

I'm shufflin' through the Texas sand,
but my head's in Mississippi.
I'm shufflin' through the Texas sand,
but my head's in Mississippi.
The blues has got a hold of me.
I believe I'm gettin' dizzy.

Help me now

I keep thinkin' 'bout that night in Memphis,
Lord, I thought I was in Heaven.
I keep thinkin' 'bout that night in Memphis,
I thought I was in Heaven.
But I was stumblin' through the parking lot
of an invisible seven eleven.

What was I doin out there?

Where's my head baby?
Somewhere in Mississippi.

Last night I saw a cowgirl.
She was floatin' across the ceiling.
And last night I saw a naked cowgirl.
She was floatin' across the ceiling.
She was mumblin to some howlin' wolf
about some voodoo healin'.

Mmm Baby

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Written by: FRANK BEARD, BILLY GIBBONS, DUSTY HILL

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Oppie Oppenheimer

5y↑119

Billy Gibbons has the best sound in the world

Paul Markwell

I think he married one of those dancers
Moe lo lo on drums & Al Vee

Duke Cooter

10w

Marshall amps, 1959 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop with a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickup in the bridge.

mick destiny

19w

That's the sound of an 80's Marshall Lead 12 transistor amp. Whole album apparently..

Moses Cane

31w

Oppie Oppenheimer well said brother♥

alpha java

4y↑99

I love this song.. it sounds like thier earlier stuff, now who hasn't stumbled through the parking lot of a 7/11??

Ronald Leblanc

They are legend s don't make music like this no more classic

Roy Barron

3w↑1

Its the 7/11 on Jefferson in Memphis, Tn 3:00 am it lookis surreal

U.P. Woodtick

6w↑1

alpha java my favorite Z Z Top tune

Jeff Scott

7w↑1

Got my busted in7 11 parking lot drunk mouthed of to wrong dude he wasn't impressed with what I said wrong

lilorbie lilorbie

34w↑1

Lonely Variety Because it,s a line in the song.

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Gary L

6y↑53

I THINK.......THIS IS THE BEST SONG THEY EVER RECORDED......AND IM OLD

Randy Cunningham

From their best album IMO.

Wade King

10w

Nope, Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings is the best.

John Puckett

10w

Just Got Paid

Kevin LaFlamme

17w↑1

this is there best f...... song absolutely i totally agree awesome

Jerry Burr

26w↑1

Hell, I'm 67 and I LOVE this song!!

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flysubcompact

4y↑46

I've seen them live a couple of times and like most of their stuff, but this one is my stone cold favorite of all time. One my all time favorite rock songs, period.

David Trevino

14w

They played it last night here in San Antonio.. I agree Blues Rock at it's best..

Wayne Cameron

1y↑2

It tells an odd, little story; doesn't it? Sorta like what I envision coming down from an LSD trip while shacked up in a really sleey West Texas motelto be like. Oh, wait; I already know what that's like.

rickhutch2

5y↑46

My head is in Mississippi too, along with the rest of me.

The Clansman

😂

Scott Joseph

48w↑1

OK State, but ZZ Top is Texan through and through......

Steve

4y↑35

This was the #1 track at Rock Radio in 1990, now lost entirely to time and the whims of modern music research.

Wayne Cameron

So that means that now, 3 years later, the song is even "loster" to time? And it's weird that you use the word "modern" in a post that's 3 years old. Kinda gives new perspective on the passage of time, and the vague parameters as to when "modern" ends and then gradually deteriorates in terms of functionality and popularity, thus becoming old-fashioned and then archaic, and finally objects of antiquity or legend, all but lost in the mists of time. Same thing happens to "futuristic".

Lobo Casador

2y↑1

Yahoo ir is

Tim Burr

3y↑47

I saw them live once on The Recycler tour. The were in a big junk yard on-stage with big electo magnets picking up car chassis behind them. They did show the naked cowgirl on the ceiling with a green laser. Awesome.

Sgt Maj Shut Up

13w

I was at Recycler in Dortmund in Germany. Before I went to desert storm. Fantastic concert. Fantastic bad.

Mark Jay

32w↑1

I saw them on that tour too. The Jeff Healey Band opened, and it was a hell of a show. Loved both sets!

Tina Wilder

1y↑1

saw them ALIVE 5 times, the most electrified band EVER!

Dark Passenger

@Zach Harman It might of been a weaker album but I think it was one of their best concerts. As far as stage performance went at least. That's just my opinion.

Zach Harman

2y↑3

I consider Recycler one of the weaker ZZ Top albums... But it's still miles above anything Black Crowes ever crapped out. ZZ Top forever!

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James Harrell Jr.

5y↑37

I've always thought of ZZ Top as heavy metal blues. This song is awesome

immobilien

ZZ TOP IS THE BLUES WITH DISTORTION.......THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE WITH SOME FUZZ.......

John Puckett

10w

Bigbradwolf you’re fucking cringe. Glad the majority of their fans arnt like you. Keep trying to convince yourself and others on the internet you’re not a big pussy

Kale Morrow

12w

Morris Texas is southern rock

Syklone

12w

They are incredibly popular in heavy metal circles, and they were one of the big influences on Pantera, especially Dimebag Darrell's guitar playing. While I wouldn't call them heavy metal per se, the fact that they influenced a whole bunch of bluesy Southern metal bands (yes, that's a real genre) kind of puts them in that ballpark by default. Billy's guitar tone has always been quite tight and sharp too, as well as being pretty saturated - pretty stock traits of metal/hard rock. So no, not heavy metal, but they certainly have the right to walk in those circles. The same goes for Clutch.

Bigbradwolf

38w

If it's not Southern then what is? No soy drinking snowflakes eating vegan pies allowed.

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GCoyote06

6y↑27

The Blues has got a hold on me, I believe I'm gettin' dizzy

wayne stumbo

24w

@Hound19745 I'm Shufflin' through the Texas sand

Hound19745

28w↑1

I keep thinking bout the night in Memphis, Lord I thought I was in heaven

Jason Ramage

4y↑6

Best ZZ song ever.

Richard Joslin

4y↑85

An absolutely classic track from a truly classic band. Love them to bits!

Wayne Cameron

I love them oodles. Honest.

Stephen Slusser

@rmendel1000, raising that boy right, on a Saturday night !

rmendel1000

2y↑1

@Charles Nicholson I was there with my son and I can tell you they absolutely killed it.

Kevin Parker

2y↑1

one word to describe. these guys " GREAT"!

Charles Nicholson

2y↑2

I hear ya they came to Buffalo NY and they were awesome

Hugh Jass

4y↑54

Hot, nasty Texas blues! Oh HELL YES!!

Teachering

6y↑6

Classic Billy Gibbons sound.

Grumpy Old Gray Metalhead

2y↑13

Thought I was dancing with the naked cowgirl,but that's when the drugs wore off, and I realized I was dragging a mannequin around a 7-11 parking lot.

Jennifer

Grumpy Old Gray Metalhead. LOL

Fred Cecil

4y↑8

Met Billy in Daytona and talked with him for almost an hour, he was there with Cadzilla & Hogzilla. Smart man and incredible talent!

gene bingle

Fred Cecil o man I’m jealous!

Southern Stingray

4y↑33

Texas desert grinders firing on all all cylinders,AWESOME ZZ TOP SONG Cheers from way down south in the Great Southern Land

Sean Duffy

30w

LOVE THIS SONG I CRANK IT UP EVERYTIME I'M DRIVING.

Scott Joseph

48w↑1

@Ron Collier I'm kinda fond of La Grange...

Benjamin Foote

3y↑2

how far have you been?

Riaakiller

4y↑5

Hahaha...gotta LOVE IT!
BTW..how far south you talking here?
I been farther. :)

Wild E

4y↑4

The Lone Star is hot tonight!

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Artu Camilla

4y↑19

Respect 🤘 from italy

NICE DAWG

Grazie *

Billthekillerpug

6y↑4

gibbons has tone that kills

Clifford Holloway

4y↑18

my head, my body, all of me is in Mississippi

Karg45

5y↑4

what was I doing out there

Aj Brown

5y↑3

She was mumblin to some howlin' wolf
about some voodoo healin'.......

Tha Real Mccoy

3y↑2

u can always count on zz top for some golden years riff

Ron Ditchen

1y↑2

The guitar riffs in this song are Beyond superb absolutely badass I don't know how anybody could not like this song if you're in to rock and roll

Kandra Dracul

6y↑2

I'm In Arkansas, But My Head's In Texas......

Willie Jones

5y↑8

Zzz top is always on time, what ever happened to your self together with me.

David Hendrix

2y↑1

I've stumbled across the parking lot of an invisible 7 eleven , Damn I miss those days

John Goldsberry

5y↑6

Billy Gibbons is and always will be one of the greatest. Road music beyond compare! There will never be three men who will do better. ....
THUS-----THE LITTLE OLE BAND FROM TEXAS!!! JD. Goldsberry, KY.

Just Sayin

5y↑2

You're preaching to the choir brother.

Shaun Bryant

4y↑7

Yea baby! That's me in that video!!! Was a fun shoot!

puccini4

4y↑1

WHO ARE you in the video?

TorqueMaster23

7y↑4

just plain badass tune

sportbuff alo

2y↑2

I remember ZZ playing this song at the Tacoma Dome 1991.

Crazy Gamer 101

4y↑7

One of my favorite bands

Alan Yates

3y↑3

How do they get that distinctive sound out of their guitars? So good!

Mack McClure

2y↑2

I keep thinking 'bout that night in Memphis, I thought I was in heaven. But I was stumbling through the parking lot of an invisible 7-11.

Irene Runge

3y↑3

I love you ZZ TOP. :)

ElfHighMage

3y↑35

When I was in trucking for seven years, this was my favorite road song.

Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist

2y↑3

I'm now in my 28th year Trucking in ZZ Top still gets a lot of play on the old truckers jukebox

Greg

3y↑2

ElfHighMage hell yeah but not a good song for driving in heavy traffic. you either miss it or risk a crash cause it just pulls you in.

joecool plays

3y↑5

ZZ Top's Cadillac Godzilla oh my god i would do anything to get there car.

Lorenzo Nez

4y↑5

Awesome sounds party music

Keith Schiffner

3y↑1

saw that last statside show for the recycler tour...Frank Irwin center, had mezzanine seats.

Jimmie Johnson

3y↑2

I'm a miss boy..hell yes..

Jeffrey Bue

5y↑4

where's my head baby? somewhere in mississippi......

Krz Wac

33w↑2

I'm shufflin' through the Warsaw mud but my heart's with you in Texas...

Antonio Dias

4y↑3

great blues/rock "Recycler" 1990

john blum

3y↑2

what a top tune ,,,,,,,,,,,,

Tim Holt

Got to see the beards about twelve years ago

Andrew Sirmons

3y↑1

many times I was stumbling through an invisible 7-11

Robert P. Wills

17w↑1

I used to sign this as a cadence for runs when I was in the Army. It was a favorite.

WhatDidYouSay 145

4y↑3

ZZ Top!!!!!!

John Wing

4y↑3

yeah hometown for me

Mike Hand

5y↑12

ZZ Top - My Head's In Mississippi ( OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO )
Last night i saw a naked cowgirl she was floating across the
sealing .

James E. Hopkins

Yeah i got some head in Mississippi. Think about it everytime i hear this song.

John Codmore

Ceiling

jadams2768

5y↑3

Last night I saw a cowgirl floatin across the ceiling

gloomren

2y↑1

Was a great music moment when I heard this song in Tahar Rahim's movie A Prophet

Lance Shepler

32w↑1

This song is BOSS!!! When i first heard it i must've played it 20 times back to back and at full volume at least to the point my speakers wouldn't blow.😂😂👏👏😋😋😋👌🤘

Wild E

4y↑4

ZZ TOP ROCKS

Maxi Milian

6y↑4

my head is rock and bluesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Trevor Fleming

5y↑3

zztop best n loudest band waiting for the boys to return to sydney

Nick Byrne

6y↑3

Howlin' Wolf voodoo healin

southern stingray2

4y↑2

Epic tune from the BLUES ROCK MASTERS!!!Cheers mate

Parker Janelle

4y↑5

I love the cameo of Billy's Cadzilla! So cool!

Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist

1y↑1

@Stephen Slusser yes indeed built by Boyd Coddington and the car is Billy still drives it to this day one of his pride and joys and it shows how well-built it is considering when it was built... that wasn't made as a trailer queen.. it was made to be used and he does use it cruising around yearly

Stephen Slusser

@Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist, a real torque monster, thanks Kev.

Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist

1y↑1

@Stephen Slusser yes I believe it had a 500 V8 Caddy engine but it wasn't carbureted it was at the time designed with a custom Holley fuel injection...

Stephen Slusser

@Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist, you sound like you might know what motor he used in Cadzilla, can you recall ?

Trucker Kev The Paid Tourist

2y↑1

Parker Janelle yeah you're right about that Parker at that time Eliminator had been gone it became a flying spaceship was recycler and afterburner and then he really got into that hot rod craze what cadzilla turned oll kind of heads when that appeared

Michael Hall

4y↑3

Classic Z Z Top

JFK5* Kennedy

4y↑6

Oh my goodness I would love to play like this zz are the just the the groovy train masters !

James Sparks

1y↑6

Rev. Billy G. has THE best guitar tone in rock n roll history, bar none! Change my mind!

immobilien

PREACH IT BROTHER.....

Mike Hand

5y↑2

ZZ Top - My Head's in Mississippi (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
A Very good classic !!

Mike Hand

5y↑1

@***** I Hear ya man .

Steve O

4y↑14

Great blues song from the bearded Texans. Saw them play this in British Columbia, Canada last week.

Syklone

12w

@Otto Greenleaf His name is Beard, so he is technically "bearded". By name at least.

Otto Greenleaf

2y↑1

Frank Beard is not "bearded".

Richard Beck

6y↑3

Z Z Top you guys rock

finemessugotmein

4y↑46

hard to believe ... billy gibbons used a marshall lead 12 practice amp to record this track....master!!!

Stephen Slusser

@andy gregory, I know, Billy is so clean, and when you're the only guitar on stage, those noisy mistakes would be glaring.

andy gregory

1y↑1

@Stephen Slusser Cool... I know theres the classic "battle'" between heavier guages giving tone (ala SRV) or the extra speed and comfort of lighter strings. Billy uses lights has the tone and tenacity ! I find the light strings very hard to control so Billy just does an awesome job :)

Stephen Slusser

@andy gregory, yes, I have Billy's strings on my Les Paul, I just needed to be sure that I recalled the gauge correctly, thanks. I saw Billy in an interview saying, that B.B. King told him to stop working so hard and use smaller gauge strings. That was in the early 70's.

andy gregory

@Stephen Slusser yes...Like his own branded strings he uses 007 and (i think) 009 top 2 high strings....Similar philosophy to Tony Immoni (he used 007 007 010 top 3 high i think) although he didnt chop his finger off to find it out lol.

Stephen Slusser

@andy gregory, you mean .007s yes ?

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Ten Draftsdeep

2y↑2

Went to a ZZ show last April. Didn't make it back home until 2 weeks later

Glenn Snyder

4y↑7

Still rocking hard. keep up the good work

Alex H

2y↑1

This still sounds very fresh like it was recorded yesterday but it sounds still fabulous and new.

Lance Shepler

28w↑2

When i heard this song my ears perked up like a dog. Definitely one of the best ZZ TOP songs ever!!!!

Grahammjr Karyldqk

10w

When I was in trucking for seven years, this was my favorite road song.
I've always thought of ZZ Top as heavy metal blues. This song is awesome

Uhura Enterprise

3y↑6

Love how almost all their lyrics are about sex😍

Christian Fischer

21w

.... I thought I was in heaven....

Stephen Slusser

Uhura Enterprise, as Sigmund Freud seemed to think, everything is about sex.

Moses Cane

31w↑1

When we talk about the best..
ZZ at the top of the list.
♥ZZ TOP♥

Peter Criscuolo

I love their sound & this song.Definetly my favorite.

Boris Lueck

4y↑2

My heads in Heaven every time I hear this song!

Forrest George

2y↑3

I'm shufflin' thru the Texas sand,
but my head's in Mississippi.
I'm shufflin' thru the Texas sand,
but my head's in Mississippi.
The blues has got a hold of me.
I believe I'm gettin' dizzy.
[Spoken:] Help me now.

I keep thinkin' 'bout that night in Memphis,
Lord, I thought I was in Heaven.
I keep thinkin' 'bout that night in Memphis,
I thought I was in Heaven.
But I was stumblin' thru the parking lot
of an invisible seven eleven.
[Spoken:] What was I doin out there?

Where's my head baby?
Somewhere in Mississippi.

Last night I saw a cowgirl.
She was floatin' across the ceiling.
And last night I saw a naked cowgirl.
She was floatin' across the ceiling.
She was mumblin to some howlin' wolf
about some voodoo healin'.
[Spoken:] Mmm Baby.

david wayne

4y↑2

this is the Mississippi kid raisin he'll for the original miss kid.

musical roses

52w↑1

This was recorded using a Marshal Lead 12 amp according to legend.

salm37

5y↑4

Hell yeah

Ty Cooper

Do you think he chose Memphis when he was talking about Mississippi for the same reason Robert Johnson talked about the land of California in his sweet home Chicago?