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Stages (song)

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"Stages"

SinglebyZZ Top

from the album Afterburner

Released

1986

Recorded

1985

Genre

Hard rock

Length

3:32

Label

Warner Bros.

Songwriter(s)

Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard

Producer(s)

Bill Ham

ZZ Top singles chronology

"Sleeping Bag"
(1985)

"Stages"
(1986)

"Woke Up with Wood"
(1986)

"Stages" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top. It was released as the second single from their ninth studio album Afterburner (1985). It peaked at number 21 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for two weeks.

Reception[edit]

Cash Box called it "melodic, driving, and danceable."^[1] Billboard called it a "rollicking" and "high-powered."^[2]

AllMusic called the song a "terrific post-new wave rocker" and that it is the poppiest thing they ever cut.^[3]

Formats and track listings[edit]

7-inch single (United States)^[4]

"Stages" – 3:32
"Can't Stop Rockin'" – 3:01

12-inch single (United States)^[5]

"Stages" (extended version) – 5:05
"Stages" – 3:32
"Hi Fi Mama" – 2:22

Charts[edit]

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[6]	63
Canada (RPM)^[7]	42
Ireland (IRMA)^[8]	23
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[9]	40
UK Singles (OCC)^[10]	43
USBillboard Hot 100^[11]	21
USHot Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)^[12]	1

Personnel[edit]

Credits for "Stages" adapted from Afterburner album liner notes.^[13]

References[edit]

^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. January 11, 1986. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-08-03.

^ "Reviews". Billboard. January 11, 1986. p. 67. Retrieved 2022-08-03.

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "ZZ Top Afterburner review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

^ Stages (liner notes). ZZ Top. Warner Bros. 1985. 7-28810.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

^ Stages (liner notes). ZZ Top. Warner Bros. 1985. 0-20431.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - March 1, 1986" (PDF).

^ "Irish singles positions" (To access, enter the search parameter "ZZ Top" in the "Search by Artist" field). Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved May 9, 2013.

^ "ZZ Top – Stages". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 9, 2013.

^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 9, 2013.

^ "ZZ Top Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2013.

^ "ZZ Top – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 9, 2013.

^ Afterburner (liner notes). ZZ Top. Warner Bros. Records. 1985. WX 27.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)