Pearl Necklace (song) explained

Pearl Necklace
Type:song
Artist:ZZ Top
Album:El Loco
Released:1981
Recorded:1979
Genre:Rock, hard rock
Length:4:01
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Bill Ham

"Pearl Necklace" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1981 album El Loco. The song went to No. 28 on the Billboard Rock Tracks chart in 1981 but was never released as a single.

"Pearl Necklace" was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.

Song information

The song contains double entendre lyrics which refer to a sexual act called a "pearl necklace", as intimated in the chorus: "She was gettin' bombed and I was gettin' blown away", and ultimately revealed in the final verse: "And that's not jewelry she's talkin' about - it really don't cost that much."

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