"Leila" | ||||
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Single by ZZ Top | ||||
from the album El Loco | ||||
B-side | "Don't Tease Me" | |||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Length | 3:13 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard | |||
Producer(s) | Bill Ham | |||
ZZ Top singles chronology | ||||
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"Leila" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top, from their 1981 album El Loco.
The song is a ballad with country and western influences and features Mark Erlewine on steel guitar.[1]
Record World called it a "gorgeous ballad [that] highlights Billy Gibbons' Brian Wilson-ish falsetto vocal flights."[2]