Pearl Necklace (song)

"Pearl Necklace" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1981 album El Loco. The song was released as the second single from the album and went to #28 on the Mainstream Rock charts in 1981. The song centers on a double entendre - it has nothing to do with an actual necklace, but rather a sexual act called the "pearl necklace," as stated in the lyrics "And that's not jewelry she's talkin' about" and "she was gettin bombed and I was gettin blown away."^[1]. The song's intro shows a distinct inspiration from The Police's song, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," which was released just a year earlier.

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Albums	ZZ Top's First Album • Rio Grande Mud • Tres Hombres • Fandango! • Tejas • Degüello • El Loco • Eliminator • Afterburner • Recycler • Antenna • Rhythmeen • XXX • Mescalero

Compilations	The Best of ZZ Top • The ZZ Top Six Pack •Greatest Hits • One Foot in the Blues • Chrome, Smoke & BBQ • Rancho Texicano

Singles	Salt Lick • (Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree • Francine • Waitin' For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago • La Grange • Tush • It's Only Love • Arrested for Driving While Blind • Cheap Sunglasses • I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide • I Thank You • Leila • Pearl Necklace • Tube Snake Boogie • Gimme All Your Lovin' • Got Me Under Pressure • Sharp Dressed Man • TV Dinners • Legs • Can't Stop Rockin' • Sleeping Bag • Stages • Delirious • Rough Boy • Velcro Fly • Woke Up with Wood • Concrete and Steel • Doubleback • Give It Up • My Head's in Mississippi • Decision or Collision • Viva Las Vegas • Breakaway • Fuzzbox Voodoo • Girl in a T-Shirt • Pincushion • Bang Bang • She's Just Killing Me • What's up with That • Rhythmeen • Fearless Boogie • 36-22-36

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