| Stages | |
| Cover: | ZZ Top Stages.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | ZZ Top |
| Album: | Afterburner |
| Released: | 1986 |
| Recorded: | 1985 |
| Genre: | Hard rock |
| Length: | 3:32 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Bill Ham |
| Prev Title: | Sleeping Bag |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Woke Up with Wood |
| Next Year: | 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.
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]
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 63 |
| Canada (RPM)[7] | 42 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[8] | 23 |
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| US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)[9] | 1 |
Credits for "Stages" adapted from Afterburner album liner notes.[10]
. . Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book . . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.