"Doubleback" is a song by ZZ Top

ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...

 from their album Recycler

Recycler

Recycler is the tenth studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1990.The band had a cameo in the 1990 movie Back to the Future Part III playing an "old west" version of "Doubleback" along with some local musicians....

, which was featured in the film Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part III is a 1990 American science fiction comedy Western film. It is the third installment of the Back to the Future trilogy. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson. The film...

. The band had a cameo in the movie playing an "Old West

American Old West

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" version of the song along with some local musicians. The regular version of the song plays over the credits.

"Doubleback" reached #1 on the Album Rock Tracks for 5 weeks. It was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award

MTV Video Music Awards

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 in 1990

1990 MTV Video Music Awards

The 1990 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6, 1990, honoring the best music videos from June 2, 1989, to June 1, 1990. The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles....

 for "Best Video from a Film." The song was also featured in Back to the Future: The Pinball

Back to the Future: The Pinball

For other Back to the Future games, see List of Back to the Future video gamesBack to the Future: The Pinball is a 1990 pinball machine designed by Joe Kaminkow, Ed Cebula and released by Data East. It is based on the Back to the Future trilogy of movies...

.

The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham

Bill Ham

Bill Ham was the manager, producer, and image-maker of ZZ Top, from its inception in late 1969 until September 2006.-Career:...

, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning

Terry Manning

Terry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres....

.

Music video

The music video for "Doubleback" had clips from the movie and was included on its DVD release.

Album appearances

In addition to Recycler, "Doubleback" appears on the following compilations:

• Rancho Texicano
  Rancho Texicano
  Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top is a best of album by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 2004 . The title is a portmanteau of "texan" and "mexicano", meaning "Tex-mex Ranch". The compilation is essentially a pared-down version of the box set Chrome, Smoke & BBQ, released the...
  
  
• Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
  Chrome, Smoke & BBQ
  Chrome, Smoke & BBQ is a box set by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 2003. This box set is notable for using the original mixes for all of the tracks from the band's first 5 albums for the first time on the CD format...
  
  
• Greatest Hits

The song does not appear in its original form on Back to the Future Part III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Back to the Future Part III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Back to the Future Part III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the licensed soundtrack to the final installment to the Back to the Future trilogy, Back to the Future Part III. It was released under Varèse Sarabande on May 29, 1990...

, but the orchestral version played at the Town Festival in the film does appear on the album.

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons
  Billy Gibbons
  William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , lead vocals
• Dusty Hill
  Dusty Hill
  Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.-History:Hill was in Dallas, Texas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals
• Frank Beard
  Frank Beard (musician)
  Frank Lee Beard is the drummer in the rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellars, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top.Beard was born in...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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  , backing vocals