"Rough Boy" is a song by the American rock band ZZ Top.

It was released by Warner Bros. Records in the US in March 1986, as the third single from their ninth studio album, Afterburner.

It also shares a similar tune to their song "Leila", from their seventh studio album, El Loco.

"[4] Cash Box called it a "rapturous teen ballad" in which "the band turns its leather-tough into pure silk.

"[5] The music video (directed by Steve Barron[6]) features the band's "Eliminator" car/spaceplane hybrid (from the Afterburner album cover) visiting a space car wash, interspersed with images of the band members' hands and faces, as well as a woman's legs, protruding from metal plates, some of which double as lighted message signs or crosswalk signals.