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"You Shook Me All Night Long" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, from the album Back in Black. The song also reappeared on their later album Who Made Who.It is AC/DC's first single with Brian Johnson as the lead singer, replacing Bon Scott who died of alcohol poisoning in February 1980.
You know you shook me, baby, you shook me all night long (2×) Oh, you know you kept on shakin' me darlin', 'til you done messed up my happy home [ 8 ] Rather than re-recording the song with new musicians, on June 27, 1962, Waters overdubbed a vocal track to Hooker's 1961 recording to create "You Shook Me". [ 1 ]
You Shook Me All Night Long" became AC/DC's first Top 40 hit in the US, peaking at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. [31] On August 21, 2024, the album was certified 27× multi-platinum by the RIAA, denoting 27 million American sales. [7] This placed it sixth on the list of the best-selling albums in the US. [7]
Following this, a re-issue of "You Shook Me All Night Long" was released from the album, peaking at #46 in the UK. [11] The album has sold five million copies in the US. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic calls the album "a ripping AC/DC retrospective" and applauds the band "rescuing songs like 'Sink the Pink' from otherwise mediocre albums." [7]
Brian Johnson (left) and Angus Young (right) performing in Saint Paul in 2008. The following is a list of songs known to have been recorded by Australian rock band AC/DC.Since 1973, they have released 18 studio albums (16 available worldwide and two issued only in Australasia), two soundtrack albums, three live albums, one extended play, 57 singles, 11 video albums, 52 music videos and two box ...
The top five were all AC/DC songs. [17] It was inducted into the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia in 2012. [18] The song was also used in the comedy movie School of Rock (2003), both AC/DC's version and in a performance by the film's cast, [19] and during Only the Brave (2017).
T.N.T. contains some of the band's best-known songs, including the title track, "It's a Long Way to the Top", "The Jack", and "Rocker." Seven of the album's nine songs were written by the Young brothers and Scott, while "Can I Sit Next to You Girl" predated Scott's involvement in the band, having previously been recorded as a single with former vocalist Dave Evans.
The recording took place in December 1999, just before the band's dissolution and included re-recorded versions of "The Angry Ouija Board Has Sent Us to Destroy the City of Berkeley California So Run for Your Fucking Life" and "You Stupid Fuk," as well as a cover of "You Shook Me All Night Long," originally performed by AC/DC.