Girls Got Rhythm
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| "Girls Got Rhythm" | ||||
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| Single by AC/DC | ||||
| from the album Highway to Hell | ||||
| B-side | "Get It Hot (UK) T.N.T. (Ger.)" | |||
| Released | 2 November 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | March – April 1979 | |||
| Studio | Roundhouse (London) | |||
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| Length | 3:23 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Mutt Lange | |||
| AC/DC singles chronology | ||||
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"Girls Got Rhythm" is a song by Australian rock band AC/DC. It is found on their 1979 album Highway to Hell. The song was released as a single the same year.
A British EP was also released in 1979 containing the songs: A1. "Girl's Got Rhythm"; A2. "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"; B1. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (live; taken from If You Want Blood); B2. "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" (live; taken from If You Want Blood).[3]
Reception
[edit]Smash Hits said, "Well, I'm lost for words. There's this absurd man screeching about all the girls he seen all over the world and a riff that I think I've heard before. It was either 1974 or 1975."[2]
Other appearances
[edit]A live version can be found on the live album Let There Be Rock: The Movie, part of the Bonfire box set. A video of the band performing the song is on the DVD Family Jewels.
The song is also featured in the 2006 film DOA: Dead or Alive.
Personnel
[edit]- Bon Scott – lead vocals
- Angus Young – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Phil Rudd – drums
References
[edit]- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 37.
- ^ a b David Hepworth (14 November 1979). "Singles". Smash Hits. No. 25.
- ^ AC/DC – Girl's Got Rhythm (1979, Vinyl), retrieved 2021-04-14
External links
[edit]- Lyrics at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 May 2011)
