Can I Sit Next to You, Girl

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"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl"
Single by AC/DC
B-side"Rockin' in the Parlour"
Released22 July 1974 (1974-07-22)
RecordedJanuary – February 1974[1]
StudioEMI (Sydney)
Genre
Length3:05
LabelAlbert
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
AC/DC singles chronology
"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl"
(1974) 		"Baby, Please Don't Go"
(1975)

"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" is the debut single by Australian

international version of High Voltage, released in May 1976. The title of this version of the song removed the comma, becoming "Can I Sit Next To You Girl".[4]

Recordings

Written by Malcolm and Angus Young, it was AC/DC's first original song. The Evans version was released as a single in Australia,

Countdown. The musical arrangement of Evans' version is different from Scott's and it has never been officially released outside Australia (though it is now widely available on the internet, on sites like YouTube
.)

Video

The song's performance on The Last Picture Show was made into a music video, released only in Australia in 1974. Peter Clack (drums) and Rob Bailey (bass) appeared in the video, even though they were not featured on the recording. While Angus sports his soon-to-be-iconic schoolboy uniform in the video, the rest of the band present a Glam rock visual image with satins and brightly coloured costumes more reminiscent of T. Rex (band) than of later heavy rock imagery.[6]

Personnel

"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" (1974)

[3]

"Can I Sit Next to You Girl" (1975)

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[8] 50

References

  1. ^ "Rare Studio Tracks". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Can I Sit Next to You Girl (7')". Spirit of Metal webzine. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Engleheart, Murray; Durieux, Arnaud (2006). AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll. Harper Collins. pp. 46, 54, & 60.
  4. ^ Saulnier, Jason (3 January 2013). "Dave Evans Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. ^ Malcolm Dome and Jerry Ewing, AC/DC – The Encyclopaedia
  6. ^ The 1974 video of Can I Sit Next To You complete with Glam rock costumes
  7. ^ Saulnier, Jason (30 September 2011). "Mark Evans Interview". Music Legends. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  8. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .

External links
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