Heatseeker (song)

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"Heatseeker"
Single by AC/DC
from the album Blow Up Your Video
B-side
  • "Go Zone"
Released11 January 1988
RecordedAugust–September 1987
StudioMiraval (Correns)
GenreHard rock
Length3:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
AC/DC singles chronology
"Who Made Who"
(1986) 		"Heatseeker"
(1988) 		"That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll"
(1988)
Music video
"Heatseeker" on
YouTube

"Heatseeker" is a song by

Live. The song was also released as a single in various formats, with "Go Zone" as the main B-side. On reaching No.12 in the UK singles chart in 1988, it became their biggest UK chart hit and remained so for 25 years until "Highway to Hell
" reached No.4 in December 2013.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Malcolm Young, Angus Young and Brian Johnson

No.TitleLength
1."Heatseeker"3:50
2."Go Zone"4:25
12-inch vinyl and 3-inch CD
No.TitleLength
3."Snake Eye"3:15

Music video

In the

Sydney
, during an AC/DC concert. Angus explodes out of the giant missile's warhead and does a guitar solo and at the end, he heads back into the missile's nose cone and leaves.

Chart Positions

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[2] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[3] 82
Norway (VG-lista)[4] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 29
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 15
UK Singles (OCC)[8]
 12
West Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 26
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[10] 20

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "mvdbase.com – AC/DC – "Heatseeker"". Archived from the original on 2006-01-14. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  2. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  3. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". VG-lista. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – AC/DC – Heatseeker" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  10. ^ "AC/DC Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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