Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" | ||||
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Single by AC/DC | ||||
from the album Back in Black | ||||
B-side | "Hells Bells" | |||
Released | November 1980 (UK) | |||
Recorded | April – May 1980 | |||
Studio | Compass Point (Nassau) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:12 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
AC/DC singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" on YouTube |
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" is a song by the rock band
Background
Initially only nine tracks were written for Back in Black but Atlantic Records, as well as the band's management recommended that they should write one more song. Angus and Malcolm wrote the song in about 15 minutes. Lead singer Brian Johnson recalled "I'll never forget the start of it. I went into the recording booth, the intro starts and I hear: 'Brian, it's Mutt. Could you say something over that?"[1] He starts to repeat the lyrics loudly, head tilted slightly back: "All you middle men throw away your fancy clothes. For some reason middle men were in the news at the time, the top guys weren't getting the blame and the workforce weren't getting it either, it was the middle men who were this grey area. I must have picked up on it and it just went from there."[2]
Malcolm explained the origin of the song:[2]
"We were in London at the time and there were all those problems with the old Marquee Club because it was in a built-up area and there was this whole thing about noise pollution in the news, the environmental health thing that you couldn't have your stereo up loud after 11 at night, it all came from that."
Release
The song also appears in videos like
The song appears on the 2003 tribute album by various artists to the band,
Track listing
- "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" – 4:12
- "Hells Bells" – 5:10
Chart positions
Weekly Charts
Chart (1980/81) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)[5][6] | 7 |
Irish Singles Chart[7] | 15 |
UK Singles Chart[8]
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15 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1981) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 82 |
Personnel
- Brian Johnson – lead vocals
- Angus Young – lead guitar
- Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, background vocals
- Cliff Williams – bass guitar, background vocals
- Phil Rudd – drums
Notes
- ^ Rock, Paul Elliott2016-05-05T20:00:00 125Z Classic. "AC/DC: The epic inside story of Back In Black". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Rock, Philip Wilding2017-07-25T15:57:00Z Classic. "AC/DC's Back In Black: the story behind the album". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Nike Commercial". Youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ "Applebee's Wood Fired Grill TV Spot, 'Trained Meat Cutters' Song by AC/DC". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 11 January 2022 – via Imgur.
- ^ "The Irish Charts". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ "Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-02-28.