Rock or Bust (song)

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"Rock or Bust"
Single by AC/DC
from the album Rock or Bust
B-side"Play Ball"
Released17 November 2014
RecordedMay – July 2014
StudioThe Warehouse (Vancouver)
GenreHard rock
Length3:03
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Brendan O'Brien
AC/DC singles chronology
"Play Ball"
(2014)
"Rock or Bust"
(2014)
"Rock the Blues Away"
(2015)
Music video
"Rock or Bust" on
YouTube

"Rock or Bust" is the second single and first track from the album of the same name by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It was written by Angus Young and Malcolm Young. It was released for downloads on 17 November 2014, as a follow-up for the band's first officially released single from the album titled "Play Ball".

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was absent from the video shoot for the single, and was replaced by Welshman Bob Richards, who had previously played with Man, Adrian Smith, Asia and Shogun.[1]

The song was shortlisted for Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2015.[2]

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 66
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[4] 55
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[5] 28
France (
SNEP)[6]
42
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 47
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 55
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9] 29
US
Rock Airplay (Billboard)[10]
28
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[11] 8

References

  1. ^ "AC/DC Release 'Rock or Bust' Video, Minus Drummer Phil Rudd". billboard. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ "APRA's Shortlist Of The Top Aussie Songs Of 2014 Is Hereng of the Year!". Music Feeds. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ "AC/DC – Rock Or Bust" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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  7. ^ "AC/DC – Rock Or Bust" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  8. ^ "AC/DC – Rock Or Bust". Swiss Singles Chart.
  9. ^ "AC/DC Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  10. ^ "AC/DC Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  11. ^ "AC/DC Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2014.