Hells Bells
| Hells Bells | |
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| publication | July 25, 1980 |
| length | 5:11 |
| Genre (s) | Hard rock |
| Author (s) | Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson |
| album | Back in Black |
Hells Bells (English for " hell bells ") is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC / DC , which is the first track on the album Back in Black .
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The song begins with 4 strikes of a deep bell . While this continues to ring, Angus Young starts on lead guitar, followed by his brother Malcolm Young on rhythm guitar, Phil Rudd on drums and Cliff Williams on bass. Finally Brian Johnson sings over the sound constructed in this way.
The singer assumes the role of a hell angel in the lyrics , sent by the devil to kidnap the anonymously addressed listener of the song to hell. The singer compares himself to the irrepressible forces of nature such as thunder, lightning and storms, and emphasizes that resistance is futile.
production
The album Back in Black was the first with the new singer Brian Johnson after the original singer Bon Scott died. The song Hells Bells is understood as a tribute to Bon Scott.
The song was recorded in the spring of 1980 at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas with producer Robert Lange . The single was released on July 25, 1980, the B-side was What Do You Do for Money Honey . The credits list Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Brian Johnson.
In addition to being released on Back in Black , the song also appeared on the soundtrack album Who Made Who and on the live album, as well as in the remastered version of Back in Black in the Bonfire box set .
A special bell was re-cast on behalf of the band for the recording. Due to time constraints, an attempt was first made to capture a bell from the War Memorial Campanile in Loughborough in Leicestershire . However, the reception of the bell was disturbed by the fluttering of the pigeons in the tower. So the recording was made at the last minute with the new bell. This bell with a weight of one short ton was also used as a touring instrument until 1980.
reception
The song has been one of AC / DC's most popular songs since its release and is used at many events and TV shows. Several football clubs, such as For example, FC St. Pauli , FC Winterthur , FC Schalke 04 and FK Austria Wien use Hells Bells as warm-up music for their home games. The Swiss ice hockey team SC Bern also uses this song as warm-up music. The Swiss radio station Radio 3fach plays the song every night at 0:00. The boxer Vitali Klitschko used this song in fights on the way from the dressing room to the boxing ring. In wheelchair basketball, the FCK Rolling Devils from 1. FC Kaiserslautern use Hells Bells as an introductory song to match the public image of the overall club .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Track Listing Back in Black ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the AC / DC website. (Retrieved January 4, 2010.)
- ↑ a b c Hells Bells ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Credits, Appears on, Lyrics. (Retrieved January 4, 2010.)
- ^ A b Christian Hoard: AC / DC: Back In Black . In: Rolling Stone of February 10, 2005 (Review)
- ↑ Carillon Chimes- The Newsletter of the Carillon Tower and War Museum , Issue 14, December 11, 2011
- ^ Matthias Iken : St. Pauli - the myth lives . In: "Die Welt" from February 8, 2002.
- ↑ 3fach is back in a new guise (accessed June 30, 2015)
