Rock 'n' Roll Train

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Rock 'n' Roll Train
AC / DC
publication August 28, 2008 (single)
length 4:21
Genre (s) Hard rock
Author (s) Angus Young , Malcolm Young
album Black Ice

Rock 'n' Roll Train is the first of 15 songs on the album Black Ice by the Australian hard rock band AC / DC and was released as a single in advance of the album's official release date. The song consists of the rhythmically played basic chords typical for AC / DC and was always played as an intro song on the Black Ice Tour, which opened all concerts on the tour with an animated intro video.

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The working title for the song was Runaway Train . It was first performed on August 15, 2008 while shooting the accompanying music video. The song was released on August 28, 2008. The song reached number one on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and stayed there for three weeks. The song reached chart positions in Canada , Japan and Portugal .

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