Thunderstruck (song)
| Thunderstruck | |
|---|---|
| AC / DC | |
| publication | September 10, 1990 (single) |
| length | 4:52 |
| Genre (s) | Hard rock |
| Author (s) | Angus Young , Malcolm Young |
| album | The Razors Edge |
Thunderstruck is a song by the Australian rock band AC / DC . It was released in September 1990 as the first single from their album The Razors Edge in Germany , Australia and Japan , among others .
Emergence
Angus Young later said about the making of Thunderstruck :
“It started off from a little trick that I had on guitar ... I played it to Mal and he said, 'Oh I've got a good rhythm idea that will sit well in the back.' We built the song up from that. We fiddled about with it for a few months before everything fell into place. "
"It started with a little trick I played on the guitar ... I played it one time and he said, 'Oh, I have a good rhythm idea that would work well as a background.' We built the song on it. We tinkered with it for a few months until everything was right. "
Angus Young added to the title and text:
“It was really just a case of finding a good title, something along the lines of 'Powerage' or 'Highway To Hell'. We came up with this thunder thing and it seemed to have a good ring to it. AC / DC = power. That's the basic idea. "
“It was really just about finding a good title, something like Powerage or Highway to Hell . We thought of this thunder thing and it seemed like it sounded good. AC / DC = power. That is the basic idea. "
Music video
The music video was shot on August 17, 1990 at Brixton Academy in London . The extras standing on the scaffolding were given T-shirts with the words AC / DC - I was Thunderstruck , which they also wore in the video.
performance
Thunderstruck is one of only two songs after the album Back in Black , which, with the exception of brand new material, is regularly played live. The other is For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) .
Re-use
The song has been covered many times and is often used as backing music in sports. A cover by the Blizzard Brothers reached number 90 in the German charts in 2002. In 2010 a cover of Crew 7 was released on Andorfine Records . The track is also available for the game Rock Band on an AC / DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack .
In 2012, the Iranian nuclear facilities were sabotaged with the help of a computer worm that played Thunderstrucks on the connected Bose 301 boxes at full volume at night .
reception
Charts
The piece reached the German charts at number 21. In the United States , the single reached platinum status and number 5 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks . The song reached number 13 in Great Britain . In October 2016, the single was at the top of the 1970s edition in the German Most Wanted Charts , making Thunderstruck the most sold track of the month of the decade.
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
 5 × platinum
|
350,000 |
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
platinum
|
90,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
|
2 × platinum
|
100,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
|
platinum
|
1,000,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
|
 gold
|
400,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold 9 × platinum |
1,940,000 |
Main article: AC / DC / Music Sales Awards
literature
AC / DC - The Razor's Edge , Songbook, Penguin 1999, ISBN 978-0825613005
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b www.albumlinernotes.com: The Razor's Edge , accessed July 18, 2011
- ↑ www.charts.de , accessed July 18, 2010
- ↑ AC / CD sabotage Iran . In: Rock Hard , No. 304, September 2012, p. 7.
- ↑ Thunderstruck in the German charts
- ↑ www.riaa.com , accessed July 18, 2011
- ↑ Thunderstruck in the UK charts
- ↑ gfk Entertainmen: Most Wanted Charts: October 2016. officialcharts.de, November 7, 2016, accessed on March 17, 2020 .