Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution explained

Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
Cover:Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution.jpg
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Type:single
Artist:AC/DC
Album:Back in Black
B-Side:Hells Bells
Released:November 1980 (UK)
Recorded:April – May 1980
Studio:Compass Point (Nassau)
Length:4:12
Label:Atlantic
Producer:Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Prev Title:Hells Bells
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Back in Black
Next Year:1980

"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" is a song by the rock band AC/DC. It is the tenth and final track of their album released in 1980, Back in Black. It is the fourth and final single released from the album. The song reached number 15 on the UK singles charts, the highest placing of any song on the album.

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:

Release

The song also appears in videos like No Bull (1996), Family Jewels (2005) and Plug Me In (2007), also appears on the boxset Bonfire (1997).

The song appears on the 2003 tribute album by various artists to the band, , it was also covered in 2004 by death metal band Six Feet Under in the album Graveyard Classics 2. Alex Gibson also covered the song in 2008 from the album Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby Renditions of AC/DC. The song was featured in a commercial for Nike in 2006,[3] as well as one for Applebee's in 2016.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" – 4:12
  2. "Hells Bells" – 5:10

Chart positions

Weekly Charts

Chart (1980/81)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[5] 7
Irish Singles Chart[6] 15
UK Singles Chart[7] 15

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"! Chart (1981)! Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 82

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AC/DC: The epic inside story of Back In Black. Rock. Paul Elliott2016-05-05T20:00:00 125Z Classic. Classic Rock Magazine. 5 May 2016 . en. 2019-12-09.
  2. Web site: AC/DC's Back In Black: the story behind the album. Rock. Philip Wilding2017-07-25T15:57:00Z Classic. Classic Rock Magazine. 5 May 2016 . en. 2019-12-09.
  3. Web site: Nike Commercial . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/volIlLCZ3nM . 2021-12-21 . live. Youtube . 2010-05-10.
  4. Web site: Applebee's Wood Fired Grill TV Spot, 'Trained Meat Cutters' Song by AC/DC. iSpot.tv. 2016-06-09.
  5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 11.
  6. Web site: The Irish Charts . irishcharts.ie . 2010-02-28.
  7. Web site: Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution . . 2010-02-28.
  8. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1981 . . 393 . 7 . . 4 January 1982 . 11 January 2022 .

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