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“Girls Got Rhythm” by AC/DC

From the album Highway to Hell (1979)

“Girls Got Rhythm” by AC/DC appears on 41 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1979 on the album Highway to Hell. Its best result is #14 on the 99.1 PLR AC/DCember 25 (2017). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #776 classic rock song of all time.

41countdowns
20stations
#14best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Girls Got Rhythm" rides shotgun on Highway to Hell, AC/DC's 1979 album, and went out as a single the same year, with a British EP backing it with live blasts of "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)", "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" and "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation". Bon Scott wrote it with Angus and Malcolm Young, and it's pure strutting boogie: the Young brothers locked together on guitars, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd driving it like a getaway car, and Scott leering through a traveling man's tally of the girls he's met around the world.

Robert John "Mutt" Lange produced, Mark Dearnley recorded and Tony Platt mixed. Smash Hits wasn't buying it, sniffing that the riff sounded secondhand, but the song has outlasted the sneer, turning up years later in the 2006 film DOA: Dead or Alive.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 246 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1990 215 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1994 48 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 92 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 177 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 484 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 161 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 153 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 110 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 850 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 236 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 897 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 825 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2015 483 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 449 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 206 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 594 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 14 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR AC/DCember 25 (2017) 25
2019 563 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 321 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 475 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 339 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2020 560 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 278 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 350 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2021 375 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 232 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 936 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 702 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 233 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 463 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 370 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 681 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 463 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 233 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 989 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 420 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 491 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 495 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 398 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 132 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499

Also listed as: Girl's Got Rhythm; Girls Got Rythym.

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