“If You Want Blood” by AC/DC

"If You Want Blood (You've Got It)" comes off Highway to Hell, AC/DC's sixth album, released in July 1979, and its title calls back to the band's previous record, the live If You Want Blood. Bon Scott wrote it with Angus and Malcolm Young and sings it, with Angus and Malcolm on guitars, Cliff Williams on bass and Phil Rudd on drums.

Atlantic's American arm, which had turned down Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, now reckoned the Australians could hit it big in the States with a producer who could make them sound right for radio. Highway to Hell was the first of Robert John "Mutt" Lange's three albums with them; George Young and Harry Vanda had produced every record since High Voltage. Mark Dearnley recorded it and Tony Platt mixed it. It was also Scott's last album: he died in February 1980.

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