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“Let's Get It Up” by AC/DC
From the album For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981)
“Let's Get It Up” by AC/DC appears on 17 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1990 and 2024. It was first released in 1981 on the album For Those About to Rock (We Salute You). Its best result is #274 on The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,662 classic rock song of all time.
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AC/DC put "Let's Get It Up" on For Those About to Rock We Salute You in November 1981, then pulled it off the album as its first single, the follow-up to "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution". Brian Johnson wrote it with Angus and Malcolm Young, and he summed it up for Kerrang!'s Sylvie Simmons as "filth, pure filth".
Robert John "Mutt" Lange produced, Mark Dearnley recorded and David Thoener mixed. Johnson sings lead, the Youngs play guitar, Cliff Williams bass and Phil Rudd drums, with Williams and Malcolm bawling the backing vocals. Kurt Loder heard Angus's blues roots showing through a serpentine solo, and Record World called it a cracking rocker. In the UK the single came with live takes of "Back in Black" and, on the 12-inch, "T.N.T.", both taped in Landover, Maryland, in December 1981.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 709 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 879 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 839 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 752 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 812 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 2010 | 336 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) | 500 |
| 2016 | 274 | 103.5 The Fox | The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) | 299 |
| 2019 | 494 | Big 100 | BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) | 500 |
| 2019 | 364 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 402 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2020) | 500 |
| 2021 | 396 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2021) | 500 |
| 2022 | 742 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 496 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 407 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 461 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2024 | 490 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) | 500 |
| 2024 | 348 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) | 500 |
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