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“Nightprowler” by AC/DC
From the album Highway to Hell (1979)
“Nightprowler” by AC/DC appears on 7 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2002. It was first released in 1979 on the album Highway to Hell. Its best result is #191 on the KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #292 hard rock song of all time.
"Night Prowler" closes out Highway to Hell, AC/DC's 1979 album, and it's the record's slow creep in the dark: a hard rock song with a crawling rhythm and a menacing lyric. It opens with two deep breaths drawn in quick succession, meant to set up a mood of fear and loathing, and it ends with Bon Scott muttering the catchphrase Robin Williams made famous on the sitcom Mork and Mindy, a wink after all that dread.
Scott wrote it with Angus Young and Malcolm Young, who play the guitars, with Cliff Williams on bass and Phil Rudd on drums. Robert John "Mutt" Lange produced, Mark Dearnley recorded and Tony Platt mixed, and Atlantic put it out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 600 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 341 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 191 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 356 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 338 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 296 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 578 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
Also listed as: Night Prowler.
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