Song · AC/DC
“Rock N Roll Damnation” by AC/DC
From the album Powerage (1978)
“Rock N Roll Damnation” by AC/DC appears on 7 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2002. It was first released in 1978 on the album Powerage. Its best result is #626 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #802 hard rock song of all time.
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"Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" leads off Powerage, AC/DC's 1978 album, though it wasn't on every copy at first: early UK and European pressings carried "Cold Hearted Man", which got the boot once this one was added. Bon Scott wrote it with Angus and Malcolm Young and snarls the lead like a man with a bar tab to settle, while the two Youngs grind their electric guitars together over Cliff Williams' bass and Phil Rudd's drums. Harry Vanda and George Young produced, with Mark Opitz engineering.
The single chopped it down to 3:05 from the album's 3:37, and what you found on the flip depended on where you bought it: "Sin City" in the UK, Germany, Belgium and Japan, "Kicked in the Teeth" in the US, Canada and the Netherlands, and "Cold Hearted Man" in Australia.
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 | 626 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 710 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 640 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 653 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 847 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 940 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 835 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
Also listed as: Rock & Roll Damnation; Rock 'N' Roll Damnation; Rock and Roll Damnation.
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