Song · AC/DC
“Sin City” by AC/DC
From the album Powerage (1978)
“Sin City” 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 #166 on the KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #192 hard rock song of all time.
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"Sin City" is one of the swaggering cuts on Powerage, AC/DC's fifth studio album, which hit the racks in Britain on 5 May 1978 through Albert Productions and Atlantic. Bon Scott wrote it with Angus and Malcolm Young, Scott does the hollering, the Young brothers crank the electric guitars, and Vanda & Young produced, with Mark Opitz engineering.
It also marks a new bottom end for the band. Powerage was the first AC/DC record with Cliff Williams on bass, locking in with Phil Rudd's drums after Mark Evans was fired in May 1977, fresh off a dozen European dates opening for Black Sabbath.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 345 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 299 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 369 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 292 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 301 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 249 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 166 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
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