Back in Black (song)

Not to be confused with Back to Black (song).
"Back in Black"
One of side-A labels of US 7-inch single
Single by AC/DC
from the album Back in Black
B-side"What Do You Do for Money Honey"
ReleasedDecember 1980 (US)[1]
RecordedApril – May 1980
StudioCompass Point (Nassau)
GenreHard rock[2][3]
Length4:15
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange
AC/DC singles chronology
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
(1980) 		"Back in Black"
(1980) 		"Let's Get It Up"
(1981)
Music video
"Back In Black" on YouTube

"Back in Black" is a song by Australian rock band AC/DC. It was released as the second US single from their seventh album of the same name in 1980 through Atlantic Records. Notable for its opening guitar riff, the song was written as a tribute to the band's former singer Bon Scott, who died suddenly in February 1980. In 1981, it reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2012, it reached number 65 in Australia and number 27 in the United Kingdom.

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", which listed the "most Australian" songs of all time, "Back in Black" was ranked number 22.[4] The song is featured in the movies Iron Man, Megamind, The Muppets, The Smurfs, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Family Guy, Supernatural, and other films and TV shows.

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  3. ^ Ertegün, Ahmet (2001). 'What'd I Say?': The Atlantic Story: 50 Years of Music. Welcome Rain Publisher. p. 546. ISBN 978-1-56649-048-1. Back in Black includes one of their best known songs, 'You Shook Me All Night Long' (#35 Pop), and hard rock classics 'Hells Bells', 'Back in Black' (#37 Pop) and 'Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution'.
  4. ^ "Here Are the Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Music Feeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.