Highway to Hell

Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in July 1979. It is also AC/DC’s fifth international studio album. All songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. It was the last album featuring Bon Scott, who died early the following year.

The album has ten tracks:

1. “Highway to Hell” – 3:28
2. “Girls Got Rhythm” – 3:23
3. “Walk All Over You” – 5:10
4. “Touch Too Much” – 4:27
5. “Beating Around the Bush” – 3:56
6. “Shot Down in Flames” – 3:22

7. “Get It Hot” – 2:34
8. “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” – 4:37
9. “Love Hungry Man” – 4:17
10. “Night Prowler” – 6:27

All songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott.

It was originally released by Albert Productions, who licensed the album to Atlantic Records for release outside of Australia, and was then re-released by Epic Records in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series. On May 25th 2006, Highway To Hell was certified 7x platinum by the RIAA. In 2003, the album was ranked number 199 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [1]




Overview
Highway to Hell is the last AC/DC album recorded with lead vocalist Bon Scott before his death in February 1980. The final words spoken by Scott on the album are “Shazbot, na-nu na-nu,” phrases used on the then-popular American sitcom, Mork and Mindy, by lead character Mork (a visiting extraterrestrial played by Robin Williams).