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“Highway to Hell” is a song by the hard rock band AC/DC. It is the opening track of the group’s 1979 album Highway to Hell and the twelfth track on AC/DC Live.

The song was written by Bon Scott, Angus Young and Malcolm Young while the main guitar riff was created by Malcolm Young. The track has become one of the most famous songs in rock history. AC/DC had made several studio albums before and was constantly supporting them by going on a grueling tour schedule.

The song and album’s title supposedly came after a reporter asked bandmembers if they could describe what life was like being constantly on tour. Angus replied that it was “a fucking highway to Hell”, and the name stuck. He stated in the magazine “Guitar World” that when you are out on the road on a bus sleeping with a guy’s smelly sock in your face, it’s like you’re on the highway to hell. Rumours persisted that the band members were satanists, and this comment, and the album cover depicting Angus with devil horns and tail only added fuel to the fire. (The band has denied having anything to do with Satanism, Malcolm having even commented that “me mum would kill me for that!”) Nevertheless, this and other songs brought AC/DC its first million-copy-selling album, and sent Highway to Hell to #17 on the charts. Scott would be found dead in the back of a friend’s car just over six months later.
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  • Highway to Hell
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  • The Very Best
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  • The Best (disc 1)
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  • AC/DC Live
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  • Ghostwhisperz59

    my friends are going to be there too...!!! WOOOHHHOO!!!!!!!!!

    Saturday morning

  • jembf

    :-))

    last week

  • ladycaroledowns

    Love this, thanks Jem :-))

    last week

  • dougie0216

    Gotta be my theme song if I could only have one. BTW, probably one of the easiest songs to play on guitar, ever, but it still ROCKS.

    last week

  • Writer007

    This song came up while I worked on an essay about Dante's Paradiso. Well-timed, Last.fm.

    last month

  • BMWPRETTY

    Whooooooo! Whoooooo! Heaven easy! Spank! ............Whooo! Going down Party time. No stop signs ! nobody is going to mess me around! I am on the highway to HELL! OMMM! Dont stop me!

    last month

  • run_to_the_hill

    There must be an escilator to boredom for people that stink at music. (not talking about ACDC.)

    last month

  • onaira

    Stairways to heaven and highway to hell! <3

    March 2012

  • pravdt

    650,217 Listeners, 650,217 Epic Listeners .

    March 2012

  • MartinCQuet

    Hell is on earth. Purgatory at best. Being rich and a good steward gets you noticed by someone worth impressing. Being rich and miserly gets you sorted out by someone who looks and swings a tire iron a lot like Joe Pesci.

    March 2012

  • ZeppelinHero123

    Final Destination 2

    March 2012

  • hairmetalfan63

    Great tune!

    March 2012

  • KarolLdvk

    It will be played on my funeral

    March 2012

  • generalhospital

    An all-time favorite of mine. As is Big Balls & a host of other tracks from them.

    March 2012

  • Nalesnik96

    Epic

    March 2012

  • guto013

    badass

    February 2012

  • machsen

    Is this the best song of all time? Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything better.

    February 2012

  • bluebellinbloom

    I'm on the hiiiiiighway to hell!!!!!!!! \m/ \m/

    February 2012

  • Ao6

    <3

    February 2012

  • KISSastrophe

    Haha ,this used to be the song playing through my head every time I used to ditch school... (:

    January 2012
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