Thunderstruck (song)






For the 2004 film, see Thunderstruck (2004 film).
















































"Thunderstruck"
ACDC-Thunderstruck.png

Single by AC/DC
from the album The Razors Edge
B-side "Fire Your Guns"
Released 10 September 1990
Format

  • 7"

  • 12"

  • CD

  • cassette
Recorded January 1990
Genre


  • Hard rock[1]

  • heavy metal
Length 4:52
Label ATCO
Songwriter(s)

  • Angus Young

  • Malcolm Young
Producer(s) Bruce Fairbairn

AC/DC singles chronology





"That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll"
(1988)
 "Thunderstruck"
(1990)
 "Moneytalks"
(1990)

Music video

"Thunderstruck" on YouTube


"Thunderstruck" is the lead single on the 1990 album The Razors Edge by Australian hard rock band AC/DC.


The song was released as a single in Germany, Australia, and Japan, and peaked at No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. In 2010, "Thunderstruck" topped Triple M's Ultimate 500 Rock Countdown in Melbourne, Australia. The top five were all AC/DC songs.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Charts and certifications


    • 2.1 Weekly charts


    • 2.2 Year-end charts


    • 2.3 Certifications




  • 3 Personnel


  • 4 Cover versions


  • 5 Notable usage


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Background


Angus Young stated in the liner notes of the 2003 re-release of The Razors Edge:


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It started off from a little trick I had on guitar. I played it to Mal and he said 'Oh, I've got a good rhythm idea that will sit well in the back.' We built the song up from that. We fiddled about with it for a few months before everything fell into place. Lyrically, it was really just a case of finding a good title ... We came up with this thunder thing, based on our favorite childhood toy ThunderStreak, and it seemed to have a good ring to it. AC/DC = Power. That's the basic idea.[3]


The video which accompanied the single was filmed at London's Brixton Academy on 17 August 1990. The audience members were given free T-shirts with the words "AC/DC – I was Thunderstruck" on the front and the date on the back, and these T-shirts were worn by the entire audience throughout the filming of the video.


The song has sold over a million digital copies since it became available for digital download.[4]



Charts and certifications











Personnel




  • Brian Johnson – lead vocals


  • Angus Young – lead guitar


  • Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals


  • Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals


  • Chris Slade – drums, percussion



Cover versions







  • Bagpiper Gordon Duncan arranged the tune for solo pipes,[38] and recorded this on his album Thunderstruck.

  • The Croatian cello duo 2Cellos covered this song on their 2015 album Celloverse. The music video for the song was released on 18 February 2014 on their YouTube channel. It features the duo playing the song in front of a Baroque audience, who soon discover the song is anything but classical. The video went viral in the beginning of March, gathering 10 million views in the first two weeks. As of January 2019[update], the video has garnered over 140 million views.[39]



Notable usage


  • The song was part of the payload of a computer worm which attacked the Iranian nuclear program. This was not the Stuxnet worm which was considerably more destructive.[40]


References





  1. ^ Jake Brown (16 July 2013). AC/DC in the Studio - The Stories Behind Every Album. John Blake Publishing, Limited. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-78219-677-8..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Triple M's Ultimate Rock 500". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.. Triple M. Retrieved 12 April 2015.


  3. ^ Young, Angus (2003). The Razors Edge (booklet). AC/DC. Epic Records.


  4. ^ Grein, Paul (14 January 2015). "Nick Jonas's 'Jealous' Hits a New Pea". Chart Watch. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 14 January 2015.


  5. ^ "Australian-charts.com – AC/DC – Thunderstruck". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – AC/DC – Thunderstruck" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  7. ^ "Ultratop.be – AC/DC – Thunderstruck" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  8. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 53, No. 3 Dec 01, 1990". RPM. Retrieved 8 January 2016.


  9. ^ "Danishcharts.com – AC/DC – Thunderstruck". Tracklisten. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  10. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.


  11. ^ "Lescharts.com – AC/DC – Thunderstruck" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  12. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Thunderstruck". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 8, 2016.


  13. ^ "Musicline.de – AC/DC Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  14. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 17 February 2018.


  15. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – AC/DC" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 22 December 2015.


  16. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – AC/DC – Thunderstruck" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  17. ^ "Charts.nz – AC/DC – Thunderstruck". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  18. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – AC/DC – Thunderstruck" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  19. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – AC/DC – Thunderstruck". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 21 December 2015.


  20. ^ "Swisscharts.com – AC/DC – Thunderstruck". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  21. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 December 2014.


  22. ^ "AC/DC Chart History (Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.


  23. ^ "AC/DC Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.


  24. ^ "AC/DC – Chart history". Billboard Rock Digital Songs for AC/DC. Retrieved 25 June 2015.


  25. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 21 December 2015.


  26. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1990". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 December 2015.


  27. ^ "Jaaroverzichten - Single 1990". Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 December 2015.


  28. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1991". Ultratop. Retrieved 21 December 2015.


  29. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 21 December 2015.


  30. ^ "Single Top 100 - eladási darabszám alapján - 2017". Mahasz. Retrieved 17 February 2018.


  31. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2017 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 31 December 2015.


  32. ^ "Certificeringer" (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 31 March 2017.


  33. ^ "Italian single certifications – AC/DC – Thunderstruck" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 16 January 2017. Select "2017" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Thunderstruck" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli online" under "Sezione".


  34. ^ "British single certifications – AC/DC – Thunderstruck". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
    Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Thunderstruck in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.


  35. ^ "Canadian single certifications – AC/DC – Thunderstruck". Music Canada. Retrieved 24 February 2016.


  36. ^ "Nielsen SoundScan charts – Digital Songs – Week Ending: 09/28/2017" (PDF). Nielsen SoundScan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.


  37. ^ "American single certifications – AC/DC – Thunderstruck". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
    If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 


  38. ^ "Gordon Duncan Renowned musician and composer". The Herald (Glasgow). 22 December 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2010.


  39. ^ 2CELLOS (18 February 2014), 2CELLOS - Thunderstruck [OFFICIAL VIDEO], retrieved 20 October 2018


  40. ^ [1], F-Secure Labs 23 July 2012




External links



  • "Thunderstruck" at AllMusic.com

  • Songfacts for Thunderstuck

  • The Ultimate AC/DC Discography








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