"Hail Caesar" is a song by the Australian rock band

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, which was written by members and brothers,

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and

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'' and was issued on 19 February 1996 as a single. The lyrics, "All Hail Caesar", are a reference to the salute given to Roman general

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...

. An edited version of the song at 4:30 appeared only on promo releases of the single. Commercial single releases and the ''Ballbreaker'' album contain the full version at 5:14. The single reached the top 100

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. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.

Music video

The music video for the song depicts the band playing on a large, step-pyramid-like structure, with a crowd of women in different attires (women in Roman togas, women in red one-piece swimsuit and swim caps, women in police or military dress uniforms) below marching to the song. Throughout the video, various movies and clips are displayed with Angus Young superimposed on them. This video was released on the DVD '' Family Jewels Disc 3'' as part of the

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box set '' Backtracks''.

Track listing

Personnel

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– lead vocals * Angus Young – lead guitar *

– rhythm guitar * Cliff Williams – bass guitar * Phil Rudd – drums * Producer – Rick Rubin

Charts

References

External links

Lyrics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hail Caesar (Song) AC/DC songs 1995 singles Songs written by Angus Young Songs written by Malcolm Young Song recordings produced by Rick Rubin Songs about Julius Caesar