"That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll" is a single by
Australia
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hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band
AC/DC
AC/DC (stylised as ACϟDC) are an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm Young, Malcolm and Angus Young. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and Heavy metal ...
. The song appeared on their
1988
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album ''
Blow Up Your Video
''Blow Up Your Video'' is the eleventh studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the ''AC/DC Remasters'' series.
Recording
Writing sessions for ''Blow Up Your Video'' took place in London's ...
'' as the second track. A live version of this song can be found on the band's live album, ''
Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition''. The B-side of the single was "Borrowed Time".
In 2005, the
music video
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, directed by Peter Sinclair,
Brian Grant, and Jiff Morrison, was released on ''
Family Jewels''. The video was shot at their show at the
National Exhibition Centre
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in
Birmingham
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and included fans carrying red cardboard
Gibson SG guitars.
Author
Paul Stenning
Paul David Stenning (born 12 June 1976) is an English author, ghostwriter and poet. He has written twenty-nine books, of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and biography. The best-known of his books is ''The Robert Pattinson Album'', a biography of R ...
described the song as the strongest from the album.
Paul Stenning
Paul David Stenning (born 12 June 1976) is an English author, ghostwriter and poet. He has written twenty-nine books, of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and biography. The best-known of his books is ''The Robert Pattinson Album'', a biography of R ...
, AC/DC: Two Sides to Every Glory, Chrome Dreams, 2005,
7" vinyl track listing
12" Vinyl maxi-single track listing
5" CD single track listing
Charts
Personnel
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Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter. In 1980, after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. He and the rest of the band were inducted into the Rock and Rol ...
– vocals
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Angus Young
Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and only remaining original member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, school ...
– lead guitar
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Malcolm Young
Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian musician who was the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter of AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was with the band from its beginn ...
– rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*
Cliff Williams
Clifford Williams (born 14 December 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He started his professional music career in 1967 and had previously been in the English g ...
– bass guitar, backing vocals
*
Simon Wright – drums
References
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AC/DC songs
1988 singles
Songs written by Brian Johnson
Songs written by Angus Young
Songs written by Malcolm Young
Song recordings produced by Harry Vanda
Song recordings produced by George Young (rock musician)
1988 songs
Atlantic Records singles
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