"Who Made Who" is a song and a single by the Australian

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band

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, taken from their 1986 album, ''

Who Made Who ''Who Made Who'' is a soundtrack album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. Released on 26 May 1986, the album is the soundtrack to the Stephen King film ''Maximum Overdrive''. The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the ''AC/DC Remasters' ...

''. The 12-inch single format of the single features an extended mix of the song and can be found in the Deluxe Edition of AC/DC's '' Backtracks Boxset'', on Disc 1, Studio Rarities. It was one of only three new tracks on ''Who Made Who'', because the album is not only a soundtrack to

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's ''

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'', but a

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featuring tracks from previous albums. The other two new tracks were instrumentals. "Who Made Who" peaked at #23 on the ''

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on 19 July 1986, and stayed on the chart for 12 weeks. In addition to the song itself, "Who Made Who" has also been played live, mostly throughout the subsequent world tour and the Blow Up Your Video World Tour. It was also played live with replacement drummer

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throughout The Razors Edge World Tour, and with drummer

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(who returned to the band in 1994 after being fired from the group 11 years prior) for only one gig at the opening night of the

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, after which the song was dropped and has not been played live since. A live version was released on the 1992 album ''

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''.

Music video

In the

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to this song, directed by David Mallet,">mvdbase.com – AC/DC – "Who made who?"
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music venue in London, fans and radio contest winners were dressed like

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 ...

, and carried red cardboard guitars similar to Angus's

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. The video's plot features scientists replicating Angus by means of science fiction technology; the lookalikes are shown ''en masse'', marching in time to the song and raising their heads to chant the title phrase along with the chorus. A photo of Angus standing amid a group of his counterparts can be found inside the 2003

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release of ''Who Made Who''. A couple of AC/DC shows had some look alike Anguses on the stage with them, such as at the

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in Uniondale, New York, where six were present.

Personnel

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 *

– lead guitar *

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 *

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 * Simon Wright – drums

Charts

References

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Lyrics
{{Authority control AC/DC songs 1986 singles Songs written by Brian Johnson Songs written by Angus Young Songs written by Malcolm Young 1986 songs Atlantic Records singles Music videos directed by David Mallet (director)