"Girl's Got Rhythm" is a song by Australian rock band
AC/DC. It is found on their 1979 album ''
Highway to Hell
''Highway to Hell'' is the sixth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released on 27 July 1979. It was the last album featuring lead singer Bon Scott, who would die early the following year on 19 February 1980.
Background
By 1978 ...
.'' The song was released as a single the same year.
A British EP was also released in 1979 containing the songs: A1. "Girl's Got Rhythm"; A2. "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"; B1. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (live; taken from ''If You Want Blood''); B2. "Rock and Roll Damnation" (live; taken from ''If You Want Blood'').
Reception
''
Smash Hits'' said, "Well, I'm lost for words. There's this absurd man screeching about all the girls he seen all over the world and a riff that I think I've heard before. It was either 1974 or 1975."
Other appearances
A live version can be found on the live album ''
Let There Be Rock: The Movie'', part of the ''
Bonfire'' box set. A video of the band performing the song is on the DVD ''
Family Jewels''.
The song is also featured in the 2006 film ''
DOA: Dead or Alive''.
Personnel
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Bon Scott
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.
Born in Forfar in Angus, Scotlan ...
– lead 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, schoolbo ...
– lead guitar
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Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
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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 ...
– bass guitar, backing vocals
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Phil Rudd
Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd (born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecius, 19 May 1954) is an Australian drummer, best known as the drummer of AC/DC across three stints. On the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans from AC/DC, Rudd became ...
– drums
References
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AC/DC songs
1979 singles
Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Songs written by Bon Scott
Songs written by Angus Young
Songs written by Malcolm Young
1979 songs
Atlantic Records singles
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