7/25/80, AC/DC released "Back In Black". To celebrate its 30th birthday, here are some facts...
1.This is the biggest selling album by any Australian artist.
2.It is the second biggest selling original album of all time. Only Thriller, by Michael Jackson tops it.
3.Despite being the fifth biggest album ever in America, it peaked at a surprisingly low number four on the charts.
4.The band shot videos for six songs on the album:
Hells Bells
Back In Black
What Do You Do For Money Honey
You Shook Me All Night Long
Let Me Put My Love Into You
Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
5. In 1985, the infamous Parents Music resource Center (PMRC) published a list of the 15 filthiest songs. Let Me Put My Love Into You made it in at number six. This was supposed to warn people against letting children hear such ‘filth’. Get the feeling the opposite happened? For the record, Prince’s Darling Nikki was number one.
6. Among those to cover You Shook Me All Night Long are Celine Dion, Six Feet Under and Aussie parody singer Richard Cheese.
7. The biggest UK single from the album was Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution, which got to number 15.
8. Malcolm Young actually came up with the riff for the song Back In Black years before it became a song. He used to play it as a warm up.
9. Over the decades, there have been a lot of rumours about Bon Scott’s alleged involvement with the album. These include reports that demoed some of the tracks with the band and that he wrote some of the lyrics.
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