Tracks
Side A
- 11979Dutch Top 40: peak position 27 in week 35 of 1979, 4 weeks in the chartHighway to Hell3:28E major
- 21979Girls Got Rhythm3:24E major
- 31979Walk All Over You5:10D major
- 41979Touch Too Much4:27E major
- 51979Beating Around the Bush3:56E major
Side B
- 11979Shot Down in Flames3:23A major
- 21979Get It Hot2:35A♯ minor
- 31979If You Want Blood (You've Got It)4:37E minor
- 41979Love Hungry Man4:17G♯ minor
- 51979Night Prowler6:18G♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Highway to Hell
Highway to Hell sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 124 bpm.
Quietest track: Love Hungry Man · most energetic: Walk All Over You
Across 10 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The five members of AC/DC around the time of Highway to Hell, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Angus Young
Malcolm Young
Bon Scott
Cliff Williams
Phil Rudd19751980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was Highway to Hell by AC/DC released?
Highway to Hell came out in 1979.
How many tracks are on Highway to Hell?
Highway to Hell has ten tracks, 42 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Highway to Hell made the Dutch Top 40?
One track from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Highway to Hell. It got to number 27 in week 35 of 1979.
Which category is Highway to Hell in?
Highway to Hell is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by AC/DC.
Which other albums by AC/DC are in the collection?
The collection holds three more albums by AC/DC: Back In Black (1980), The Razors Edge (1990) and Live at Donington 1991 (1992).
Who was in AC/DC when Highway to Hell came out?
In 1979, AC/DC consisted of Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Highway to Hell mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Highway to Hell?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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