Single:
High Voltage entered the Australian singles chart* on 21 July 1975 and peaked at #10. The song was #68 on the Top 100 of 1975.
Album:
The song is on TNT which entered the Australian albums chart* on 5 January 1976 and peaked at #2.
Songwriters:
Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott
Producers:
Harry Vanda, George Young
Record label of Australian release:
Albert Productions
Video clip:
This promotional clip was filmed at Festival Hall Melbourne on 16 June 1975
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
An early AC/DC track, this one plays off their band name, keeping with the electricity theme as Bon Scott sings about their “high voltage rock and roll.” The band would produce many more songs about rock and roll over the next four decades, and these tracks were often the showstoppers at their concerts.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/ac-dc/high-voltage
Lyrics:
Well you ask me ’bout the clothes I wear
And you ask me why I grow my hair
And you ask me why I’m in a band
I dig doin’ one night stands
And you want to see me do my thing
All you gotta do is plug me into high
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