AC/DC - HIGHWAY TO HELL
Livin' Easy
Lovin' Free
Season Ticket On A One Way Ride
Askin' Nothin'
Leave Me Be
Takin' Everythin' In My Stride
Don't Need Reason
Don't Need Rhyme
Ain't Nothin' That I'd Rather Do
Goin' Down
Party Time
My Friends Are Gonna Be There Too
I'm On The Highway To Hell
On The Highway To Hell
Highway To Hell
I'm On The Highway To Hell
No Stop Signs
Speed Limit
Nobody's Gonna Slow Me Down
Like A Wheel
Gonna Spin It
Nobody's Gonna Mess Me Around
Hey, Satan
Payin' My Dues
Playin' In A Rockin' Band
Hey, Mamma
Look At Me
I'm On The Way To The Promised Land
I'm On The Highway To Hell
Highway To Hell
I'm On The Highway To Hell
Highway To Hell
Don't Stop Me
I'm On The Highway To Hell
On The Highway To Hell
I'm On The Highway To Hell
On The Highway To Hell
(Highway To Hell) I'm On The Highway To Hell
(Highway To Hell) Highway To Hell
(Highway To Hell) Highway To Hell
(Highway To Hell)
And I'm Goin' Down
All The Way
I'm On The Highway To Hell
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young
Producer(s): Mutt Lange
The Title Is Often Attributed As A Phrase AC/DC Guitarist Angus Young Used To Describe Touring In America. There Is A Much More Literal Explanation, However. "Highway To Hell" Was The Nickname For The Canning Highway In Australia. It Runs From Where Lead Singer Bon Scott Lived In Fremantle And Ends At A Pub/Bar Called The Raffles, Which Was A Big Rock 'N Roll Drinking Hole In The '70s. As Canning Highway Gets Close To The Pub, It Dips Down Into A Steep Decline: "No Stop Signs... Speed Limits... Nobody Gonna Slow Me Down."
So Many People Where Killed By Driving Fast Over That Intersection At The Top Of The Hill On The Way For A Good Night Out, That It Was Called The Highway To Hell, So When Bon Was Saying "I'm On The Highway To Hell" It Meant That He Was Doing The Nightly Or Weekly Pilgrimage Down Canning Highway To The Raffles Bar To Rock And Drink With His Mates: "Ain't Nothing I Would Rather Do. Going Down, Party Time, My Friends Are Gonna Be There Too."
This Was The First AC/DC Song To Chart In The US. It Helped Drive Huge Sales For The Highway To Hell Album, Which Has Sold Over Seven Million Copies In America. It Was AC/DC's Sixth Album, And Their Last With Vocalist Bon Scott, Who Died In 1980 From Excessive Drinking. Their Next Album, Back In Black, Was Dedicated To Him.
Recorded In London, Highway To Hell Was The First AC/DC Album Recorded Outside Of Australia. The Album Cover Had Angus Young On The Cover Wearing His Schoolboy Uniform And Devil Horns. Some Religious Groups Found This Quite Offensive.
Serial Killer Richard Ramirez Claimed This Album Compelled Him To Murder. He Believed AC/DC Stood For "Anti Christ/Devil's Child."
In The 2003 Film School Of Rock Jack Black Teaches The Riff To The Guitarist In The Band. The Song Was Also Featured In The 2000 Movie Little Nicky, Starring Adam Sandler.
The AC/DC Bluegrass Tribute Band Hayseed Dixie Covered This On Their 2001 Album, A Hillbilly Tribute To AC/DC.
AC/DC Performed This At The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony When They Were Inducted In 2003. Aerosmith Lead Singer Steven Tyler Inducted Them, Saying, "There Is No Greater Purveyor Of The Power Chord."
The Chorus To The Song Was Used In The 2010 Movie Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
When This Song Was Released, There Really Was A "Highway To Hell" In America: Route 666. This Section Of Highway Ran Through Arizona And Utah; It Was Later Renumbered After Various Ghost Stories Emerged About Unexplained Happenings On The Road.
AC/DC, Who Didn't Win Their First Grammy Award Until 2010 (Best Hard Rock Performance For "War Machine"), Played This At The 2015 Ceremony. They Opened The Telecast With "Rock Or Bust," Then Segued Into "Highway."
Rage Against The Machine Guitarist Tom Morello Covered This For His 2021 Solo Album The Atlas Underground. His Version Is Sung By "Two Of The Greatest Rock & Roll Singers Of All Time": Bruce Springsteen And Eddie Vedder, Accompanied By A "Shredding Guitar Solo" Laid Down By Morello During Lockdown.