You Shook Me All Night Long
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| Single by AC/DC from the album 'Back in Black' |
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| B-side | "Have a Drink on Me" | ||||
| Released | August 1980 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 1980 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:30 | ||||
| Label | ATCO Records | ||||
| Producer | Mutt Lange | ||||
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| 1986 re-release | |||||
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| Album | Back In Black | ||||
| Released | July 25, 1980 | ||||
| Recorded | April-May 1980 | ||||
| Genre | Hard Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:30 | ||||
| Label | ATCO | ||||
| Writer | Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson | ||||
| Producer | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | ||||
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| Album | Who Made Who | ||||
| Released | May 1986 | ||||
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"You Shook Me All Night Long" is one of AC/DC's most well known songs that appeared on their most successful album, Back in Black. The song also reappeared on their later album Who Made Who. It is one of the band's top 40 singles, reaching number 35 in the North American pop singles chart in 1980. The single was re-released internationally in 1986 following the release of the album Who Made Who.
"You Shook Me All Night Long" placed at No. 10 on VH1's list of The 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s. In the song, the lead singer Brian Johnson relates the story of a night with a beautiful woman.
There are two versions to the music video. The first version, directed by Eric Dionysius and Eric Mistler[1], is similar to the other Back in Black videos ("Back in Black", "Hells Bells", "What Do You Do for Your Money Honey", "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", and "Shoot to Thrill") and is only available on the special Back in Black, The Videos which could be obtained by purchasing a recent Back in Black album. In the second version, directed by David Mallet[2] and released six years after the song's original release, Angus and Malcolm Young follow Brian around, with Angus in his signature schoolboy outfit. "You Shook Me All Night Long" was also the second song to be played by AC/DC on Saturday Night Live in 2000, following their performance of "Stiff Upper Lip."
There are at least two live versions of this song that have been officially released. One of them is on the band's album Live, the other is on the soundtrack to the Howard Stern movie Private Parts.
The title of the song is taken from the lyrics of a Willie Dixon song called 'You Shook Me', which was covered by Led Zeppelin on their first album, the lyrics of which go, "You Shook Me Baby, You Shook Me All Night Long".
"You Shook Me All Night Long" is perhaps one of the most controversial film clips AC/DC ever released. The film casts many leather clad women with zippers at the groin region of their suits; however, a softer censored alternative version exists without these shots.
The re-released single in 1986 contains the b-side(s): B1. She's Got Balls (live, Bondi Lifesave '77); B2. You Shook Me All Night Long (live '83 - 12" maxi-single only).
[edit] Cover versions and parodies
- 2000- Kid Rock and Phish covered the song in Las Vegas
- 2001- Hayseed Dixie covered this song on the A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC album
- 2002- Céline Dion and Anastacia covered this song on VH1 Divas Las Vegas concert. Although it wasn't released as a single, some radios started playing the track. It reached #16 on the Hungarian Radio chart, #22 on the Belgium Wallonie Airplay chart and #122 on the Belgium Flanders Airplay chart and #3[3] on VH1's Least Metal Moments.
- 2004- Shania Twain (Mutt Lange's wife) also covered the song on her Up! Close and Personal concert special DVD.
- Tori Amos has covered the song in live performance.
- The Christian parody band ApologetiX re-wrote the lyrics to be about Adam and Eve, and re-titled the song "You Booked Me".
- Melissa Etheridge covered this song live.
- Big & Rich recorded a neotraditionalist country-sounding cover of the song for their 2007 album Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace. Their version entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at #59 as an album cut.
- Kelly Clarkson covered this song twice during her European Hazel Eyes tour 2006, the song was played and known amongst fans as her staple intro before she came on stage during her Breakaway Tour 2004-2005, Hazel Eyes Tour US 2005, Hazel Eyes European Tour 2006 and Addicted Tour US in summer 2006.
- Kenny Chesney sang the song as a duet with Gretchen Wilson as part of the encore for his Somewhere in the Sun Tour 2005.
- Harem Scarem did a metal cover on their Japanese release of "Overload".
- 2006- Bonde Do Role did a mash-up of this song and Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc, along with favela style rap.
