Summary
"Heatseeker" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The song appeared on their 1988 album Blow Up Your Video as the first track. The song was later on Live. The song was also released as a single in various formats, with "Go Zone" as the main B-side. On reaching No.12 in the UK singles chart in 1988, it became their biggest UK chart hit and remained so for 25 years until "Highway to Hell" reached No.4 in December 2013.
| "Heatseeker" | ||||
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| Single by AC/DC | ||||
| from the album Blow Up Your Video | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 11 January 1988 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 1987 | |||
| Studio | Miraval (Correns) | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:50 | |||
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| "Heatseeker" on YouTube | ||||
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Malcolm Young, Angus Young and Brian Johnson
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Heatseeker" | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Go Zone" | 4:25 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 3. | "Snake Eye" | 3:15 |
Music video edit
In the music video, directed by David Mallet,[1] Angus Young explodes from a life-sized television set. He throws his hat, and it lands on a switch, causing it to flip. A missile is launched, and on the screen is film footage of the Strategic Air Command in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The missile reveals to be a cruise missile, and travels across the world, whereupon it finally crashes into the Opera House in Sydney, during an AC/DC concert. Angus explodes out of the giant missile's warhead and does a guitar solo and at the end, he heads back into the missile's nose cone and leaves.
Chart Positions edit
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report)[2] | 5 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[3] | 82 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[4] | 2 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] | 29 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[6] | 4 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] | 15 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[8] | 12 |
| West Germany (Official German Charts)[9] | 26 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[10] | 20 |
Personnel edit
- Brian Johnson – vocals
- Angus Young – lead guitar
- Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Simon Wright – drums
References edit
- ^ "mvdbase.com – AC/DC – "Heatseeker"". Archived from the original on 2006-01-14. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 11. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". VG-lista. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – AC/DC – Heatseeker" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "AC/DC Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 March 2020.