AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, 1975's High Voltage. Membership subsequently stabilised around the Young brothers, singer Bon Scott, drummer Phil Rudd, and bassist Mark Evans. Evans was fired from the band in 1977 and replaced by Cliff Williams, who has appeared on every AC/DC album since 1978's Powerage. In February 1980, about seven months after the release of their breakthrough album Highway to Hell, Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning after a night of heavy drinking. AC/DC considered disbanding, but at Scott's family's request, the remaining members opted to continue the band, bringing in longtime Geordie vocalist Brian Johnson as Scott's replacement. Later that year, the band released their first album with Johnson, Back in Black, which was dedicated to Scott's memory. The album launched AC/DC to new heights of success and became one of the best selling albums of all time.
The band's eighth studio album, For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981), was their first album to reach number one in the United States. Prior to the release of their next album, Flick of the Switch (1983), Rudd left the band and was replaced by Simon Wright, being in turn replaced by Chris Slade in 1989. The band experienced a commercial resurgence in the early nineties with the release of their twelfth studio album The Razors Edge (1990); it was their only album to feature Slade, who was replaced by the returning Rudd in 1994. Rudd has since recorded five more albums with the band, starting with, and including, Ballbreaker (1995). Their fifteenth studio album Black Ice was the second-highest-selling album of 2008, and their biggest chart hit since For Those About to Rock, eventually reaching No.1 worldwide.
The band's line-up remained the same for twenty years, until 2014 with Malcolm Young's retirement due to early-onset dementia (he died in 2017) and Rudd's legal troubles. Malcolm was replaced by his nephew Stevie Young, who debuted on AC/DC's 2014 album Rock or Bust, and on its accompanying tour, previous drummer Chris Slade filled in for Rudd. In 2016, Johnson was advised to stop touring due to worsening hearing loss. Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose stepped in as the band's vocalist for the remainder of that year's dates. Long-term bass player and background vocalist Cliff Williams retired from AC/DC at the end of the Rock or Bust tour in 2016 and the group entered a four-year hiatus. A reunion of the Rock or Bust line-up was announced in September 2020 and the band's seventeenth studio album Power Up was released two months later.
AC/DC have sold more than 200 million records worldwide, including 75 million albums in the United States, making them the ninth-highest-selling artist in the United States and the 16th-best-selling artist worldwide. Back in Black has sold an estimated 50 million units worldwide, making it the second-highest-selling album by any artist, and the highest-selling album by any band. The album has sold 25 million units in the US, where it is the fourth highest-selling album of all time. AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 10 March 2003. AC/DC ranked fourth on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and were named the seventh "Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time" by MTV. In 2004, AC/DC ranked No. 72 on the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Producer Rick Rubin, who wrote an essay on the band for the Rolling Stone list, referred to AC/DC as "the greatest rock and roll band of all time". In 2010, VH1 ranked AC/DC number 23 in its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
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Discography
High Voltage (1975) (Australia only)
T.N.T. (1975) (Australia only)
High Voltage (1976) (international version)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Let There Be Rock (1977)
Powerage (1978)
Highway to Hell (1979)
Back in Black (1980)
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981)
Flick of the Switch (1983)
Fly on the Wall (1985)
Blow Up Your Video (1988)
The Razors Edge (1990)
Ballbreaker (1995)
Stiff Upper Lip (2000)
Black Ice (2008)
Rock or Bust (2014)
Power Up (2020)
Got You by the Balls
AC/DC Lyrics
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Head of the company
Are you looking for a lady
One who likes to please?
Hey mister businessman
This one likes to tease
With a special service
In French quantities
What you want tonight
She won't come across
Unless there's money in her hand
And she's calling all the shots
She got you by the balls
Hey mister businessman
High society
She can play the school girl
And spank you all you please
But she won't sacrifice
What you want tonight
She won't come across
Unless there's money in her hand
She don't go overtime
She got you by the balls
(Kiss your balls goodbye)
Hang it left, hang it right,
Got you by the balls
Got your shorts, got your curlies
Got you by the balls
She got you by the balls
The main theme of the song "Got You by the Balls" by AC/DC talks about a business owner who is looking for a woman who can please him. He meets a woman who can tease him with a unique French service but also demands payment for every sexual encounter. She always maintains the power, and he is at her mercy, making him feel as if she has him by his balls. The woman can play any role to satisfy the man's desires, but she won't compromise unless there's money involved. The song presents listeners with the reality of the prostitution business, where the ladies of the night are always in control, and every encounter comes with a price tag.
The lyrics of the song portray the message that sex is not free, and the women who provide the service demand payment. AC/DC's "Got You by the Balls" talks to the businessmen, who want to enjoy the pleasures of a woman but fail to acknowledge that sex is a business. The song explores the power struggle between the woman and the man, where the woman always remains in charge. The line, she got you by the balls, repeats throughout the song, highlighting the woman's power over the man, holding his most vulnerable point to get what she wants.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey mister businessman
Attention, corporate magnate
Head of the company
You're the big boss
Are you looking for a lady
Do you require companionship?
One who likes to please?
Someone who caters to your every whim?
Hey mister businessman
Attention, corporate magnate
This one likes to tease
This woman enjoys playing hard to get
With a special service
Providing a unique experience
In French quantities
In abundance
But she won't sacrifice
However, she won't compromise
What you want tonight
On what you expect from her this evening
She won't come across
She won't deliver what you want
Unless there's money in her hand
Unless you pay her for her services
And she's calling all the shots
She's in control
She got you by the balls
She has you under her control
Hey mister businessman
Attention, corporate magnate
High society
The upper echelon of society
She can play the school girl
She can role-play as a student
And spank you all you please
And physically discipline you upon request
But she won't sacrifice
However, she won't compromise
What you want tonight
On what you expect from her this evening
She won't come across
She won't deliver what you want
Unless there's money in her hand
Unless you pay her for her services
She don't go overtime
She won't work beyond what she's being paid for
She got you by the balls
She has you under her control
(Kiss your balls goodbye)
Prepare to lose the control that you thought you had
Hang it left, hang it right,
Both testicles are under her control
Got you by the balls
She has you under her control
Got your shorts, got your curlies
She has you completely under control
Got you by the balls
She has you under her control
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ANGUS MCKINNON YOUNG, MALCOLM MITCHELL YOUNG
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