Girls Got Rhythm

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"Girls Got Rhythm"
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Single by AC/DC
from the album Highway to Hell
B-side "Get It Hot (UK)
T.N.T. (Ger.)"
Released2 November 1979 [1]
RecordedMarch – April 1979
Studio Roundhouse (London)
Genre
Length3:23
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mutt Lange
AC/DC singles chronology
"Highway to Hell"
(1979)
"Girls Got Rhythm"
(1979)
"Touch Too Much"
(1980)

"Girls Got Rhythm" is a song by Australian rock band AC/DC. It is found on their 1979 album Highway to Hell. The song was released as a single the same year.

Contents

A British EP was also released in 1979 containing the songs: A1. "Girl's Got Rhythm"; A2. "If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"; B1. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (live; taken from If You Want Blood ); B2. "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" (live; taken from If You Want Blood). [3]

Reception

Smash Hits said, "Well, I'm lost for words. There's this absurd man screeching about all the girls he seen all over the world and a riff that I think I've heard before. It was either 1974 or 1975." [2]

Other appearances

A live version can be found on the live album Let There Be Rock: The Movie , part of the Bonfire box set. A video of the band performing the song is on the DVD Family Jewels .

The song is also featured in the 2006 film DOA: Dead or Alive .

Personnel

Certifications

Certifications for "Girls Got Rhythm"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [4] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 37.
  2. 1 2 David Hepworth (14 November 1979). "Singles". Smash Hits. No. 25.
  3. AC/DC – Girl's Got Rhythm (1979, Vinyl) , retrieved 2021-04-14
  4. "Canadian single certifications – AC/DC – Girls Got Rhythm". Music Canada . Retrieved 27 December 2024.