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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.)" | |||
Released | 2 November 1979 [1] | |||
Recorded | March – April 1979 | |||
Studio | Roundhouse (London) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:23 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Mutt Lange | |||
AC/DC singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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]
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]
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 .
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [4] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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