| "Let's Get It Up" | ||||
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| Single sleeve as issued in the UK | ||||
| Single by AC/DC | ||||
| from the album For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | January 1982 (UK) [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1981 [1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:54 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
| AC/DC singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Let's Get It Up" on YouTube | ||||
| Original US cover | ||||
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"Let's Get It Up" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC,first released on their 1981 album For Those About to Rock We Salute You ,and later as its first single. [2]
Singer Brian Johnson summarised the track to Kerrang!'s Sylvie Simmons as "Filth,pure filth. We're a filthy band." [3]
Live versions of "Back in Black" and "T.N.T.",released as B-sides on the UK's version of the single,were both recorded in Landover,Maryland,in December 1981. "T.N.T." only appeared on the 12-inch edition. [4]
When reviewing the song in the context of For Those About to Rock,Kurt Loder wrote:"It may seem difficult to take a droolflecked runt dressed in schoolboy shorts seriously as a guitarist,but if you listen closely to Angus Young's serpentine solo in 'Let's Get It Up',you'll hear his unabashed blues roots shining through." [5]
Record World called it a "cracking rocker with its celebratory chorus." [6]
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] | 73 |
| Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [8] | 9 |
| German Singles Chart [9] | 33 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [10] | 18 |
| Chart (1982) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [11] | 85 |