B-side "Hells Bells" Format 7 inch Genre Hard rock, blues rock | Released March 15, 1981 Recorded April–May 1980 Length 4:12 | |
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" is a song by the rock band AC/DC. It is the tenth and final track of the album released in 1980 Back in Black. It is the fourth and final single released of the album. The song reached number 15 on the UK singles charts, the highest placing of any song on the album.
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Background
The band started work on the album just three days after the funeral of Bon Scott, lead singer of the band from late 1974 to 1980. Malcolm Young later explained that "I thought, 'Well, fuck this, I'm not gonna sit around mopin' all fucking year.' So I just rang Angus and said, 'Do you wanna come back and rehearse?'". The album was recorded with Brian Johnson, who officially joined the band on April 8, 1980. Angus Young said that, "We knew if Bon liked him, he must be good, because Bon didn't like many people'".
During the intro, Brian Johnson lights a cigarette and takes a pull from it.
The song also appears in videos like "No Bull" (1996), "Family Jewels" (2005) and "Plug Me In" (2007), also appears on the boxset "Bonfire" (1997).
The song appears on the 2003 tribute album by various artists to the band Back in Baroque: The String Tribute to AC / DC, it was also covered in 2004 by death metal band Six Feet Under in the album Graveyard Classics 2. Alex Gibson also covered the song in 2008 from the album Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby Renditions of AC/DC. The song was also featured in a commercial for Nike in 2006. The song was featured in a commercial for Applebee's commercial in 2016.
It is also the walk-up song for Chicago White Sox first-baseman Justin Morneau.
Track listing
- "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" – 4:12
- "Hells Bells" – 5:10