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Stiff Upper Lip

Stiff Upper Lip

Overview
Stiff Upper Lip is the 14th album by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...

n band AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock and are considered pioneers of heavy metal, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll".AC/DC underwent several line-up...

; it was released in 2000. The album was recorded at The Warehouse Studio
The Warehouse Studio
The Warehouse Studio is a music recording facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, owned by Bryan Adams.- The building :The Warehouse Studio is housed in the oldest brick building in Vancouver, which is located in present-day Gastown...

 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city is bounded by English Bay, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a...

 and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...

. The album was produced by George Young
George Young
George Young may refer to:In politics:*Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, UK Conservative Party politician*George Young, Lord Young , Scottish politician and judge...

, older brother of Malcolm and Angus Young
Angus Young
Angus McKinnon Young is a Scottish-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with other members of AC/DC in 2003...

. The three singles to be released from it were the title track
Stiff Upper Lip (song)
"Stiff Upper Lip" is a song by rock band AC/DC. This song is on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip, and it is composed by Angus and Malcolm Young. The song was released as a single, and topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart...

, "Safe in New York City
Safe In New York City
"Safe in New York City" is a song by popular hard rock group AC/DC. It is found on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip. The song was also released as a single....

", and "Satellite Blues
Satellite Blues
"Satellite Blues" is a song by Australian Rock band AC/DC, released as a single, and featured on their 2000 album, Stiff Upper Lip.- Personnel :*Brian Johnson - lead vocals*Angus Young - lead guitar*Malcolm Young - rhythm guitar, backing vocals...

". These three songs plus "Meltdown" were played live on the subsequent world tour.

This album was rereleased in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 on April 17, 2007 as part of AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock and are considered pioneers of heavy metal, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll".AC/DC underwent several line-up...

's Remasters series.
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Stiff Upper Lip is the 14th album by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...

n band AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock and are considered pioneers of heavy metal, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll".AC/DC underwent several line-up...

; it was released in 2000. The album was recorded at The Warehouse Studio
The Warehouse Studio
The Warehouse Studio is a music recording facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, owned by Bryan Adams.- The building :The Warehouse Studio is housed in the oldest brick building in Vancouver, which is located in present-day Gastown...

 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city is bounded by English Bay, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a...

 and mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...

. The album was produced by George Young
George Young
George Young may refer to:In politics:*Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, UK Conservative Party politician*George Young, Lord Young , Scottish politician and judge...

, older brother of Malcolm and Angus Young
Angus Young
Angus McKinnon Young is a Scottish-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with other members of AC/DC in 2003...

. The three singles to be released from it were the title track
Stiff Upper Lip (song)
"Stiff Upper Lip" is a song by rock band AC/DC. This song is on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip, and it is composed by Angus and Malcolm Young. The song was released as a single, and topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart...

, "Safe in New York City
Safe In New York City
"Safe in New York City" is a song by popular hard rock group AC/DC. It is found on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip. The song was also released as a single....

", and "Satellite Blues
Satellite Blues
"Satellite Blues" is a song by Australian Rock band AC/DC, released as a single, and featured on their 2000 album, Stiff Upper Lip.- Personnel :*Brian Johnson - lead vocals*Angus Young - lead guitar*Malcolm Young - rhythm guitar, backing vocals...

". These three songs plus "Meltdown" were played live on the subsequent world tour.

This album was rereleased in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 on April 17, 2007 as part of AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock and are considered pioneers of heavy metal, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll".AC/DC underwent several line-up...

's Remasters series. This was done in the U.K.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...

 in 2005.

The album is currently certified platinum
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...

 in the US for sales in excess of 1,000,000 copies.

Track listing


All songs by Angus Young
Angus Young
Angus McKinnon Young is a Scottish-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with other members of AC/DC in 2003...

 and Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young
Malcolm Mitchell Young is a Scottish-born Australian guitarist, best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of AC/DC...

.
  1. "Stiff Upper Lip
    Stiff Upper Lip (song)
    "Stiff Upper Lip" is a song by rock band AC/DC. This song is on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip, and it is composed by Angus and Malcolm Young. The song was released as a single, and topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart...

    " – 3:34
  2. "Meltdown" – 3:41
  3. "House of Jazz" – 3:56
  4. "Hold Me Back" – 3:59 *
  5. "Safe in New York City
    Safe In New York City
    "Safe in New York City" is a song by popular hard rock group AC/DC. It is found on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip. The song was also released as a single....

    " – 3:59
  6. "Can't Stand Still" – 3:41 *
  7. "Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" – 4:02
  8. "Satellite Blues
    Satellite Blues
    "Satellite Blues" is a song by Australian Rock band AC/DC, released as a single, and featured on their 2000 album, Stiff Upper Lip.- Personnel :*Brian Johnson - lead vocals*Angus Young - lead guitar*Malcolm Young - rhythm guitar, backing vocals...

    " – 3:46
  9. "Damned" – 3:52
  10. "Come and Get It" – 4:02
  11. "All Screwed Up" – 4:36
  12. "Give It Up" – 3:54

  • - Notes: Angus provides the backing vocals on Hold Me Back.

Personnel

  • Brian Johnson
    Brian Johnson
    Brian Johnson is a English singer and songwriter who, since 1980, has been the lead singer for the Australian rock band AC/DC, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of the band....

     - lead vocals
  • Angus Young
    Angus Young
    Angus McKinnon Young is a Scottish-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with other members of AC/DC in 2003...

     - lead guitar
    Lead guitar
    A lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays...

    , backing vocals
  • Malcolm Young
    Malcolm Young
    Malcolm Mitchell Young is a Scottish-born Australian guitarist, best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of AC/DC...

     - rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chordal accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the acoustic, country, blues, rock or metal genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the...

    , backing vocals
  • Cliff Williams
    Cliff Williams
    Clifford Williams is an English bassist, best known for his membership in the Australian hard rock band AC/DC since June 1977, and was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of AC/DC...

     - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....

    , backing vocals
  • Phil Rudd
    Phil Rudd
    Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian drummer, best known for his membership in rock band AC/DC. He held the position from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 to present. After the 1977 departure of bassist Mark Evans, he became the only Australian-born member of the band...

     - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...

    , percussion

Certification

Country Sales Certification
United States 1,000,000 Platinum
Canada 500,000 Platinum
United Kingdom 500,000 Platinum

Tour Edition


In Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...

 , New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...

 and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...

, a tour edition of Stiff Upper Lip was released in January 2001, nearly a year after the single disc. The album includes the Stiff Upper Lip disc, and a bonus disc with a non-album track, some live tracks recorded from 1996 in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous city by urban area in the European Union after Paris and London.The city is located on the river...

, and the videos to the album's singles.

Track listing


Disc 1
  1. "Stiff Upper Lip
    Stiff Upper Lip (song)
    "Stiff Upper Lip" is a song by rock band AC/DC. This song is on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip, and it is composed by Angus and Malcolm Young. The song was released as a single, and topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart...

    " – 3:34
  2. "Meltdown" – 3:41
  3. "House of Jazz" – 3:56
  4. "Hold Me Back" – 3:59
  5. "Safe in New York City
    Safe In New York City
    "Safe in New York City" is a song by popular hard rock group AC/DC. It is found on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip. The song was also released as a single....

    " – 3:59
  6. "Can't Stand Still" – 3:41
  7. "Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll – 4:02
  8. "Satellite Blues
    Satellite Blues
    "Satellite Blues" is a song by Australian Rock band AC/DC, released as a single, and featured on their 2000 album, Stiff Upper Lip.- Personnel :*Brian Johnson - lead vocals*Angus Young - lead guitar*Malcolm Young - rhythm guitar, backing vocals...

    " – 3:47
  9. "Damned" – 3:52
  10. "Come and Get It" – 4:02
  11. "All Screwed Up" – 4:36
  12. "Give It Up" – 3:53


Disc 2
  1. "Cyberspace" (B-side
    A-side and B-side
    A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

     of Safe in New York City single) – 2:57
  2. "Back in Black
    Back in Black (song)
    "Back in Black" is a song by AC/DC, appearing as the first track on side two of their 1980 album, Back in Black. Known for its opening guitar riff, the song was AC/DC's tribute to their former singer Bon Scott. It peaked in the U.S. at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1981 and was #51 on...

    " (Young, Young, Brian Johnson
    Brian Johnson
    Brian Johnson is a English singer and songwriter who, since 1980, has been the lead singer for the Australian rock band AC/DC, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of the band....

    ) (live) – 4:09
  3. "Hard as a Rock
    Hard as a Rock
    "Hard as a Rock" is a song and a single by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It features as the first track on their album, Ballbreaker, released in 1995. It became their second #1 song on the Album Rock Tracks chart, following 1993's "Big Gun"...

    " (live) – 4:49
  4. "Ballbreaker" (live) – 4:39
  5. "Whole Lotta Rosie
    Whole Lotta Rosie
    "Whole Lotta Rosie" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the eighth and final track on the band's fourth Australian album, Let There Be Rock, released in Australia in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott...

    " (Young, Young, Bon Scott
    Bon Scott
    Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980...

    ) (live) – 5:26
  6. "Let There Be Rock
    Let There Be Rock (song)
    "Let There Be Rock" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the third and title track of their album Let There Be Rock, released in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott....

    " (Young, Young, Scott) (live) – 11:53
  7. "Stiff Upper Lip" (promotional video
    Music video
    A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music/song. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of music videos go back much further, they came into their own in the...

    ) – 3:50
  8. "Safe in New York City" (promotional video) – 4:01
  9. "Satellite Blues" (promotional video) – 3:55

  • All songs by Angus Young
    Angus Young
    Angus McKinnon Young is a Scottish-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with other members of AC/DC in 2003...

     and Malcolm Young
    Malcolm Young
    Malcolm Mitchell Young is a Scottish-born Australian guitarist, best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of AC/DC...

     except where noted.
  • Live tracks recorded at Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
    Las Ventas
    thumb|240px|right|Las Ventas bullringThe Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas is a famous bullring in Madrid .Situated in the barrio of Guindalera in the district of Salamanca, it was inaugurated on June 17, 1931. It has a seating capacity of 25,000 and is regarded as the home of bullfighting in Spain.This...

    , Madrid
    Madrid
    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It is the third-most populous municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populous city by urban area in the European Union after Paris and London.The city is located on the river...

     in 1996.

Video



Stiff Upper Lip Live is the name of the live video released in 2001 by AC/DC, recorded on June 14, 2001 on their Stiff Upper Lip Tour at the Olympiastadion
Olympic Stadium (Munich)
The Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics....

 in Munich
Munich
Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...

. The track listing is as follows:
  1. "Stiff Upper Lip
    Stiff Upper Lip (song)
    "Stiff Upper Lip" is a song by rock band AC/DC. This song is on their 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip, and it is composed by Angus and Malcolm Young. The song was released as a single, and topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart...

    " (Young, Young)
  2. "You Shook Me All Night Long
    You Shook Me All Night Long
    "You Shook Me All Night Long" is one of AC/DC's signature songs from their most successful album, Back in Black. The song also reappeared on their later album Who Made Who. It is one of the band's top 40 singles, reaching number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in 1980...

    " (Young, Young, Johnson
    Brian Johnson
    Brian Johnson is a English singer and songwriter who, since 1980, has been the lead singer for the Australian rock band AC/DC, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of the band....

    )
  3. "Problem Child" (Young, Young, Scott
    Bon Scott
    Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian rock musician, best known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980...

    )
  4. "Thunderstruck
    Thunderstruck (song)
    "Thunderstruck" is the first song on the 1990 AC/DC album The Razors Edge.The song peaked at number #5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks. It was released as a single in Germany, Australia and Japan. Shown is the cover of the German release of the "Thunderstruck" single...

    " (Young, Young)
  5. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" (Young, Young, Scott)
  6. "Hard as a Rock
    Hard as a Rock
    "Hard as a Rock" is a song and a single by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It features as the first track on their album, Ballbreaker, released in 1995. It became their second #1 song on the Album Rock Tracks chart, following 1993's "Big Gun"...

    " (Young, Young)
  7. "Shoot to Thrill
    Shoot to Thrill
    "Shoot to Thrill" is the second song on the album Back in Black by hard rock band AC/DC. This song can be found as well on the second track on Live and in the first disc of Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition.-Personnel:*Brian Johnson - Lead Singer...

    " (Young, Young, Johnson)
  8. "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" (Young, Young, Johnson)
  9. "What Do You Do for Money Honey" (Young, Young, Johnson)
  10. "Bad Boy Boogie" (Young, Young, Scott)
  11. "Hells Bells
    Hells Bells (song)
    "Hells Bells" is the first track of the album Back in Black of Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the first song on their comeback album after the death of vocalist Bon Scott, introducing his successor Brian Johnson....

    " (Young, Young, Johnson)
  12. "Up to My Neck in You" (Young, Young, Scott)
  13. "The Jack" (Young, Young, Scott)
  14. "Back in Black
    Back in Black (song)
    "Back in Black" is a song by AC/DC, appearing as the first track on side two of their 1980 album, Back in Black. Known for its opening guitar riff, the song was AC/DC's tribute to their former singer Bon Scott. It peaked in the U.S. at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1981 and was #51 on...

    " (Young, Young, Johnson)
  15. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
    Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (song)
    "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the title track and first track of their album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott....

    " (Young, Young, Scott)
  16. "Highway to Hell
    Highway to Hell (song)
    "Highway to Hell" is the opening track of is AC/DC's 1979 album Highway to Hell and the twelfth track on AC/DC Live. It was initially released as a single in 1979....

    " (Young, Young, Scott)
  17. "Whole Lotta Rosie
    Whole Lotta Rosie
    "Whole Lotta Rosie" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the eighth and final track on the band's fourth Australian album, Let There Be Rock, released in Australia in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott...

    " (Young, Young, Scott)
  18. "Let There Be Rock
    Let There Be Rock (song)
    "Let There Be Rock" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the third and title track of their album Let There Be Rock, released in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott....

    " (Young, Young, Scott)
  19. "T.N.T.
    T.N.T. (song)
    "T.N.T." is a single recorded in 1975 by the hard rock band AC/DC, taken from their Australian album T.N.T. and the international version of High Voltage...

    " (Young, Young, Scott)
  20. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
    For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
    "For Those About to Rock " is a song by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The song was released onto AC/DC's 8th studio album For Those About to Rock We Salute You in 1981. The cannons fired in the song are mixed with exploding fireworks. The video to this song was filmed live in Landover,...

    "(Young, Young, Johnson)
  21. "Shot Down in Flames" (Young, Young, Scott)

Miscellanea


  • The song "Stiff Upper Lip" was performed on Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night sketch comedy and variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975, under a slightly different title. The show features a regular cast of comedy actors, joined by a guest host and musical act...

    .
  • Brian Johnson wanted "Can't Stand Still" released as a single, but was overruled by AC/DC's record company who chose "Satellite Blues" instead.
  • A total of 19 songs were recorded during the "Stiff Upper Lip" sessions, though the whereabouts of the 7 which did not make the final cut of the album are unknown.

Personnel

  • Brian Johnson
    Brian Johnson
    Brian Johnson is a English singer and songwriter who, since 1980, has been the lead singer for the Australian rock band AC/DC, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of the band....

     – lead vocals
  • Angus Young
    Angus Young
    Angus McKinnon Young is a Scottish-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with other members of AC/DC in 2003...

     – lead guitar
    Lead guitar
    A lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays...

  • Malcolm Young
    Malcolm Young
    Malcolm Mitchell Young is a Scottish-born Australian guitarist, best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of AC/DC...

     – rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chordal accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the acoustic, country, blues, rock or metal genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the...

    , backing vocals
  • Cliff Williams
    Cliff Williams
    Clifford Williams is an English bassist, best known for his membership in the Australian hard rock band AC/DC since June 1977, and was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2003 along with the other members of AC/DC...

     – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....

    , backing vocals
  • Phil Rudd
    Phil Rudd
    Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian drummer, best known for his membership in rock band AC/DC. He held the position from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 to present. After the 1977 departure of bassist Mark Evans, he became the only Australian-born member of the band...

     – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration...


Additional personnel

  • George Young – producer
  • Mike Fraser
    Mike Fraser
    Mike Fraser is a Canadian record producer, engineer, and mixer. Mike is best known for his work with AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith and Joe Satriani...

     – engineer
  • Dean Maher – assistant engineer

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2000 "Stiff Upper Lip" Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock stations are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981 issue...

1
2000 "Satellite Blues" Mainstream Rock Tracks 7
2000 "Meltdown" Mainstream Rock Tracks 22
2000 "Safe in New York City" Mainstream Rock Tracks 21