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Back in Black is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC. Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the album was released on 25 July 1980 by Albert Productions and Atlantic Records. By the late 1970s, AC/DC began to achieve significant popularity outside their native Australia, with high-energy live performances and a string of successful albums. In 1979, they paired with producer Lange and recorded their international breakthrough, Highway to Hell. Shortly before the recording of their follow-up, lead vocalist Bon Scott died after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group continued on with ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson.
Back in Black was recorded over seven weeks in the Bahamas in spring 1980. The area was hit by tropical storms at the time, making the sessions difficult at times. Johnson penned the album's lyrics and melodies, while guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young composed the music. Its musical content consists of hard rock-styled numbers with lyrics relating to sex, alcohol, partying and rock and roll. Lange demanded perfection in the band's recordings, particularly on Johnson's vocals. Following its completion, the group mixed Back in Black at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The album's all-black cover was designed as a "sign of mourning" for Scott.
Idle juvenile on the street, on the street,
Who is kicking everything with his feet, with his feet,
Fighting on the wrong side of the law, of the law,
Don't kick, don't fight, don't sleep at night,
It's shake a leg, shake a leg, shake a leg, shake it yeah.
Keeping out of trouble with eyes in the back of my face,
Kicking ass in the class and they tell me you're a damn disgrace,
They tell me what they think but they stink and I really don't care,
Got a mind of my own, move on, get out of my hair.
Chorus:
Oh! Shake a leg, shake your head,
Shake a leg, wake the dead,
Shake a leg, get stuck in,
Shake a leg, shake a leg yeah.
Magazines, wet dreams, dirty women on machines for me,
Big licks, skin flicks, trickey dick's are my chemistry,
Goin' against the grain, trying to keep me sane with you,
So stop your grinnin' and drop your linen for me.
Chorus:
Oh! Shake a leg, shake your head,
Shake a leg, wake the dead,
Shake a leg, get stuck in,
Shake a leg, shake a leg yeah.
Shake it!
Come on, Yeah!
Idle juvenile on the street, on the street,
Kicking everything with his feet, with his feet,Yeah!
Fighting on the wrong side of the law, of the law,Yeah!
Spitting and bitin' and kicking and fightin' for more.
Chorus:
Oh! Shake a leg, shake your head,
Shake a leg, wake the dead,
Shake a leg, get stuck in,
Shake a leg, riot to win,
Shake a leg, shake your head,
Shake a leg. riot again,
Shake a leg, get stuck in,
Shake a leg, shake a leg.
Shake a leg now!
Lyrics submitted by RavenPrince