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"Hells Bells"
Single by AC/DC
from the album Back in Black
B-side	"What Do You Do for Money Honey"
Released	November 1980
Format	7"
Recorded	Spring, 1980 at Compass Point Studios in The Bahamas
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	5:12
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Mutt Lange
AC/DC singles chronology
"You Shook Me All Night Long" (1980) "Hells Bells" (1980) "Back in Black" (1981)
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"Hells Bells" [sic] 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.

The song starts off with the slow tolling of a bell 4 times and an intro played by lead guitarist Angus Young in the beginning, he is then accompanied by his brother and band mate Malcolm Young. Eventually the bassist Cliff Williams and the drummer Phil Rudd start playing. The lyrics, sung by Brian Johnson, explain how the narrator will attack, comparing his actions with natural phenomena such as rain, thunders and hurricanes. The song implies that the narrator has been sent to drag a soul into Hell.

The song was written to commemorate the death of AC/DC's lead singer Bon Scott.

The song also appears on Who Made Who, AC/DC's 1986 soundtrack to the Stephen King movie Maximum Overdrive, and on both versions of 1992's AC/DC Live.

In popular culture

• The song has been used as the entrance music for Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman since 1998.^[1]
• The song's main riff is played while the main character in the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is at the airport.
• The song is played during the recap of the Season 3 premiere episode of the television series Supernatural.
• The song is played during the intro at New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres games
• The song is played by the University of Alabama during football games on 3rd Down Situations. This was banned by the SEC as artificial noise.
• The song is played by the Ohio State University at football games before kickoff. In addition, the bell intro to the song is used on 3rd downs.

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