Heatseeker (song)
{{short description|1988 single by AC/DC}}
{{for|the song "Heat Seeker" by Dreamers and Grandson|Dreamers (band)}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2008}}{{Infobox song
| name = Heatseeker
| cover = Heatseekersingle.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = AC/DC
| album = Blow Up Your Video
| B-side = {{ubl|"Go Zone"}}
| released = 4 January 1988
| recorded = August–September 1987
| genre = Hard rock
| length = 3:50
| label = {{hlist|Albert|Atlantic}}
| writer = {{hlist|Malcolm Young|Angus Young|Brian Johnson}}
| producer = {{hlist|Harry Vanda|George Young}}
| prev_title = Who Made Who
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|VWG4-4Y6Z60|"Heatseeker"}}}}
}}
"Heatseeker" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The song appeared on their 1988 album Blow Up Your Video as the first track. The song was later on Live. The song was also released as a single in various formats, with "Go Zone" as the main B-side. On reaching No.12 in the UK singles chart in 1988, it became their biggest UK chart hit and remained so for 25 years until "Highway to Hell" reached No.4 in December 2013.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Malcolm Young, Angus Young and Brian Johnson
| title1 = Heatseeker
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = Go Zone
| length2 = 4:25
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 12-inch vinyl and 3-inch CD
| title3 = Snake Eye
| length3 = 3:15
}}
Music video
In the music video, directed by David Mallet,{{Cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=612 |title=mvdbase.com – AC/DC – "Heatseeker" |access-date=2007-08-26 |archive-date=2006-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114010007/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=612 |url-status=dead }} Angus Young explodes from a life-sized television set. He throws his hat, and it lands on a switch, causing it to flip. A missile is launched, and on the screen is film footage of the Strategic Air Command in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The missile reveals to be a cruise missile, and travels across the world, whereupon it finally crashes into the Opera House in Sydney, during an AC/DC concert. Angus explodes out of the giant missile's warhead and does a guitar solo and at the end, he heads back into the missile's nose cone and leaves.
Chart Positions
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!Chart (1988) !Peak |
| Australian (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=11}}
|align="center"|5 |
| {{Single chart|Dutch100|82|artist=AC/DC|accessdate=10 February 2020|song=Heatseeker}} |
| {{Single chart|Norway|2|artist=AC/DC|accessdate=10 February 2020|song=Heatseeker}} |
| {{Single chart|New Zealand|29|artist=AC/DC|accessdate=10 February 2020|song=Heatseeker}} |
| {{Single chart|Sweden|4|artist=AC/DC|accessdate=10 February 2020|song=Heatseeker}} |
| {{Single chart|Switzerland|15|artist=AC/DC|accessdate=10 February 2020|song=Heatseeker}} |
| {{Single chart|UK|12|artist=AC/DC|accessdate=10 February 2020|song=Heatseeker|date=1988-01-23}} |
| {{Single chart|West Germany|26|artist=AC/DC|accessdate=6 March 2020|song=Heatseeker|songid=1744}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|20|artist=AC/DC|song=Heatseeker|accessdate=10 March 2020}} |
Personnel
- Brian Johnson – vocals
- Angus Young – lead guitar
- Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Simon Wright – drums
References
{{Reflist}}
{{AC/DC singles}}
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Category:Songs written by Brian Johnson
Category:Songs written by Angus Young
Category:Songs written by Malcolm Young
Category:Song recordings produced by Harry Vanda
Category:Song recordings produced by George Young (rock musician)