Who Made Who (song)
{{Short description|Song by AC/DC}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Who Made Who
| cover = Acdcwhomadewhosingle.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = AC/DC
| album = Who Made Who
| B-side = "Guns for Hire" (live)
| released = 12 May 1986{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-05-10.pdf|title=Music Week|page=8}}
| recorded = December 1985
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Hard rock
| length = 3:27
| label = {{hlist|Albert|Atlantic}}
| writer = {{hlist|Angus Young|Malcolm Young|Brian Johnson}}
| producer = {{hlist|Harry Vanda|George Young}}
| prev_title = Shake Your Foundations
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Heatseeker
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|PiZHNw1MtzI|"Who Made Who"}}}}
}}
"Who Made Who" is a song and a single by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, taken from their 1986 album, Who Made Who. The 12-inch single format of the single features an extended mix of the song and can be found in the Deluxe Edition of AC/DC's Backtracks Boxset, on Disc 1, Studio Rarities. It was one of only three new tracks on Who Made Who, because the album is not only a soundtrack to Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive, but a compilation album featuring tracks from previous albums. The other two new tracks were instrumentals. "Who Made Who" reached number nine in Australia, number one in Finland, and number 23 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.
In addition to the song itself, "Who Made Who" has also been played live, mostly throughout the subsequent world tour and the Blow Up Your Video World Tour. It was also played live with replacement drummer Chris Slade throughout The Razors Edge World Tour, and with drummer Phil Rudd (who returned to the band in 1994 after being fired from the group 11 years prior) for only one gig at the opening night of the Ballbreaker World Tour in Greensboro, North Carolina, after which the song was dropped and has not been played live since. A live version was released on the 1992 album AC/DC Live.
Music video
In the video to this song, directed by David Mallet,[http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=610 mvdbase.com – AC/DC – "Who made who?"] filmed in the lobby of and onstage at the Brixton Academy music venue in London, fans and radio contest winners were dressed like Angus Young, and carried red cardboard guitars similar to Angus's Gibson SG. The video's plot features scientists replicating Angus by means of science fiction technology; the lookalikes are shown en masse, marching in time to the song and raising their heads to chant the title phrase along with the chorus. A photo of Angus standing amid a group of his counterparts can be found inside the 2003 Digipak release of Who Made Who. A couple of AC/DC shows had some look alike Anguses on the stage with them, such as at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, where six were present.
Personnel
- Brian Johnson – vocals
- Angus Young – lead guitar
- Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar
- Cliff Williams – bass guitar
- Simon Wright – drums
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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! Chart (1986) ! Peak |
| scope="row"| Australia (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}}
| 9 |
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| scope="row"| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|title=European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=3|issue=22|page=13|date=7 June 1986}}
| 62 |
| scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite magazine|title=Top 3 in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=3|issue=26|page=14|date=5 July 1986}}
| 1 |
| {{Single chart|Ireland2|9|song=Who Made Who|rowheader=true|access-date=14 February 2025}} |
| {{Single chart|New Zealand|35|artist=AC/DC|song=Who Made Who|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2020}} |
| {{Single chart|Norway|7|artist=AC/DC|song=Who Made Who|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2020}} |
| {{Single chart|UK|16|date=19860531|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2020}} |
| {{Single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|23|artist=AC-DC|rowheader=true|access-date=10 February 2020}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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! Chart (1986) ! Position |
| scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite magazine|url=https://i.imgur.com/F7ais40.jpg|title=National Top 100 Singles for 1986|magazine=Kent Music Report|issue=650|date=December 1986|via=Imgur|access-date= 24 January 2023}}
| 36 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=AC/DC|title=Who Made Who|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=1986|certyear=2024|access-date=27 December 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=AC/DC|title=Who Made Who|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1986|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=27 December 2024}}
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|8748|Who Made Who (Special Collectors Mix)|type=single}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20051220002331/http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/ac_dc/who_made_who_1986.html Lyrics]}}
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Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by David Mallet (director)
Category:Number-one singles in Finland
Category:Songs written by Angus Young