While Dirty Deeds...was released in Europe, Australia and New Zealand in 1976, it wasn't officially released in the U.S. until 1981, over one year after lead singer Bon Scott died (he was replaced by Brian Johnson in 1980).
“After High Voltage we seemed to be touring constantly," Young continued. "Then we signed the record deal to go over to England and just as we’d completed the tour. They told us we had to do another album. All we did was go straight into the studio after doing the night’s gig and knock up some new ideas.”
“It was Angus that came up with the song title, 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,'" Young explained, adding, "It was based on a cartoon character that had the phrase as his calling card [Dishonest John in the TV cartoon Beany And Cecil]."
Dirty Deeds...peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart upon its release, and half a century later, it's still attracting plenty of listeners. At the time of this writing, the album on the whole has racked up over 600 million streams on Spotify, with the title track taking the lion's share of hits with more than 400 million. Coming in at a distant second place? "Big Balls," with 60,623,879 streams.
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