Let's Get It Up

"Let's Get It Up"
"Let's Get It Up"
	Single sleeve as issued in the UK
Single by AC/DC
from the album For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
B-side	"Snowballed" (US); "Back in Black" (live) (UK);
Released	January 1982 (UK)
Recorded	1981
Genre	Hard rock; blues rock;
Length	3:54
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Angus Young; Malcolm Young; Brian Johnson;
Producer(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
AC/DC singles chronology
Music video
	"Let's Get It Up" on YouTube
Original US cover

"Let's Get It Up" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, first released on their 1981 album For Those About to Rock We Salute You, and later as its first single.^[2]

Singer Brian Johnson summarised the track to Kerrang!'s Sylvie Simmons as "Filth, pure filth. We're a filthy band."^[3]

Live versions of "Back in Black" and "T.N.T.", released as B-sides on the UK's version of the single, were both recorded in Landover, Maryland, in December 1981. "T.N.T." only appeared on the 12-inch edition.^[4]

Reception

When reviewing the song in the context of For Those About to Rock, Kurt Loder wrote: "It may seem difficult to take a droolflecked runt dressed in schoolboy shorts seriously as a guitarist, but if you listen closely to Angus Young's serpentine solo in 'Let's Get It Up', you'll hear his unabashed blues roots shining through."^[5]

Record World called it a "cracking rocker with its celebratory chorus."^[6]

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[7]	73
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[8]	9
German Singles Chart^[9]	33
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[10]	18

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[11]	85

Single track listing

"Let's Get It Up" – 3:56
"Back in Black" (Recorded live Friday, December 4th, 1981) – 4:01
"T.N.T." (Recorded live Friday, December 4th, 1981) – 3:55
"Love Hungry Man - 4:52
"Shoot to Thrill" - 5:45
"Snowballed" - 3:23
"Night Prowler" - 7:00

References

^ ^a ^b "Print advertising" (PDF). Record Mirror. 23 January 1982. p. 12. ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via American Radio History.
^ Stenning, Paul (2005). Two Sides to Every Glory. Chrome Dreams. p. 295. ISBN 1-84240-308-7.
^ Dome, Malcolm (1995). The World's Most Electrifying Rock 'n' Roll Band!. Virgin Books. p. 155. ISBN 0-86369-908-1.
^ "AC/DC Let's Get It Up Dutch 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single) (264584)". Eil.com. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
^ "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. January 16, 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 11. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0472." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres". Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2004-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
^ "AC/DC – Let's Get It Up". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Image – RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Libraries and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 19, 2024.

[RM12-1] "Print advertising" (PDF). Record Mirror. 23 January 1982. p. 12. ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via American Radio History.

[2] Stenning, Paul (2005). Two Sides to Every Glory. Chrome Dreams. p. 295. ISBN 1-84240-308-7.

[3] Dome, Malcolm (1995). The World's Most Electrifying Rock 'n' Roll Band!. Virgin Books. p. 155. ISBN 0-86369-908-1.

[4] "AC/DC Let's Get It Up Dutch 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single) (264584)". Eil.com. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2016-07-27.

[5] "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-27.

[rw-6] "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. January 16, 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-02.

[sc_AustraliaKent_-7] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 11. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_AC/DC-8] "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0472." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 19, 2024.

[9] "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres". Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2004-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-27.

[sc_Sweden_AC/DC-10] "AC/DC – Let's Get It Up". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[11] "Image – RPM Weekly – Library and Archives Canada". Libraries and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 19, 2024.

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