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T.N.T. (song)

1976 single by AC/DC

Field	Value
name	T.N.T.
cover	TNT single ACDC.jpg
border	yes
type	single
artist	AC/DC
album	T.N.T.
B-side	Rocker
released
recorded	1975
studio	Albert (Sydney)
genre	Hard rock
length	3:35
label	Albert
writer
producer
prev_title	It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)
prev_year	1975
next_title	Jailbreak
next_year	1976

| B-side = Rocker

"T.N.T." is a song recorded in 1975 by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, taken from their Australian album T.N.T. and the international version of High Voltage. It was released as a single in 1976 and was written by Bon Scott, Angus Young and Malcolm Young. It peaked at No.19 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. The song's title is a reference to the explosive chemical TNT.

A slightly modified line from the song, "Lock up your daughters", was used as the title of AC/DC's first headlining tour of Great Britain in 1976 after the band's move from Melbourne, Australia, to London, earlier that year. "T.N.T." later appeared on Live and the Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition, with Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, and Chris Slade providing vocals, bass, and drums, respectively.

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "T.N.T." was ranked number 81.

Personnel

Bon Scott – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Mark Evans – bass guitar
Phil Rudd – drums
Harry Vanda – producer
George Young – producer

Charts

Chart (1976–1977)	Peak
position
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}}	19

Certifications

Covers

American death metal band Six Feet Under recorded a cover version of the song for their album Graveyard Classics.

Anthrax version

Nuclear Blast
Malcolm Young
Bon Scott
Jay Ruston
Rob Caggiano The Anthrax cover of this song was released on their 2013 covers EP Anthems. They debuted the song live 21 February 2013 at The HiFi in Brisbane, Australia ahead of Soundwave. Later on their tour in the US, Slash and Kirk Hammett (at separate gigs) joined them for this song.

In popular culture

The song is used for the Calgary Flames' goal song.
The song was played in commercials for the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite.
The song appears on the soundtrack and the intro to the 2002 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.
After the September 11 attacks, the song was included on a widely circulated Clear Channel employee's list of potentially upsetting songs.
The song is featured in the 2006 film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
TNT's NASCAR coverage NASCAR on TNT used the song as its theme music from 2010 to 2014.
It appears in a 2023 commercial for Wal-Mart.
The Fremantle Football Club in the AFL play the song after every home game victory.
The Northwestern Wildcats football team plays the song after every home game turnover.
Teddy Swims included the song in his pre-game entertainment set at the 2025 NRL Grand Final in Sydney on 5 October 2025.
The song is before every game with Luleå Hockey.
The song is played during UFC fighter Jack Della Maddalena entrance to the arena.

References

(1993). "[[Kent Music Report". Australian Chart Book Ltd.
(27 January 2018). "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds.
Saulnier, Jason. (30 September 2011). "Mark Evans Interview". Music Legends.
Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
(22 February 2013). "Anthrax Covers AC/DC's 'T.N.T.'".
(22 February 2013). "Anthrax Cover AC/DC's 'T.N.T.' – Exclusive Song Premiere".
(October 9, 2002). "Tony Hawk 4 Soundtrack". IGN.
(18 September 2001). "Clear Channel Banned Songs". snopes.com.
Pockrass, Bob. (May 31, 2018). "The theory (and money) behind NASCAR prerace shows". [[ESPN]].

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