Let's Get It Up

"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]

"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)[1]
Recorded	1981[1]
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
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" (1980) "Let's Get It Up" (1982) "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" (1982)
Music video
"Let's Get It Up" on YouTube
Alternative cover
Original US cover.

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

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

References

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