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This article is about the album by AC/DC. For the title song from the album, see Who Made Whom (song). For Danish musical band, see WhoMadeWhom.
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Who Made Whom is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1986 as the soundtrack to the Stephen King movie Maximum Overdrive. King would allude to the album's title song in the 1990 revised and expanded edition of his novel The Stand, where one of the novel's characters changes the lyrics to "Flu made who." Three tracks on the album — "Who Made Whom" and the instrumentals "D.T." and "Chase the Ace" — were newly written and recorded by AC/DC. The rest were taken from the band's previous albums. Only one song, "Ride On", is from the Bon Scott era; all of the others feature Brian Johnson. Who Made Whom reached #11 in the UK[1] and #33 in the US[2], and has sold five million copies in the US. It was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC remasters series.

Along with the album, the band released a video tape which contained music videos for the songs "Who Made Whom", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Shake Your Foundations", "Hells Bells", and footage from a live performance of "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" which was filmed in Detroit in 1983.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3]
Robert Christgau(B) [4]

Track listing

Album

All tracks are written by Malcolm Young, Angus Young and Brian Johnson, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Who Made Whom" 3:27
2."You Shook Me All Night Long" 3:30
3."D.T." (Instrumental)M. Young, A. Young2:53
4."Sink the Pink" 4:13
5."Ride On"M. Young, A. Young, Bon Scott5:51
6."Hells Bells" 5:12
7."Shake Your Foundations" 3:53
8."Chase the Ace" (Instrumental)M. Young, A. Young3:01
9."For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" 5:53
  • Vinyl and Epic remastered CD releases of "Who Made Whom" feature the single remix of "Shake Your Foundations", and original CD releases include the version on Fly on the Wall.

During the Who Made Whom sessions, five other short instrumental songs were recorded for Maximum Overdrive:

All songs composed by Angus and Malcolm Young.

  1. "Death City"
  2. "Bad Boy"
  3. "Contre Attack"
  4. "Scared"
  5. "Humans Here"

Video

  1. "Who Made Whom"
  2. "You Shook Me All Night Long"
  3. "Shake Your Foundations"
  4. "Hells Bells"
  5. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
  • All five videos were re-released as part of the Family Jewels DVD set.

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Bon Scott - lead vocals on "Ride On"
  • Phil Rudd - drums on "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Ride On", "Hells Bells" and "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
  • Mark Evans - bass guitar and backing vocals on "Ride On"

Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1986 Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart
4
1986 US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart
33 [2]
1986 UK Albums Chart
11[1]

Certification

Country Sales Certification
United States 5,000,000 5× Platinum [5]
  • Lyrics on AC/DC's official website

References

  1. ^ a b "Who Made Who". ChartStats.com. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b "AC/DC: Who Made Who > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AC/DC: Who Made Who > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "AC/DC". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  5. ^ "American certifications – AC/DC – Who Made Who". Recording Industry Association of America.
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