Ride On (AC/DC song)

"Ride On"
Single by AC/DC
from the album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Released 1977
Format CD single
Recorded 1976
Genre Blues rock
Length 5:53
Label Albert Records
Songwriter(s) Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott
Producer(s) Harry Vanda, George Young
AC/DC singles chronology
"T.N.T."
(1976)		 "Ride On"
(1977)		 "Love At First Feel"
(1977)

"T.N.T."
(1976)		 "Ride On"
(1977)		 "Love At First Feel"
(1977)

"Ride On" is a song and single by Australian hard rock band AC/DC originally released on the album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and later re-released on the album Who Made Who. In both versions, the song is sung by Bon Scott. Atypically for an AC/DC song, it has a sad, slow blues, almost ballad-like feel to it. The lyrics concern a man reflecting on mistakes he has made in a relationship while drinking alcohol. It has frequently been cited as one of AC/DC's best songs.[1][2][3]

"Ride On" was covered by the French band Trust on their self-titled 1979 debut album, after supporting AC/DC in Paris in the fall of 1978. Bon Scott jammed the song with Trust at Scorpio Sound Studios in London on February 13, 1980, six days before his death. A recording of it would later surface on the Bon Scott Forever Volume 1 bootleg.

AC/DC has played the song live only once, on June 22, 2001, at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis (near Paris), during the Stiff Upper Lip Tour. At the end of that show, the band unexpectedly came back after their traditional two-songs encore, dressed as soccer players (with the blue color of the French soccer team), and played this song as a tribute to John Lee Hooker, who had died the day before, although it wasn't explicitly mentioned as such.

Composition

The song is composed in the key of C major.

It is a slower blues song with a tempo of 70, contrasting with the faster rock 'n' roll tracks that comprise the rest of the album, and AC/DC's catalogue as a whole. The song's lyrics express Bon Scott's intentions and urge to "change [his] evil ways."

Personnel

Other versions

The Beasts Of Bourbon album The Low Road featured a cover of "Ride On". Eric Burdon covered the song on his 1980 album Darkness Darkness.

References

  1. ↑ "Top 10 Bon Scott AC/DC Songs". Ultimateclassicrock.com. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  2. ↑ Clem Bastow. "Australian anthems: AC/DC – It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll) | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  3. ↑ ""Ride On" | Readers' Poll: The 10 Best AC/DC Songs". Rolling Stone. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  • Lyrics on AC/DC's official website
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