T.N.T. (song)

"T.N.T." is a song released 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 providing vocals.

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

Covers

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

Anthrax version
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 Anthrax version of 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.