AC/DC – Long Way to the Top

AC/DC – Long Way to the Top was originally broadcast on Bandstand in Australia, in February 1976. This video is available on the DVD “Plug Me In”.

“It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” is the first track of the group’s album T.N.T., released in December 1975, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott. Musically, the song is notable for combining bagpipes with hard rock electric guitars, drums, and bass guitar; in the mid-part of the song there is a duet between the bagpipes and the electric guitar. It is composed in B-flat major.

A slightly shorter version of the song is also the first track on the international version of High Voltage, released in May 1976. This is on the original release and the 2003 remastered CD release of the album only. Other CD releases have the full version.
This song is also on the Volts CD of the Bonfire box set, released in 1997.
This was a signature song for Scott, who also played the side drum in Coastal Scottish Pipe Band WA in the 1960s. Current AC/DC lead vocalist Brian Johnson does not perform it, out of respect for his predecessor.
Edited Extracts from Wikipedia®