The Story Behind “Highway to Hell”

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What inspired ANGUS YOUNG to come up with the AC/DC classic “Highway to Hell”?  Turns out it was a trip to the JOHN.  In an interview with Apple Music, Angus says he and his brother MALCOLM came up with the music first.    But then nature called . . . and inspiration struck.  He says, quote, “I was in the toilet and I was there and I’m sitting and thinking.    And I’m just sitting on the throne, more or less, and then I go, ‘I think I’ve got it.  I’ve got it.  I’ve got it.  I’ve got the idea in my head.’  And then I came in there and I said, ‘I’ve got it.  ‘Highway to Hell’.”

AC/DC’s Angus Young Conceived “Highway to Hell” While on the Toilet | Consequence of Sound