Written by guitarist brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, with vocalist Brian Johnson of AC/DC, released as a single 1980 and on the album "Back In Black" released July 21, 1980. The Young brothers were born in Glasgow, Scotland, and founded AC/DC in Sydney, Australia, in 1973, influenced by Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. The "Back in Black" album was recorded in April and May of 1980, and would sell over 12 million copies worldwide. Their 25 albums have sold over 85 million copies. The song "Hells Bells" is played at Petco Park in San Diego for Padre pitcher Trevor Hoffman. It was played in Fallujah, Iraq, by Army psychological warfare teams to soften the resistance of Sunni gunmen in the city, a strategy similar to that used in 1989 Panama against Manuel Noriega.
1980 album
I'm a rolling thunder, a pouring rain
I'm comin' on like a hurricane
My lightning's flashing across the sky
You're only young but you're gonna die
I won't take no prisoners, won't spare no lives
Nobody's putting up a fight
I got my bell, I'm gonna take you to hell
I'm gonna get you, Satan get you
Hell's Bells
Yeah, Hell's Bells
You got me ringing Hell's Bells
My temperature's high, Hell's Bells
I'll give you black sensations up and down your spine
If you're into evil you're a friend of mine
See my white light flashing as I split the night
'Cause if good's on the left, then I'm stickin' to the right
I won't take no prisoners, won't spare no lives
Nobody's puttin' up a fight
I got my bell, I'm gonna take you to hell
I'm gonna get you, Satan get you
Hell's Bells
Yeah, Hell's Bells
You got me ringing Hell's Bells
My temperature's high, Hell's Bells
yeow
Hell's Bells, Satan's comin' to you
Hell's Bells, he's ringing them now
Hell's Bells, the temperature's high
Hell's Bells, across the sky
Hell's Bells, they're takin' you down
Hell's Bells, they're draggin' you around
Hell's Bells, gonna split the night
Hell's Bells, there's no way to fight, yeah
Ow, ow, ow, ow
Hell's Bells
"For whom the bell tolls. Who'd have thought 'Trevor Time' would start a majorswide trend?" San Diego Union-Tribune, April 19, 2004 - article
"In Iraq, rock 'n' roll a war tool," AP, Apr 17, 2004 - article
