Heatseeker (song)

"Heatseeker" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The song appeared on their 1989 album Blow Up Your Video as the first track. The song was later on Live. The song was also released as a single in various formats, with "Go Zone" as the main B-side. On reaching No.12 in the UK singles chart in 1989, it became their biggest UK chart hit and remained so for 25 years until Highway to Hell reached No.4 in December 2013.

For the song "Heat Seeker" by Dreamers and Grandson, see Dreamers (band).
"Heatseeker"
Single by AC/DC
from the album Blow Up Your Video
B-side
  • "Go Zone",
  • "Snake Eye" (12" maxi)
Released10 January 1989
RecordedAugust–September 1987
StudioMiraval Studios, Correns, France
GenreHard rock
Length3:50
LabelAlbert, Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
AC/DC singles chronology
"Who Made Who"
(1986)		 "Heatseeker"
(1989)		 "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll"
(1989)
Music video
"Heatseeker" on YouTube

Track listing

All tracks are written by Malcolm Young, Angus Young and Brian Johnson.

No.TitleLength
1."Heatseeker"3:50
2."Go Zone"4:25
12-inch vinyl and 3-inch CD
No.TitleLength
3."Snake Eye"3:15

Music video

In the music video, directed by David Mallet,[1] Angus Young explodes from a life-sized television set. He throws his hat, and it lands on a switch, causing it to flip. A missile is launched, and on the screen is film footage of the Strategic Air Command in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The missile reveals to be a cruise missile, and travels across the world, whereupon it finally crashes into the Opera House in Sydney, during an AC/DC concert. Angus explodes out of the giant missile's warhead and does a guitar solo. At the end, Angus heads back into the missile's nose cone and leaves.

Chart Positions
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[2] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[3] 82
Norway (VG-lista)[4] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 29
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 15
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 12
West Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 26
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[10] 20

Personnel

References
  1. mvdbase.com – AC/DC – "Heatseeker"
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 11. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. "AC/DC – Heatseeker" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. "AC/DC – Heatseeker". VG-lista. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – AC/DC – Heatseeker". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  10. "AC/DC Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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