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Heatseeker (song)

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"Heatseeker"
Single by AC/DC
from the album Blow Up Your Video
B-side"Go Zone"
Released4 January 1988
StudioMiraval (Correns, France)
Length3:50
Label
Songwriters
Producers
AC/DC singles chronology
"Who Made Who"
(1986) 		"Heatseeker"
(1988) 		"That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll"
(1988)
Music video
"Heatseeker" on YouTube

"Heatseeker" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The song was included on their 11th studio album, Blow Up Your Video (1988), as the opening track. The song was released as the album's lead single with "Go Zone" as the main B-side. The song reached No. 5 in Australia, No. 2 in Norway, and No. 1 in Finland. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at No. 12 on the UK singles chart, becoming AC/DC's biggest UK chart hit until "Highway to Hell" reached No. 4 in December 2013. The song was later on the band's 1993 Live album.

Music video

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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 and at the end, he heads back into the missile's nose cone and leaves.

Track listing

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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

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian (Australian Music Report)[2] 5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 75
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[4] 38
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 82
Norway (VG-lista)[8] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 29
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 15
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 12
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[13] 20
West Germany (GfK)[14] 26

References

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  1. ^ "mvdbase.com – AC/DC – "Heatseeker"". Archived from the original on 14 January 2006. Retrieved 26 August 2007.
  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. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Image 0962". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  4. ^ "European Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 8. 20 February 1988. p. 18.
  5. ^ "Top 3 in Europe". Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 8. 20 February 1988. p. 20.
  6. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Heat Seeker". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  7. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". VG-lista. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  10. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  11. ^ "AC/DC – Heatseeker". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 23/1/1988 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  13. ^ "AC/DC Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts (West Germany)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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