1977Released
5:33

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Interesting facts and trivia about Whole Lotta Rosie. By Songfacts®.

This song is about a very large woman lead singer Bon Scott had relations with early in the band's career. In a 1976 interview with the band for Sounds magazine, their guitarist Malcolm Young prodded Scott to tell the story about "the fat one." Scott explained that backstage at a show in Australia, a rotund woman they called "Big Bertha" came forward when he asked, "Who wants it?" Too frightened to refuse, he did the deed with Bertha, who then called to her friend, "that's the 37th this month," and produced a black book where she recorded her conquests. Scott turned the incident into a song, this time naming the woman "Rosie."

In their early days, the band shared a house in Australia where lots of unsavory incidents occurred. This gave them material for songs like this one and "The Jack." Bon Scott had great affection for the full-size girls, and occasionally put his conquests in his songs. Another song on the album, "Go Down," mentions Ruby Lips, who is another real person. This is confirmed in the Let There Be Rock liner notes.

The music is based on the Chuck Berry song "No Money Down."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Whole Lotta Rosie.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
159BPM

Album

The album Whole Lotta Rosie is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Whole Lotta Rosie.
Columbia
(P) 1977 Australian Music Corporation Pty Ltd.

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