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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - Live at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 2009

2012Released
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Interesting facts and trivia about Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - Live at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 2009. By Songfacts®.

AC/DC lead guitarist Angus Young got the song title from the 1962 animated cartoon series Beany and Cecil. The Show first aired on ABC Television and only ran for one season until the 26 episodes shown were cast as repeats for the next five years until it was recreated in 1968. The specific inspiration for the song name was the cartoon's main villain, "Dishonest John," who would carry around a business card that said, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Holidays, Sundays, and Special Rates."

This song epitomizes AC/DC's dangerous and mean sound, with Angus Young's heavy guitar and Bon Scott's leering, vocals that would have scared the living daylights out of any unsuspecting teenage Pop fans when this song first hit the airwaves (they did it on a national TV show in Australia called Countdown, which was usually frequented by acts like ABBA and Bucks Fizz).

This was recorded at Alberts Studios in Sydney, Australia in 1976 soon after the sessions that produced the Australian version of their TNT album.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - Live at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 2009.
G♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
140BPM

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