AC/DC — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 181 songs across 18 albums by AC/DC. They use 2,652 unique words out of 18,699 (lexical richness MATTR 0.58), with an average of 103 content words per song. Emotional tone: 64% of songs positive, 1% neutral, 36% negative.
Most used words by AC/DC
- rock (467)
- come (288)
- roll (276)
- want (201)
- back (171)
- make (170)
- love (161)
- night (152)
- man (147)
- way (144)
- take (136)
- give (128)
- know (125)
- shake (122)
- fire (115)
- ready (109)
- around (108)
- baby (105)
- said (100)
- time (100)
Signature phrases
- “shake brain shake” (34)
- “brain shake brain” (33)
- “man boogie man” (32)
- “boogie man boogie” (32)
- “night long” (32)
- “givin dog bone” (31)
- “back hold back” (28)
- “hold back hold” (28)
- “bone givin dog” (28)
- “dog bone givin” (28)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (39)
- red (30)
- pink (13)
- blue (13)
- gold (7)
- grey (4)
- white (3)
- green (3)
Albums analyzed
- High Voltage (1975)
- T.N.T. (1975)
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
- Let There Be Rock (1977)
- Powerage (1978)
- Highway to Hell (1979)
- Back in Black (1980)
- For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (1981)
- Flick of the Switch (1983)
- Fly on the Wall (1985)
- Blow Up Your Video (1988)
- The Razors Edge (1990)
- Ballbreaker (1995)
- Stiff Upper Lip (2000)
- Black Ice (2008)
- Rock or Bust (2014)
- Power Up (2020)
- Thunder Box (2026)