It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)

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single song

"It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" is a classic hard rock anthem by AC/DC, famed for its bagpipe riff and depiction of the struggles of life in a rock band.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) canonical 2
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll) 2
It's a Long Way to the Top 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist AC/DC ⓘ
associatedWith AC/DC live performances ⓘ
touring rock bands ⓘ
bagpipePlayer Bon Scott ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
depicts music industry challenges ⓘ
touring hardships ⓘ
describes struggles of life in a rock band ⓘ
famousFor being one of AC/DC's signature songs ⓘ
depiction of rock band life ⓘ
its bagpipe riff ⓘ
genre hard rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasChorusLyric "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll" ⓘ
hasCulturalRole rock anthem ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bagpipes ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
hasNotableFeature anthemic chorus ⓘ
use of bagpipes in a rock arrangement ⓘ
hasPart bagpipe riff ⓘ
hasTitle It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) self-link ⓘ
influenced later rock songs about touring life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricSubject endurance and resilience ⓘ
life on the road ⓘ
struggle for success in music ⓘ
musicalStyle riff-driven rock ⓘ
notableFor combining rock and traditional Scottish-style instrumentation ⓘ
originalBandLineupIncludes Angus Young ⓘ
Bon Scott ⓘ
Malcolm Young ⓘ
Mark Evans ⓘ
Phil Rudd ⓘ
performer AC/DC ⓘ
recordingArtist Angus Young ⓘ
Bon Scott ⓘ
Malcolm Young ⓘ
Mark Evans ⓘ
Phil Rudd ⓘ
shortTitle It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: It's a Long Way to the Top
theme perseverance in rock music career ⓘ
sacrifice and hardship ⓘ
vocalist Bon Scott ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AC/DC → hasSignatureSong → It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) ⓘ
Bon Scott → notableSongAsLyricist → It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) ⓘ
this entity surface form: It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)
T.N.T. → includesSong → It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) ⓘ
subject surface form: T.N.T. (album)
this entity surface form: It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)
It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) → hasTitle → It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) self-link ⓘ
It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) → shortTitle → It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: It's a Long Way to the Top