Studio Album · No. 7
Back in Black Songwriting Credits by AC/DC
Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Holds writing credit on 10 of 10 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 10 / 10 documented
Scored across the 10 tracks with documented writers, by whether AC/DC carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 10 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
The album that replaced a dead singer and became the biggest record in hard rock, and the credits show how it was done: Brian Johnson joins Angus and Malcolm Young on every track, taking the seat Bon Scott held, so the three-way writing arrangement survives the loss of one of the three. Mutt Lange produces for the second time. Nothing structural changed except who was singing.
Back in Black is AC/DC's seventh studio album, released on 25 July 1980, five months after Bon Scott's death and the first with Brian Johnson singing. Ten tracks produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. It reached number 1 in the UK, Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland and number 4 in the US, and is one of the best-selling albums ever released.