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The song's narrator, a hitman , invites people experiencing problems to either call his phone number or visit him at his home, at which point he will perform assorted unsavoury and violent acts to resolve said problems. Situations in which he offers assistance include those involving lewd high school headmasters and significant others who are either adulterous or who persistently find fault with their partners. As detailed by the song, the "dirty deeds" performed at low cost include:.
They are also the names of songs that appeared on Australia's T. The song is written in E Dorian. Holidays, Sundays, and Special Rates. Their attorney told the Chicago Tribune that the song's digits were followed by a "hey! This live version was released as a single. A video clip for the single was released containing footage from the Live at Donington home video, as well as other old clips mixed in the video.
This live version was later released on Backtracks. It was released as a single and charted internationally. It is often referred to simply by the sobriquet "D4C". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. This section needs additional citations for verification.
Archived from the original on February 12, Retrieved February 7, Chicago Tribune. Australian Chart Book St Ives , N. ISBN Retrieved Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 October Music Legends. Archived from the original on 7 November Retrieved 6 May The title track would become one of the band's most famous songs. Its narrator invites people experiencing problems to either call him on , an actual phone number in Australia in the s then properly formatted as FM - 36 translated to FM on the rotary dial or keypad , or visit him at his home, at which point he will perform assorted unsavoury acts to resolve said problems.
Situations in which he offers assistance include those involving lewd high school headmasters, and significant others who are either adulterous or who persistently find fault with their partners. One of the cartoon's characters was named Dishonest John, and carried a business card that read, "Dirty deeds done dirt cheap.
Special rates for Sundays and holidays. In , after the album was released in the U. Their attorney told the Chicago Tribune that the song's digits were followed by what to his clients sounded like an "8", thus creating the couple's phone number. Another fan-favorite from the album is " Ride On ". The lyrics concern a man ruminating on the mistakes he has made in a relationship while drinking. Scott jammed the song with Trust at Scorpio Sound Studios in London on 13 February , six days before his death in that city.
A recording of this later surfaced on the Bon Scott Forever Volume 1 bootleg. In concert, Scott would often introduce "Problem Child" as being about Angus. Oh yeah, get your fuckin' jumbo jet off my airport! A modified international edition was released on Atlantic on 17 December , although the label was unhappy with its vocals and production.
According to bassist Mark Evans , band manager Michael Browning told him he assumed Bon Scott would be fired as a result. I managed to claw it back in. Thank God. The tough rock acts only got what little airwave attention they did because they'd built up a fanbase through years on the road. It was a brutally simple catch Americans were said to have trouble understanding Bon, and if the people working with the band couldn't make out the lyrics, how was his voice going to work on the all-important U.
Following the American success of Highway to Hell in late , copies of the album began to appear as imports in the US. Some of these were the original Australian edition on Albert Productions; however, Atlantic also pressed the international version in Australia, and many of these were also exported to the US. Strong demand for both versions in the wake of the even greater success of Back in Black led the US division of Atlantic to finally authorize an official US release in March It went straight to No.
The band was working on a new album, which would ultimately become For Those About to Rock We Salute You , released later that same year; the US release of Dirty Deeds was widely seen as damaging the momentum for that album, which it outsold.
The band was forced to add songs from Dirty Deeds to its setlist on its subsequent tour, also taking the focus away from their new album. At the time, Doug's argument was purely financial. Back in Black had already sold over five million copies. Because of those numbers, Doug told me Dirty Deeds would sell at least 2 million.
God knows how many albums For Those About to Rock would have sold had Doug waited for that to come out. The international release had significant variations from the original album. Rock in Peace " were jettisoned in favor of "Rocker" from the Australian album T. A promo-only single , with " Show Business " as its B-side , was released to radio stations in the US at the time. These appearances included a live performance of the album's title track, as well as a music video for "Jailbreak".
Two songs on the international album were edited from the full-length versions on the original Australian album. The full-length "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" has the title of the song chanted four times, starting at , but on the edited version the chant is heard only twice.
This means they trim off the Chuck Berry licks and title chanting to the end; however, both these full-length versions were restored on the Atco Records remastered CD of the international album. The most recent CD edition by Epic Records goes back to the edited versions, as originally on the and international vinyl editions. The uncut versions of both songs were released on the box set Backtracks. On the original version of "Rocker", included on the Australian T.
Conversely, all international editions of the "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" album have a slightly shorter version where the song fades out at before the cut. Allmusic gives the album five out of five stars and proclaims "it captured the seething malevolence of Bon Scott The subject matter is standard-issue rock rebellion; Scott pauses only once to briefly contemplate the consequences of his night stalking in 'Ride On.
They were later reverted to the shortened versions for the Epic remastered versions of the album with "Big Balls" remaining in its longer version. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the obstacle, see Wipeout game show. International cover, designed by Hipgnosis. ISBN Chicago Tribune. Rolling Stone. Let there be sound! Let there be rock! Classic Rock
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