AC/DC "Who Made Who (Vinyl, UK, Atlantic Records, 781 650-1)"

Who Made Who is a soundtrack album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. Released on 26 May 1986, the album is the soundtrack to the Stephen King film Maximum Overdrive. The album was re-released in 2003 as part of the AC/DC Remasters series.

Three tracks on the album – "Who Made Who" and the instrumentals "D.T." and "Chase the Ace" – were newly written and recorded by AC/DC for the album. The remaining tracks were previously released by the band. Only one song, "Ride On", features previous lead vocalist Bon Scott, who died in 1980. All others feature his replacement, Brian Johnson.

Along with the album, the band released a 24-minute videotape, which contained music videos for the songs "Who Made Who", "You Shook Me All Night Long", "Shake Your Foundations" (remixed), "Hells Bells", and footage from a live performance of "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)", which was filmed in Detroit in 1983.

The video for the title track, directed by David Mallet, was recorded at the Brixton Academy in London and features a theme of countless clones of AC/DC guitarist Angus Young. According to the book AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll, these clones consisted of hundreds of fans who came from all over the UK, many of whom slept in the freezing cold in front of Brixton Academy for the opportunity to take part. This group was made up of approximately 300 members of the band's British fan club as well as others who had simply heard about the event on the radio.

The song "Who Made Who" was written for the Stephen King movie Maximum Overdrive, whose theme was machines that came alive and began killing people. The lyrics explore the idea of the gadgets and devices created by mankind coming to rule over human beings instead of the other way around, the irony where humans become subservient to the technology they created.

Though the film it was created for was derided by critics and financially flopped, the song "Who Made Who" became the band's most successful single in years, reaching No. 16 in the UK and No. 33 in the US. It was also voted second best track of 1986 by the readers of Hit Parader magazine. Following this, a re-issue of "You Shook Me All Night Long" was released from the album, peaking at #46 in the UK. The album has sold five million copies in the US. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic calls the album "a ripping AC/DC retrospective" and applauds the band "rescuing songs like 'Sink the Pink' from otherwise mediocre albums."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Who Made Who"    3:27
2. "You Shook Me All Night Long" (from Back in Black) 3:30
3. "D.T." (instrumental)   2:53
4. "Sink the Pink" (from Fly on the Wall)  4:13
5. "Ride On" (from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap)  5:51
6. Side two
7. "Hells Bells" (from Back in Black) 5:12
8. "Shake Your Foundations" (remix; original version from Fly on the Wall)  3:53
9. "Chase the Ace" (instrumental)  3:01
10. "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" (from For Those About to Rock We Salute You)   5:53

All songs published by (G.B. only)

J. Albert & Son (UK) Ltd. Albert Productions

This compilation ℗ 1986 Leidseplein B. V.

© 1986 WEA Records Ltd.

Made in Germany

Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH Alsdorf

'Who Made Who' is the official soundtrack from the Stephen King film 'Maximum Overdrive.'