
Back In Black
AC/DC
- Key
- E major
- Camelot
- 12B
- BPM
- 93.0
Key confidence medium · relative C# minor (12A) · BPM confidence high · double-time 186.0 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12
The tempo changes across the track. The BPM above is the strongest single reading.
The recording is tuned near 434 Hz, not A440.
The full sheet: this record in Dig. Same engine, your files: drop a crate in the analyzer.
As of 2026-10-28, "Back In Black" by AC/DC has charted in 41 markets across 4 platforms, peaking at #1 (EG) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads E major (12B).
- Markets
- 41
- First seen
- 2026-07-20
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-28
- Peak
- #1 eg
Started in 1 market, now in 41.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
AC/DC's ongoing Power Up world tour, which continued through 2025 with stadium dates such as Nashville's Nissan Stadium, keeps driving catalog streaming and sales that return "Back in Black" to Billboard's Hard Rock genre charts. [1] The song has repeatedly reappeared on Billboard's Hard Rock Streaming Songs and Hard Rock Digital Song Sales charts through 2025 without any new release, reflecting its status as a recurring catalog staple rather than a fresh hit. [2] As of a November 2025 chart report, the parent album Back in Black was still charting on Billboard's Top Hard Rock Albums list alongside other AC/DC catalog tracks like "Highway to Hell" and "Thunderstruck." [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Remixed by AC/DC, Back in Black (Dirty Dub Hole)source
- Remixed by AC/DC, Back in Black (Powerpack vocal mix)source
- Covered Anastaciasource
- Written by Angus Youngsource
- Sampled by Boogie Down Productions, Dope Beatsource
- Written by Brian Johnsonsource
- Covered Brian Johnson, Lars Ulrich & Foo Fighterssource
- Covered Brocket 99source
- Sampled by Depeche Mode, Sweetest Perfection (Fettdog “Sweetest Imperfection” mashup)source
- Sampled by duuzu, Since I’m Australiansource
- Covered Hayseed Dixiesource
- Covered Hell’s Bellessource
- Covered Living Coloursource
- Written by Malcolm Youngsource
- Sampled by Malice feat. Ryval, I'm Sosource
- Covered Pigface vs. Sheep on Drugssource
- Sampled by Raoul Juke & Fred Gruge, Ace of Spades (Raoul Juke and Fred Gruge remix)source
- Covered Red Hot Chili Pepperssource
- Covered Refusedsource
- Covered Skrewdriversource
- Sampled by The Evolution Control Committee, Rocked by Rapesource
- Covered The Reclinerssource
- Covered Warlock Pincherssource
- Sampled by 中山美穂, Mellowsource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Ukraineua · deezer#65#28#65
- Paraguaypy · deezer#99#99—
- Israelil · deezer#67#44#67
- Boliviabo · deezer#45#25#45
- Hondurashn · deezer#32#32#32
- Philippinesph · deezer#15#15#15
- Perupe · deezer#89#31#89
- Venezuelave · deezer#50#13#50
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#98#31#98
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 1 city · best #35 oklahoma city
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- AUAP08000046
- Slug
- ac-dc__back-in-black
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify
The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.
Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
What moved this week, and why.
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