"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" is the debut single by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, issued on 22 July 1974. On 26 August 1974, the song peaked at number 50 in Australia. This version has lead vocals performed by Dave Evans prior to his being replaced by Bon Scott, as well as drums by ex-Masters Apprentices member Colin Burgess, and bass guitar by ex-The Easybeats member George Young (older brother of band cofounders Malcolm Young & Angus Young; co-producer). Originally, AC/DC's first bassist, Larry Van Kriedt, played the bass parts, but George recorded his own over them later.[3] In 1975, after Scott joined, the group re-arranged and re-recorded the song as the seventh track on their Australia-only album T.N.T., released in December 1975, and as the sixth track on the international version of High Voltage, released in May 1976. The title of this version of the song removed the comma, becoming "Can I Sit Next To You Girl".[4]
Written by Malcolm and Angus Young, it was AC/DC's first original song. The Evans version was released as a single in Australia,[5] and the band performed the song with Evans on the TV show Countdown. The musical arrangement of Evans' version is different from Scott's and it has never been officially released outside Australia (though it is now widely available on the internet, on sites like YouTube.)
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The song's performance on The Last Picture Show was made into a music video, released only in Australia in 1974. Peter Clack (drums) and Rob Bailey (bass) appeared in the video, even though they were not featured on the recording. While Angus sports his soon-to-be-iconic schoolboy uniform in the video, the rest of the band present a Glam rock visual image with satins and brightly coloured costumes more reminiscent of T. Rex (band) than of later heavy rock imagery.[6]
^. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
^"Can I Sit Next to You Girl (7')". Spirit of Metal webzine. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
^ abEngleheart, Murray; Durieux, Arnaud (2006). AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll. Harper Collins. pp. 46, 54, & 60.
^Saulnier, Jason (3 January 2013). "Dave Evans Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^Malcolm Dome and Jerry Ewing, AC/DC – The Encyclopaedia
^The 1974 video of Can I Sit Next To You complete with Glam rock costumes
^Saulnier, Jason (30 September 2011). . Music Legends. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 11. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
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Music Legends Interview with Dave Evans
April 12, 2024
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