The Jack

"The Jack"
Song by AC/DC from the album T.N.T.
Released December 1975
Recorded July 1975
Genre Blues Rock
Length 5:53
Label Albert Productions
Writer(s) Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott
Producer(s) Harry Vanda, George Young
T.N.T. track listing

"Rock 'n' Roll Singer"
(2)		 "The Jack"
(3)		 "Live Wire"
(4)
"The Jack"
Song by AC/DC from the album High Voltage
Released May 1976
High Voltage track listing

"Rock 'n' Roll Singer"
(2)		 "The Jack"
(3)		 "Live Wire"
(4)

"The Jack" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the third track of their Australian album T.N.T, released in December 1975, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. It is also the third track on the international version of High Voltage, released in May 1976.

Live recordings

"The Jack" has been included on all of the band's official live albums: If You Want Blood You've Got It (sung by Bon Scott, 1978), Live and its 2 CD Collector's Edition (sung by Scott's replacement Brian Johnson, 1992), Live from the Atlantic Studios (Scott, 1977), and Let There Be Rock: The Movie (Scott, 1979), with the last two being released in 1997 as part of the Bonfire box set. ("Whole Lotta Rosie" is the only other AC/DC song to appear on all five.)

The live recordings of "The Jack" have very different lyrics than the original LP versions. Whereas the studio version of the song uses poker metaphors as sexual innuendo, the live version tells the story in a literal manner.

Personnel

Production

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