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Encyclopedia > C.O.D. (song)
C.O.D.
Cover Artwork
Song by AC/DC
from the album For Those About to Rock
Released November 23, 1981
Recorded ???
Genre Hard Rock
Length 3:17
Writer(s) Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson
Composer(s)
Record label Atlantic Records
Producer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
For Those About to Rock Track Listing
Evil Walks
(6)
C.O.D.
(7)
Breaking the Rules
(8)
For other uses, see COD.

C.O.D. is a song by AC/DC. The song appears as track number 7 on one of their albums, For Those About to Rock We Salute You. Image File history File links For_Those_About_to_Rock_We_Salute_You. ... AC/DC is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. ... For Those About to Rock is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1981. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music which finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Angus McKinnon Young (born March 31, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a rock guitarist who has been the lead guitarist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC since the group was formed in 1973. ... Malcolm Mitchell Young (born January 6, 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a founding member of, and rhythm guitarist for, the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. // Biography Before AC/DC Malcolm Young began playing the guitar while he was still in school. ... Brian Johnson For the American football player, see Bryan Johnson. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Robert John Mutt Lange (born November 16, 1948, Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), is a record producer of popular music. ... For Those About to Rock is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1981. ... Breaking the Rules is a song by rock band AC/DC. This song is found on their 1981 album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You. ... Species Gadus morhua Gadus macrocephalus Gadus ogahvgfgvbc Cod surfacing This article is about codfish; for other meanings, see COD. Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fish, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes. ... AC/DC is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. ... For Those About to Rock is a hard rock album by Australian band AC/DC, released in 1981. ...


The three-letter acronym "C.O.D." in the song stands for "Care of the Devil." The song also talks about other definitions of the same acronym: "Call of a Dog", "Cream of a Dream", "Call of a doctor", "Crime of the Day" and "Cash on demand". The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity, who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog is a mammal in the order Carnivora. ... Cash usually refers to money in the form of currency, such as bills or coins. ...


Personnel

Brian Johnson For the American football player, see Bryan Johnson. ... Angus McKinnon Young (born March 31, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a rock guitarist who has been the lead guitarist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC since the group was formed in 1973. ... Malcolm Mitchell Young (born January 6, 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a founding member of, and rhythm guitarist for, the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. // Biography Before AC/DC Malcolm Young began playing the guitar while he was still in school. ... Cliff Williams, bassist for AC/DC. Cliff Williams was born on December 14, 1949 in Romford Essex, England. ... Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd (born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis on May 19, 1954 in Melbourne, Australia) played drums in the rock band AC/DC from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 until the present. ...

External links

  • C.O.D. Lyrics at AC/DC Central


 
 

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