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Highway to Hull: Great Songs That Never Were 🛣️

Highway to Hell is a famous 1979 song by generic rock band AC/DC. The song is famous for being about highways, Hell, and hedonistic rock and roll lifestyles. It is an okay song.

But did you know there was a 1980 single called Highway to Hull? It’s about the debauched, depraved lifestyles of those whom are heading to the port city of Hull in East Riding of Yorkshire. Truly, it is a modern day masterpiece.

Satan and Northern England in Highway to Hull

Hull, arguably one of the UK’s most underrated cities, which is way it the song was written by Hull-based thrash metal band ABCD. Look at these incredible lyrics:

No stop signs, speed limit,
Nobody’s gonna slow me down,
Like a wheel, gonna spin it,
Nobody’s gonna mess me around,
Hey, Satan, payin’ my dues,
Playin’ in a rockin’ band,
Hey, mama, look at me,
I’m on the way to the promised land, woah,

I’m on the highway to Hull,
Highway to Hull,
I’m on the highway to Hull,
Highway to Hull.

Some contemporary critics noted the lyrics were exactly the same as AC/DC’s song (Highway to Hell), apart from the change of the location (from the place of punishment in the afterlife, to the sleepy city of Hull in Northern England).

However, the band ABCD rejected such a claim.

Pale and malnourished English people lapped the song up, storming it into the UK charts into 25th, before peaking at 23rd, then back to 25th, then up to 24th the following week, back up to 23rd the week after that, then it plummeted out of the charts for good.

It was to be ABCD’s biggest ever UK hit, although the song did storm to No. 1 in the charts over in Barbados (for unknown reasons to this day). As of August 2026, the band live off royalties the song makes, which is enough to afford them all a lifestyle of cheap cigarettes, low-quality lager, and a single bedroom apartment with mould on a wall in Hull.

The Infamous ABCD Live Stubbed Toe and Satan Incident

Notoriously, in a September 1980 performance of the song Highway to Hull, backing vocalist and bassist John Smith stubbed his toe. It hurt so much he began a barrage of obscene swearing, including the f bomb amongst others, but also uttered the word “hell”.

This immediately triggered Satan to directly contact AC/DC and issue a complaint of plagiarism of their song.

Armed with Satan Himself as a legal guardian and demonic defence lawyer, the Australian rock band came down like a tonne of bricks on ABCD, Hull, and its various highways. Many in the region were raised in the subsequent carnage.

Indeed, to this day there’s no direct motorway into the city limits of Kingston upon Hull.

Instead, the city endures merely one primary strategic trunk highway (the A63). This acts as the location’s only lifeline connecting it to the UK’s national motorway network.

This devious act was named the 135th most demonic thing Satan has ever done in the history of time.

Highway to Hull: Great Songs That Never Were 🛣️

Highway to Hell is a famous 1979 song by generic rock band AC/DC. The song is famous for being about highways, Hell, and hedonistic rock and roll lifestyles. It is an okay song.

But did you know there was a 1980 single called Highway to Hull? It’s about the debauched, depraved lifestyles of those whom are heading to the port city of Hull in East Riding of Yorkshire. Truly, it is a modern day masterpiece.

Satan and Northern England in Highway to Hull

Hull, arguably one of the UK’s most underrated cities, which is way it the song was written by Hull-based thrash metal band ABCD. Look at these incredible lyrics:

No stop signs, speed limit,
Nobody’s gonna slow me down,
Like a wheel, gonna spin it,
Nobody’s gonna mess me around,
Hey, Satan, payin’ my dues,
Playin’ in a rockin’ band,
Hey, mama, look at me,
I’m on the way to the promised land, woah,

I’m on the highway to Hull,
Highway to Hull,
I’m on the highway to Hull,
Highway to Hull.

Some contemporary critics noted the lyrics were exactly the same as AC/DC’s song (Highway to Hell), apart from the change of the location (from the place of punishment in the afterlife, to the sleepy city of Hull in Northern England).

However, the band ABCD rejected such a claim.

Pale and malnourished English people lapped the song up, storming it into the UK charts into 25th, before peaking at 23rd, then back to 25th, then up to 24th the following week, back up to 23rd the week after that, then it plummeted out of the charts for good.

It was to be ABCD’s biggest ever UK hit, although the song did storm to No. 1 in the charts over in Barbados (for unknown reasons to this day). As of August 2026, the band live off royalties the song makes, which is enough to afford them all a lifestyle of cheap cigarettes, low-quality lager, and a single bedroom apartment with mould on a wall in Hull.

The Infamous ABCD Live Stubbed Toe and Satan Incident

Notoriously, in a September 1980 performance of the song Highway to Hull, backing vocalist and bassist John Smith stubbed his toe. It hurt so much he began a barrage of obscene swearing, including the f bomb amongst others, but also uttered the word “hell”.

This immediately triggered Satan to directly contact AC/DC and issue a complaint of plagiarism of their song.

Armed with Satan Himself as a legal guardian and demonic defence lawyer, the Australian rock band came down like a tonne of bricks on ABCD, Hull, and its various highways. Many in the region were raised in the subsequent carnage.

Indeed, to this day there’s no direct motorway into the city limits of Kingston upon Hull.

Instead, the city endures merely one primary strategic trunk highway (the A63). This acts as the location’s only lifeline connecting it to the UK’s national motorway network.

This devious act was named the 135th most demonic thing Satan has ever done in the history of time.

Livin' or lovin', what do you think?

https://song.link/y/l482T0yNkeo

#TuneTuesday #MistakenLyrics #ACDC #HighwayToHell

Livin' or lovin', what do you think?

https://song.link/y/l482T0yNkeo

#TuneTuesday #MistakenLyrics #ACDC #HighwayToHell

Highway to Hell

#ACDC #HighwayToHell #bluesrock #hardrock #70srock #angusyoung #bonscott #malcolmyoung #muttlange #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #classicrock Released on July 27, 1979 ~ It's the last album with Bon Scott out front -- he would pass 6 months later. Prior to this, AC/DC had worked with producers Vanda and Young. They'd made a name for themselves all over the world but their label -- Atlantic Records -- felt the only the way they'd make it…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/07/27/highway-to-hell/

Highway to Hell

#ACDC #HighwayToHell #bluesrock #hardrock #70srock #angusyoung #bonscott #malcolmyoung #muttlange #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #classicrock Released on July 27, 1979 ~ It's the last album with Bon Scott out front -- he would pass 6 months later. Prior to this, AC/DC had worked with producers Vanda and Young. They'd made a name for themselves all over the world but their label -- Atlantic Records -- felt the only the way they'd make it…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/07/27/highway-to-hell/

It’s break time; this particular tune was my introduction to AC/DC in late 1979. On a Top 40 radio station in Wausau, Wisconsin of all places.
#MusicOfMastodon
#70sRock
#HighwayToHell

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GjCWmUt62YE&ra=m

It’s break time; this particular tune was my introduction to AC/DC in late 1979. On a Top 40 radio station in Wausau, Wisconsin of all places.
#MusicOfMastodon
#70sRock
#HighwayToHell

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GjCWmUt62YE&ra=m

Don’t know who pissed in Bon Scott’s Wheaties back in the day but it prompted a political statement that kinda fits in today’s clusterfuck worldwide. And gave me another AC/DC tune to play at my first radio station gig. 😉
#MusicOfMastodon
#70sAlbumRock
#HighwayToHell

It's animal
Livin' in the human zoo
Animal
The shit that they toss to you
Feelin' like a christian
Locked in a cage
Thrown to the lions
On the second page

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFCPrHmLo2c&ra=m

Don’t know who pissed in Bon Scott’s Wheaties back in the day but it prompted a political statement that kinda fits in today’s clusterfuck worldwide. And gave me another AC/DC tune to play at my first radio station gig. 😉
#MusicOfMastodon
#70sAlbumRock
#HighwayToHell

It's animal
Livin' in the human zoo
Animal
The shit that they toss to you
Feelin' like a christian
Locked in a cage
Thrown to the lions
On the second page

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFCPrHmLo2c&ra=m

🎶 "My friends are gonna be there too!"🎵 😈

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d2ld91635o

#Bus666 #HighwayToHell

🎶 "My friends are gonna be there too!"🎵 😈

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d2ld91635o

#Bus666 #HighwayToHell

✨AC/DC✨Highway to Hell

“Highway to Hell” no es una canción.
Es entrar al caos sonriendo.

🎶🎵🎶🎵

#acdc #highwaytohell #rock #musica #rockclasico #nowplaying #buenamusica #rockandroll

Scopri il testo della canzone “Highway To Hell” di AC/DC
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AC/DC•Highway to Hell

A veces el camino correcto no es el más cómodo, pero es el mío.
Sin frenos, sin culpas y con la música a todo trapo.
Si mi paz mental te molesta, ponte cascos.

🎵🎶🎵🎶

#acdc #highwaytohell #rockactitud #libertad #sinculpas #pazmental #buenamusica #actitud #viviendo

AC/DC•Highway to Hell

A veces el camino correcto no es el más cómodo, pero es el mío.
Sin frenos, sin culpas y con la música a todo trapo.
Si mi paz mental te molesta, ponte cascos.

🎵🎶🎵🎶

#acdc #highwaytohell #rockactitud #libertad #sinculpas #pazmental #buenamusica #actitud #viviendo

Check out the lyrics for the song “Highway To Hell” by AC/DC
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Guarda il testo della canzone “Highway To Hell” di AC/DC
#AcDc #HighwayToHell
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Check out the lyrics for the song “Highway To Hell” by AC/DC
#AcDc #HighwayToHell
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Entdecken Sie den Text des Liedes “Highway To Hell” von AC/DC
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Kinda feelin the tuneage at the moment.
#MusicOfMastodon
#70sAlbumRock
#HighwayToHell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFCPrHmLo2c

Kinda feelin the tuneage at the moment.
#MusicOfMastodon
#70sAlbumRock
#HighwayToHell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFCPrHmLo2c

Lyrics for the song “Highway To Hell” by AC/DC
#AcDc #HighwayToHell
https://daletra.com/ac-dc/lyrics/highway-to-hell.html

Scopri il testo della canzone “Highway To Hell” di AC/DC
#AcDc #HighwayToHell
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Scopri il testo della canzone “Highway To Hell” di AC/DC
#AcDc #HighwayToHell
https://daletra.online/ac-dc/testi/highway-to-hell.html

LP-Radiowerbung (Frühjahr 1980) trifft Plattenschrank:
Disco Power (Arcade)

#compilation #sampler #arcade #discopower #onbroadway #goombaydanceband #earthandfire #weekend #sugarhillgang #matchbox #saragossaband #secretservice #peterkent #ACDC #highwaytohell #boneym #michaeljackson #drhook #80er #80smusic #altewerbung #radiowerbung #radio #radioads #flashback #throwback #retro #vinyl

LP-Radiowerbung (Frühjahr 1980) trifft Plattenschrank:
Disco Power (Arcade)

#compilation #sampler #arcade #discopower #onbroadway #goombaydanceband #earthandfire #weekend #sugarhillgang #matchbox #saragossaband #secretservice #peterkent #ACDC #highwaytohell #boneym #michaeljackson #drhook #80er #80smusic #altewerbung #radiowerbung #radio #radioads #flashback #throwback #retro #vinyl

Ver la letra de la canción “Highway To Hell” de AC/DC
#AcDc #HighwayToHell
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Letra de la canción “Highway To Hell” de AC/DC
#AcDc #HighwayToHell
https://daletra.net/ac-dc/letras/highway-to-hell.html

Kann bitte jemand lustige Schilder-Ideen für das #Loch im Boden in #Saal1 realisieren?

#39c3 #highwaytohell

@c3himmel @c3sign

Kann bitte jemand lustige Schilder-Ideen für das #Loch im Boden in #Saal1 realisieren?

#39c3 #highwaytohell

@c3himmel @c3sign

Kann bitte jemand lustige Schilder-Ideen für das #Loch im Boden in #Saal1 realisieren?

#39c3 #highwaytohell

Guarda il testo della canzone “Highway To Hell” di AC/DC
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Need something I can edit to.
#MusicOfMastodon
#70sRock
#HighwayToHell

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q6g_ggnZwx0

Need something I can edit to.
#MusicOfMastodon
#70sRock
#HighwayToHell

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q6g_ggnZwx0

Peter Thiel als durchgeknallter Philosoph und klassisch platonischer Puppet-Master

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTr0fXQ5c4

#Weltstaat #GlobaleEliten #Weltherrschaft #Weltverschwörung #Aristokratie #Autoritarismus #Liberalismus #Palantir #ElonMusk #Musk #Thiel #PeterThiel #Elites #Influence #Philosophy #Philosopher #Theory #Armaggedon #AntiChrist #USA #Politics #LeoStrauss #Rich #Privilege #Privileged #Hell #HighwayToHell #Mankind #WorldState #Hierarchy #Authoritarian #Dictator #Tyrant #Democracy #Demokratie

Sehen Sie den Text des Liedes “Highway To Hell” von AC/DC
#AcDc #HighwayToHell
https://daletra.top/ac-dc/liedtexte/highway-to-hell.html

"Highway to Hell" is a song by Australian #rock band #ACDC. It is the opening track of their album #HighwayToHell (1979), initially released as a single on July 27, 1979, the same day the album was released. The song was written by #AngusYoung, #MalcolmYoung and #BonScott, with Angus Young credited for writing the guitar riff. AC/DC had made several studio albums before and were constantly promoting them via a grueling tour schedule.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMuDrj5BpM0

"Highway to Hell" is a song by Australian #rock band #ACDC. It is the opening track of their album #HighwayToHell (1979), initially released as a single on July 27, 1979, the same day the album was released. The song was written by #AngusYoung, #MalcolmYoung and #BonScott, with Angus Young credited for writing the guitar riff. AC/DC had made several studio albums before and were constantly promoting them via a grueling tour schedule.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMuDrj5BpM0

Text des Liedes “Highway To Hell” von AC/DC
#AcDc #HighwayToHell
https://daletra.top/ac-dc/liedtexte/highway-to-hell.html

Check out the lyrics for the song “Highway To Hell” by AC/DC
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https://daletra.com/ac-dc/lyrics/highway-to-hell.html

What, no! Another live music venue in #Perth disappearing. And such a culturally significant pub too, being at one end of Acca Dacca's Highway to hell.

Last drinks at the Leo: Leopold Hotel to close after 116 years

https://perthisok.com/news/last-drinks-at-the-leo-leopold-hotel-to-close-after-116-years

#PerthisOK #LiveMusic #acdc #HighwayToHell #LeopoldHotel

What, no! Another live music venue in #Perth disappearing. And such a culturally significant pub too, being at one end of Acca Dacca's Highway to hell.

Last drinks at the Leo: Leopold Hotel to close after 116 years

https://perthisok.com/news/last-drinks-at-the-leo-leopold-hotel-to-close-after-116-years

#PerthisOK #LiveMusic #acdc #HighwayToHell #LeopoldHotel

"Highway to Hell" is a song by Australian #rock band #ACDC. It is the opening track of their 1979 album #HighwayToHell, initially released as a single on 27 July 1979, the same day the album was released. The song was written by #AngusYoung, #MalcolmYoung and #BonScott, with Angus Young credited for writing the guitar riff. AC/DC had made several studio albums before and were constantly promoting them via a grueling tour schedule.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T0yNkeo

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mKEUjwC9aDA

#music #musica #musique #musik

#DuaLipa. #HighwayToHell

#PalestineSolidarityRadio 🇵🇸 #tootradio #mastoradio #pouetradio #WeAreTheRadio

@tagesschau Und jetzt singen wir alle gemeinsam:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T0yNkeo

#HighwayToHell #BlackRot #TödlicheIgnoranz #KlimakatastropheIstJetzt #StopFossilFuels

"Highway to Hell" is a song by Australian #rock band #ACDC. It is the opening track of their 1979 album #HighwayToHell, initially released as a single on 27 July 1979, the same day the album was released. The song was written by #AngusYoung, #MalcolmYoung and #BonScott, with Angus Young credited for writing the guitar riff. AC/DC had made several studio albums before and were constantly promoting them via a grueling tour schedule.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjAMHH3vysA

I’m just feelin ornery, Kristi Noem, ya little twat and “Donold” tRump, ya fuckin dictator wannabe.
#MusicOfMastodon
#ClassicRock
#HighwayToHell
It's animal
Livin' in the human zoo
Animal
The shit that they toss to you
Feelin' like a christian
Locked in a cage
Thrown to the lions
On the second page

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFCPrHmLo2c

Por si nos cruzamos por ahí

#HighwayToHell #XSR700 #Motorcycles #Kilt #DGR2024 #DGR2025