AC / DC’s “Shot in the Dark” is the best debut...

AC / DC’s # 5 debut is the band’s best in mainstream rock songs, which began in 1981. It goes to “Big Gun” from the Last Action Hero Soundtrack that bowed to number 6 in June 1993. The group last appeared in June 2015 for a week with “Rock the Blues Away” at number 40 on the list.

The band is one of three acts with mainstream rock songs entries in each decade of chart history (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 10s and 20s) joining Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. (Mick Mars has hit the charts every decade, as a guitarist for Motley Crue and featured artist on Cory Marks ‘Outlaws & Outsiders, as has Slash on his solo projects and work with Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver.)

At the same time, “Shot in the Dark” started at number 7 on the rock airplay charts in all-rock format and, according to Nielsen Music / MRC Data, achieved 4.5 million viewer impressions. Most of this audience comes through mainstream rock radio.

The song ascends too Plakatwand‘s streaming, airplay, and sales-based rock charts, though there are only two days of streams and sales for the tracking week ending October 8th. It debuts at numbers 8 and 33 on Hot Hard Rock Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs with 775,000 US streams and 4,000 downloads sold.

“Shot in the Dark” is the first new music from AC / DC since 2014 Skirt or bustwhich debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200. Follow-up LP turn on is due on November 13th.