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The latest episode in AC/DC's series on the making of its biggest-selling album, "Back in Black," focuses on how the band wrote the album's opening track "Hells Bells." "The Story of Back in Black" debuted last week with rare clips of band members Brian Johnson, Malcolm Young and Angus Young discussing the genesis of "You Shook Me All Night Long." Episode 2 opens with Johnson looking back on how the band came up with the first line of the song's lyrics. The frontman recalled a break from one session in which he watched a storm roll in over their recording studio in the Bahamas. "It just started thunderin' right that minute. No lie, it went bah-boom!" Johnson recalled. "And he went, 'Oh, rolling thunder.' And it started rainin' and I went, 'Pourin' rain.' And he went, 'There you go!'" As far as the song's iconic intro, Johnson said Malcolm and Angus wanted something symbolic to reference the new era as a band, following the death of Bon Scott.
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