# The 1975 B-side that accidentally saved AC/DC: “Scored a hit”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1975-b-side-that-accidentally-saved-ac-dc-scored-a-hit/
- Published: 2026-07-20T15:58:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-30T07:15:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1975-b-side-that-accidentally-saved-ac-dcs-career/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- DJs made ‘Baby, Please Don’t Go’ AC/DC’s early hit.
- The intended single was an uncharacteristic love ballad.
- The B-side reinforced AC/DC’s hard-rock direction.

## Summary

AC/DC’s early breakthrough came from an unintended source: radio stations chose to play the B-side of a single rather than the ballad the band’s label hoped would attract airplay. The decision helped establish the group’s harder blues-rock identity at a financially precarious point in its early career, rather than pushing it towards a softer commercial sound.

In 1975, the band released ‘Love Song’ from its Australian debut album, High Voltage, despite Angus Young’s later dislike of the track and its departure from AC/DC’s usual style. DJs familiar with the band’s live performances instead played its cover of the blues standard ‘Baby, Please Don’t Go’, which became a hit; Young described this as the single’s “saving grace”. The article places the episode before AC/DC became a major commercial force, eventually selling more than 200 million records.

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