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"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" is the debut single by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, issued on 22 July 1974. On 26 August 1974, the song peaked at number 50 in Australia. This version has lead vocals performed by Dave Evans prior to his being replaced by Bon Scott, as well as drums by ex-Masters Apprentices member Colin Burgess, and bass guitar by ex-The Easybeats member George Young (older brother of band cofounders Malcolm Young & Angus Young; co-producer). Originally, AC/DC's first bassist, Larry Van Kriedt, played the bass parts, but George recorded his own over them later.[3] In 1975, after Scott joined, the group re-arranged and re-recorded the song as the seventh track on their Australia-only album T.N.T., released in December 1975, and as the sixth track on the international version of High Voltage, released in May 1976. The title of this version of the song removed the comma, becoming "Can I Sit Next To You Girl".[4]

"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl"
Single by AC/DC
B-side	"Rockin' in the Parlour"
Released	22 July 1974 (1974-07-22)
Recorded	January – February 1974[1]
Studio	EMI (Sydney)
Genre	Hard rock[2] glam rock
Length	3:05
Label	Albert
Songwriter(s)	Malcolm Young Angus Young
Producer(s)	Harry Vanda George Young
AC/DC singles chronology
"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" (1974) "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1975)

Recordings

Written by Malcolm and Angus Young, it was AC/DC's first original song. The Evans version was released as a single in Australia,[5] and the band performed the song with Evans on the TV show Countdown. The musical arrangement of Evans' version is different from Scott's and it has never been officially released outside Australia (though it is now widely available on the internet, on sites like YouTube.)

Video

The song's performance on The Last Picture Show was made into a music video, released only in Australia in 1974. Peter Clack (drums) and Rob Bailey (bass) appeared in the video, even though they were not featured on the recording. While Angus sports his soon-to-be-iconic schoolboy uniform in the video, the rest of the band present a Glam rock visual image with satins and brightly coloured costumes more reminiscent of T-Rex than of later heavy rock imagery.[6]

Personnel

"Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" (1974)

• Dave Evans – lead vocals
• Angus Young – guitar
• Malcolm Young – guitar
• George Young – bass guitar, production
• Colin Burgess – drums

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"Can I Sit Next to You Girl" (1975)

• Bon Scott – lead vocals
• Angus Young – lead guitar
• Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar
• Mark Evans – bass guitar[7]
• Phil Rudd – drums

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[8]	50

References

External links

• Music Legends Interview with Dave Evans

На других языках

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- [en] Can I Sit Next to You, Girl

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[es] Can I Sit Next to You Girl

«Can I Sit Next to You Girl» es el primer sencillo de la banda de Hard rock AC/DC, lanzado en julio de 1974. Fue el único de la banda con Dave Evans como vocalista. Por aquel entonces, el grupo presentaba un aspecto muy "glam" y se orientaba en esa dirección. Esto fue iniciativa de los hermanos Young, ya que los otros tres integrantes de la banda les era indiferente aquellos atuendos, tan populares por las bandas de rock a principios de la década de los 70. Un año más tarde, ya sin Dave, fue regrabada con Bon Scott como cantante. Esta versión aparece como séptima canción en el álbum High voltage, lanzado en diciembre de 1975 por Albert Productions (misma discográfica con la que lanzaron el sencillo original).

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[ru] Can I Sit Next to You Girl

Can I Sit Next to You, Girl (с англ. — «Можно я сяду рядом с тобой, девочка?») — первый сингл хард-рок-группы AC/DC, вышедший 22 июля 1974 года на лейбле Albert Productions.

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