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AC/DC

Systems Down

Release date: 13th November 2020

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"Systems Down" is a track by AC/DC, from the album POWER UP, released 13th November 2020. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about AC/DC.

About the Artist

AC/DC

AC/DC

Lyrics

Systems Down

[Verse 1]

Unchained

Feel it burnin' up the heat

See the flames

Scorchin' everything it seeks

[Pre-Chorus]

We got a chain reaction

It needs immediate action

This furnace is about to blast

[Chorus]

Systems (Systems) are goin' down

Systems are burnin' out

And they all fall down

[Verse 2]

Untamed

Like a tiger searchin' feed

Ain't no game

As the earth shakes beneath your feet

[Pre-Chorus]

We got a plan of action

Risin' heat to the maximum

Who knows if this place implodes?

[Chorus]

Systems (Systems) are goin' down

We got a chain reaction

Systems are burnin' out

And they all fall down

[Post-Chorus]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

Hey

[Pre-Chorus]

This furnace is about to blast

[Chorus]

Systems (Systems) are goin' down

Systems are burnin' out

And they all fall down

(Systems down) Overload

(Systems down) See the flames fly

(Systems down) Systems goin' down

(Systems down) Watch it burn to the ground

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Track details

From POWER UP

2020
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POWER UP
POWER UP
AC/DC
Release year
2020
  1. —Money Shot
  2. —Kick You When You're Down
  3. —Demon Fire
  4. —Witch's Spell
  5. —Rejection
  6. —No Man's Land
  7. —Systems Down
  8. —Wild Reputation
  9. —Code Red

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Writer
Angus Young, Malcolm Young
Lyricist
Angus Young, Malcolm Young
Composer
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Brendan O’Brien
Engineer
Mike Fraser
Drums
Phil Rudd
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Brian Johnson
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Cliff Williams
Mastering Engineer
Ryan Smith
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Rhythm Guitar
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