When DJs Saved AC/DC from an Early Flop by Flipping a Single Over
AC/DC was on the road to success when their second single “Baby, Please Don’t Go” became a hit in 1975 on the Australian charts. But their version of Big Joe Williams' old blues standard was actually the B-side.
AC/DC had been advised that people wanted to hear “very soft” music on radio, as guitarist Angus Young recalls. Instead of a hint at what the world came to expect from the band, the A-side featured lyrics such as: “
When you smile, I see stars in the sky / When you smile, I see sunrise.”