此首《It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock "n" Roll)》為澳洲硬式搖滾樂團AC/DC中的吉他手Malcolm & Angus Young兄弟及主唱Bon Scott三人所合寫，收錄在該團1975僅於澳洲發行的專輯《T.N.T.》中。而此曲的「簡短版」則在1976發行國際的專輯《High Voltage》中作為第一首曲目。

此曲也可說是AC/DC的自傳歌曲，內容道出闖蕩樂壇的一路艱辛。歌曲較特殊的是使用「風笛 ( bagpipes)」樂器，此點子是出於兩兄弟的大哥George Young，George知道Bon Scott曾參加過Pipe band ( 由風笛手和鼓手組成的樂隊 )，故鼓勵他在此曲中吹奏風笛。有一說是Scotee只是擔任樂隊中的鼓手，但仍義務披掛上陣 ( 應該是有接觸過吧 )；而另一則說他是專業的風笛手。歌曲的中段出現所謂的call and response ( 呼叫和響應 )，這是一種音樂型式，常可見於福音歌曲中，像是由牧師或主唱喊唱一句，眾合音歌手即回唱一句。只不過此曲中是以風笛和吉他來作呼叫和回應。

Pipe band

2013，由澳洲40個播放主流搖滾音樂電台所組成的網路平台Triple M，將此曲列為澳洲歷來最佳歌曲的第5名。主唱Bon Scott於1980被發現死於汽車後座，僅享年33歲，官方公佈的死因是「酒精中毒」，而傳說是因有喝酒及服用毒品，並因嘔吐物堵塞氣管致死。接替Scott的樂團新主唱Brian Johnson基於尊敬前輩，或也可說是不想掠其之美，從未公開演唱過這首歌。

Ridin' down the highway
Goin' to a show
Stop in all the byways
Playin' rock 'n' roll
Gettin' robbed
Gettin' stoned
Gettin' beat up
Broken boned
Gettin' had
Gettin' took
I tell you folks

It's harder than it looks
It's a long way to the top
If you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top
If you wanna rock 'n' roll
If you think it's easy doin' one-night stands
Try playin' in a rock roll band
It's a long way to the top
If you wanna rock 'n' roll

Hotel
Motel
Make you wanna cry
Ladies do the hard sell
Know the reason why
Gettin' old
Gettin' gray
Gettin' ripped off
Underpaid
Gettin' sold
Second-hand
That's how it goes
Playin' in a band

It's a long way to the top
If you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top
If you wanna rock 'n' roll
If you wanna be a star of stage and screen
Look out it's rough and mean
It's a long way to the top
If you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top
If you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top
If you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top
If you wanna rock 'n' roll

It's a long way
It's a long way
It's a long way
It's a long way