What is the phone number in the song Dirty Deeds?

1. The band began recording the album in early 1976 and put it out in their native Australia on September 20th. However, Atlantic Records didn’t like the vocals and production on the effort so they originally rejected it, but wound up putting it out in America five years later.

2. George Young, the older brother of guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young, co-produced the album.

3. The term “dirty deeds done dirt cheap” is a reference to a cartoon called Beany and Cecil, which Anguswatched as a kid. One of the characters in it, Dishonest John, carried a business card that read “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. Holidays, Sundays and Special Rates.”

4. The title track invites listeners to call 36-24-36 if they’re having problems. In the 1960s, that was an actual phone number in Australia.

5. In “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap,” the number 36-24-36 is followed by the word “Hey,” which sounds a little like the number 8. This led to a lawsuit. An Illinois couple, whose phone number was 362-4368, sued Atlantic Records for $250,000 because they were getting hundreds of prank calls.

6. There is a backing vocal on the song “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” that is just heavy breathing.

7. Among the dirty deeds done dirt cheap mentioned in the song are high voltage and TNT, the names of two tracks on AC/DC’s first album. They’re also the names of the first two albums the band put out in Australia.

8. Singer Bon Scott explained that the song “Squealer” is about a sexual encounter with a virgin.

9. The track “Ride On” is about a guy who has made mistakes in a relationship because he drank too much.

10. Bon has said that “Problem Child” is about Angus.

11. The album features one of just a few AC/DC songs that includes cursing. In the track “Ain’t No Fun (Waiting Round to be a Millionaire),” Bon says, “Hey Howard, how ya doing my next door neighbor? Get your f***ing jumbo jet off my airport!”

12. During the sessions for Dirty Deeds, the band wrote a song called “I’m A Rebel.” It was never released by AC/DC and is in their vaults. German band Accept wound up releasing a version of the song.

13. The album has been certified six-times platinum in America for sales over six-million copies. It is the third-highest selling AC/DC record behind the 22-times platinum Back in Black and the seven-times platinum Highway to Hell.

In 1981, Norman and Marilyn White of Libertyville, Illinois filed a $250,000 lawsuit in Lake County, Illinois Circuit Court against Atlantic Records and its distributors because, they alleged, their telephone number was included in the song, resulting in hundreds of prank phone calls. Their attorney told the Chicago Tribune that the song's 36-24-36 digits were followed by a "hey!", which to his clients sounded like an "8", thus creating the couple's phone number.

It is the title track and first track of their album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, released in September 1976, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott.

It was also released as a single - first in Australia in October 1976 with "R.I.P. (Rock in Peace)" as its B-side, and then in the UK in January 1977 as a maxi-single with "Big Balls" and "The Jack" as its B-sides.

Once the Dirty Deeds album was finally released in the US in 1981 the "Dirty Deeds ..." single was released there (backed by "Highway To Hell"), where it reached number four on the then-new Top Tracks chart.

The song ranked No. 24 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.

In 2009 it was named the 31st best hard rock song of all time also by VH1.

It features a backing vocal consisting of a heavy breathing sound, made on the downbeat during verses.

It also features the title in a spoken-word style at the end of the chorus; plus a scream at the end of the song.

The full-length recording (approximately 4:11) has the title of the song chanted four times starting at 3:09, but on the more common edited version (approximately 3:51) the chant is heard only twice.

The song's narrator invites people experiencing problems to either call him on 36-24-36, an actual phone number in Australia at the time, or visit him at his home, at which point he will perform assorted unsavory acts to resolve said problems.

The phrase "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" is an homage to the cartoon Beany and Cecil, which Angus Young watched when he was a child.

In the original, unreleased version of the song, the term "Dunder Chief" was used in place of the lyrics "done dirt cheap."

"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" has only been included on one official AC/DC live album, 1992's Live, sung by Scott's replacement Brian Johnson.

An earlier version with Bon Scott, recorded live in Sydney (Haymarket) at the Festival of Sydney on 30 January 1977, was released on an Australian only radio 2JJ compilation album titled Long Live The Evolution. This live version was later released on Backtracks.

In 2007 on the Plug Me In three track bonus CD from Best Buy, a live version from Detroit, Michigan, (Joe Louis Arena) 17 or 18 November 1983 was released.

A parody of this song was recorded by Bob Rivers called "Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep".

Hayseed Dixie recorded a bluegrass-style cover for their albums A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC and Let There Be Rockgrass. This version replaces Bon Scott's scream with singer John Wheeler's loud belch at the end.

Kerri-Anne Kennerley covered the song on the album Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge released in 2001.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts covered the song on their 1990 album The Hit List, and achieved modest chart success with a single release.

A cover of this song was recorded by thrash metal band Exodus for the album Tempo of the Damned.

Lesley Gore recorded a cover for the album When Pigs Fly.

Graveyard BBQ also did a cover of this song for their Greatest Hits Volume Two album.

In the first season of TV series How I Met Your Mother, Barney Stinson appears singing this song in a karaoke.

Night Ranger covered this song on the 2011 album "Somewhere In California" which is offered by I-Tunes as an exclusive download along with the album.

Local H covered this song live mixed in with their song "Bound for the Floor" during their 2008 tour for their album Twelve Angry Months.

Dropkick Murphys covered this song live on their 2012 tour for their album Going Out In Style.

Ugly Kid Joe covered this song live with Duff McKagan.

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (or D4C) is the Stand name of the President of United States (Funny Valentine) in the popular Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run. In localized versions of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, all subtitles and text references are changed to "Filthy acts at a reasonable price", and the in-game encyclopedia states that "nobody knows what D4C stands for".

AC/DC's version appears (in edited form) in the 2011 movie Bridesmaids.

The song was going to appear in the video game Grand Theft Auto III, but it was removed for unknown reasons. It is also unknown what radio station it would have appeared on in the game.

The song was used in the 2016 superhero film Suicide Squad, where The Flash (played by Ezra Miller) fights Captain Boomerang (played by Jai Courtney).

The song was on the soundtrack in the "revenge-for-hire" movie Dirty Work (1998 film).

New Zealand Singles Chart, peak position 34, 1976.

UK Singles Chart, peak position 47, 1976.

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