What does You Shook Me All Night Long mean?

AC/DC: You Shook Me All Night Long Meaning

Album cover for You Shook Me All Night Long album cover

Song Released: 1980


You Shook Me All Night Long Lyrics

Give Me A Big Beat

She was a fast machine
She kept her motor clean
She was the best damn woman I had ever seen
She had the sightless eyes
Telling me no lies
Knockin' me out with those American thighs
Taking more than her share
Had me...

  1. wellnoted
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    Aug 3rd 2008 !⃝

    Carnival ..in such hot weather..nahhh..

    It's all about getting it right at night.. Just Angus and Malcom being Angus and Malcom with me! Damn now you know I'm a guy..lol..

    Well its just hardcore..pre/post seduction...whatever..SEX SEX SEX..

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  2. anonymous
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    Jul 22nd 2008 !⃝

    What the hell kind of carnival are you thinking of?

  3. anonymous
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    Feb 6th 2008 !⃝

    Are you all retarded?? It's very easy ... like someone said earlier it's about brain and an American woman but its mainly just about a one-night stand.

  4. anonymous
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    Jan 30th 2008 !⃝

    This song is about having sex with a fat Tasmanian groupie.

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  5. Surfer_Coyote
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    Oct 11th 2007 !⃝

    Do we really need any interpretation for AC/DC songs? They are ALL sexual in nature! Anyone who can't figure out an AC/DC song needs to go back to kindergarten.

  6. anonymous
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    Aug 22nd 2007 !⃝

    NO! It is about Brian Johnson having sex in L.A. during an Earthquake. Hence "The walls were shaking" (Sex) "The Earth was Quakin" (Earthquake)

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  7. anonymous
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    May 24th 2007 !⃝

    I think you mean strip-club not carnival

  8. anonymous
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    Jan 13th 2007 !⃝

    Guys, I think the carnival thing was sarcastic seeing as how the first person's interpretation (about the song being about sex) was very obvious.

    Don't take everything so literally

  9. anonymous
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    Oct 23rd 2006 !⃝

    Ya... Where's this carnival? How did you get that idea anyway?

  10. ringo
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    Jun 13th 2006 !⃝

    My kinda carnival

  11. anonymous
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    Apr 6th 2006 !⃝

    Sounds like a dirty carnival.

  12. anonymous
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    Feb 10th 2006 !⃝

    kurtfan,

    I was wondering where you heard the idea of the whole daughter and carnival deal. Fill me in.

  13. kurtfan
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    Dec 19th 2005 !⃝

    No "justplainjesse," he's singing about taking his daughter to a carnival!

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  14. jusplainjesse
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    Jul 27th 2005 !⃝

    This song's all about sex. Brian's talking about a girl he had sex with and how good she was. Plain and simple.

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