AC/DC's 'Highway To Hell' Lands At No. 4 On U.K. Christmas Single Chart

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A campaign to make the AC/DC classic "Highway To Hell" the top song on the U.K. single chart for Christmas has resulted in a fourth-place finish, the band's most impressive showing ever. It stands as the Anglo-Australian hard rock act's first top 10 British hit in a 40-year career.The 1979 song was chosen to challenge the U.K. edition of "The X Factor"'s recent dominance of the chart. A spokesman for the campaign said: "AC/DC are celebrating their 40th anniversary as we speak. They formed in late 1973 and we are a few fans who thought it would be cool to see them at the top of the Christmas tree to celebrate their milestone." Rock fans responsible for the AC/DC campaign previously made the 1992 track "Killing In The Name" by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE the No. 1 single at the end of 2009.

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