History Music / DirtyDeedsDoneDirtCheap

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** Potentially a costly one in the case of the TitleTrack. When finally released in the U.S., since they were familiar with ''seven''-digit telephone numbers instead of Australia's ''six''-digit phone numbers, some confused "36-24-36, hey!" with "362-4368". Someone in suburban Chicago sued Atlantic Records because they started getting crank-called.
** A more joking one with the TitleTrack: "Dirty deeds [[BestialityIsDepraved done with sheep]]"

->''See me ride out of the sunset\\
On your colour TV screen\\
Out for all that I can get\\
If you know what I mean\\
Women to the left of me\\
And women to the right\\
Ain't got no gun, ain't got no knife\\
Don't you start no fight''
-->'''T.N.T.'''

It is the third LP released by the band in Australia, and the second in Europe, but it wasn't released in the United States immediately. The American A&R at Atlantic was the main roadblock, and actually threatened to drop AC\DC from their American catalog entirely despite the multi-Platinum success of ''Music/HighVoltage''. It wasn't until the release of ''Music/HighwayToHell'' that international copies began to circulate in America.

It is the third LP released by the band in Australia and the second in Europe in 1976, but it wasn't released in the United States immediately. The American A&R at Atlantic was the main roadblock, and actually threatened to drop AC\DC from their American catalog entirely despite the multi-Platinum success of ''Music/HighVoltage''. It wasn't until the release of ''Music/HighwayToHell'' that international copies began to circulate in America.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Potentially a costly one in this case. When finally released in the U.S., since they were familiar with ''seven''-digit telephone numbers instead of Australia's ''six''-digit phone numbers, some confused "36-24-36, hey!" with "362-4368". Someone in suburban Chicago sued Atlantic Records because they started getting crank-called.

Four singles were released initially: "Jailbreak", the TitleTrack, "Love at First Feel", and "Ride On". The first three were all hits in Australia. A reissue of the TitleTrack in 1980 would hit #4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in the United States. When the album proper was released in America, an extra single, "Big Balls", would see circulation.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Just ring 36-24-36 oh\\

It would finally see release in the United States in March 1981 after the success of ''Music/BackInBlack''. It proceeded to go six-times Platinum. Previously, it went six-times Platinum in Australia and Platinum in Germany.

It is the third LP released by the band in Australia and the second in Europe in 1976, but it wasn't released in the United States immediately. The American A&R at Atlantic was the main roadblock, and actually threatened to drop AC\DC from their American catalog entirely. It wasn't until the release of ''Music/HighwayToHell'' that international copies began to circulate in America.

[[caption-width-right:350:International release cover]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Australian release cover]]

''Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'' is the third studio album released by the Australian hard rock band Music/{{ACDC}}. It is the third LP released by the band in Australia and the second in Europe in 1976, but it didn't see an American release until 1981, more than a year after lead singer Bon Scott's death.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* DoubleEntendre: "Big Balls" is full of them.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Big Balls" is about large-scale upper-class social events. The line "She's got big balls!" makes this fairly obvious, because [[UnsettlingGenderReveal the alternative]] is far deeper than most AC/DC songs typically go.

!!''There's gonna be some tropin' at the rock n' roll show tonight!''

** Angus Young and Bon Scott with a big arm done in a cartoon style on the Australian release cover.
** Not of the band, but of various people with their eyes blacked out with censor bars, and a dog on the International release cover.

* VillainSong: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

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[[caption-width-right:350:International release cover]]

!!''Dirty deeds troped dirt cheap!''

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Big Balls" is about large-scale upper-class social events. The line "She's got big balls!" makes this fairly obvious. The alternative is far deeper than most AC/DC songs typically go.

* FaceOnTheCover: Not of the band, but of various people with their eyes blacked out with censor bars, and a dog.

# ""Ain't No Fun (Waiting 'Round to Be a Millionaire)"

* AlbumTitleDrop: Not just the album's title in the TitleTrack, but also that of ''T.N.T.'' and ''High Voltage''.

* TitleTrack: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

* TitleOnlyChorus: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"

!!''Dirty deeds troped dirt cheap!'''