“Realize” was the second single released from the long-awaited new LP, following “Shot in the Dark”.
This song is energized with bursts of staccato rhythm guitar and similar rhythm that resembles AC/DC’s 1990 hit “Thunderstruck”.
[Verse 1]
The moment you realize
Those moments just pass you by
Gonna take you to paradise
[Pre-Chorus]
Move it
Make you prove it, yeah
Breakin' out
Break it down
Feel the chills, feel the chills
Movin' down your spine
[Chorus]
(Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh)
When we recall and
Realize (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
Make you realize (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
I've got the power to hypnotize
Make a play, mesmerize
Feel the chills up and down your spine
I'm gonna make you fly
[Verse 2]
Your eye's playin' tricks on you
Your mind will seek the truth
You know you're gonna make it through
[Pre-Chorus]
I said move it
Makе you prove it
Shake it up, shake it down
Feel thе chills, feel the chills
Movin' down your spine
[Chorus]
(Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahhh)
When we recall and
Realize, hey yeah (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
Gonna make you realize (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
I got the power to electrify
Make a play to satisfy
Feel a chill up and down your spine
I'm gonna make you fly
Fly, fly
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
When we recall and
Realize (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
Gonna make you realize (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
I got the power to hypnotize
Make a play, mesmerize
Feel the chills up and down your spine
I'm gonna make you fly
Realize was written by Malcolm Young & Angus Young.
Realize was produced by Brendan O’Brien.
Via AC/DC’s Twitter page, Angus Young stated:
We recorded Realize in only a couple of takes.
Realize was one of Malcolm’s ideas before we did Black Ice. He had a good vocal idea, and he chanted it out. It always stuck with me.