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90s at 9 Baby sings 'THUNDERSTRUCK'

A dad recorded his baby making baby sounds and banging on things for a year and compiled all the sounds to create this epic and adorable cover of AC/DC "Thunderstruck."

by Nikki "Nikilicious" Montgomery

AC/DC released "Thunderstruck" in 1990 as the lead single off the album The Razor's Edge . It peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Angus Young talked about how the song came together in the liner notes of the 2003 re-release of the album:

It started off from a little trick I had on guitar. I played it to Mal and he said 'Oh, I've got a good rhythm idea that will sit well in the back.' We built the song up from that. We fiddled about with it for a few months before everything fell into place. Lyrically, it was really just a case of finding a good title ... We came up with this thunder thing, based on our favorite childhood toy ThunderStreak , and it seemed to have a good ring to it. AC/DC = Power. That's the basic idea.

Every person in the audience for the music video was given a T-shirt to wear through filming that said "AC/DC I was Thunderstruck" with the date printed on the back. What a cool keepsake!

AC/DC "Thunderstruck" 1990

Recently a dad posted a video on Youtube of his baby's cover of "Thunderstruck." He took video of his baby making baby noises and banging on stuff for a whole year and then edited all the clips together to make this adorable cover of "Thunderstruck" for us all to enjoy.

Nikki "Nikilicious" Montgomery

I'm a Central Wisconsin girl born and raised. I grew up in Port Edwards and participated in cheerleading, basketball, volleyball and softball as well as many clubs like National Honor Society, SADD, yearbook and forensics. I was a very busy high school student and still managed to get good enough grades to go to college at UW-Stevens Point where I was just as busy between working 3 jobs including executive staff positions at the campus alternative rock radio station and volunteering at the campus television station.

After graduation I thought I would take my BA in Mass Communications with emphasis in Broadcasting and Journalism and Minor in Political Science and become a big time reporter in some major city. But instead my internship with our news station here at Midwest Communications turned into a part-time job and opened the door to the morning show co-host position at WDEZ. After 9 1/4 years of fun in the mornings I was promoted to Assistant Brand Manager and moved to The Workday Getaway.

I couldn't deny my love for rock anymore! It was time dive head first into the genre I spent my formative years listening to day in and day out. When the opportunity arose for me to become the Brand Manager for Rock 94.7 and host the morning show I couldn't pass it up.

I'm so happy that I stayed in Central Wisconsin I couldn't imagine raising my three daughters anywhere else.

Favorite band: STP

First concert: Bryan Adams 1992 at the Target Center in Minneapolis (I was 12)

Favorite color: Yellow

Favorite pasttime: Watching Walking Dead, American Horror Story and Covert Affairs

Vice: Wine