Balls to the Wall
~ Recording by Accept
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 815.731-1 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:30 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | PRT 25791 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PL 70186 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | BFR 39241 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | 25・3P-498 |
| 1.15 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Restless & Wild / Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album + Compilation |
| Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | RK 40265 |
| 1.4 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Slave to the Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Priority Records (US hip hop) | 4XL-9319 |
| 1.13 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Rock Classics: Rock Album, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01124061 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Epic Records (J-Pop label, established 1978; use ONLY for releases by Japanese domestic artists after 2001!) | 25・8P-5240 |
| 1.4 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | MuchMusic: Power Hour | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Direct (a division of CBS Records Canada) | DMK 118 |
| 1.12 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Wreaking Havoc 1975 - 1985 (Volume 1) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-1576 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | ND 74472 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | NL 74472 |
| 1.11 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | First Degree Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Priority Records (US hip hop) | CDL 7963/A-21724 |
| 2.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:45 | Accept | Giants of Rock: The Metal Decade, Volume 2: 1982-83 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| TELDEC | 2292-41900-2 |
| 1.3 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Loud and Proud | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | A 22186 |
| 1.10 | Balls to the Wall | 5:40 | Accept | The Collection | Accept | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | CCSCD 311 |
| 1.4 | Balls to the Wall | 5:41 | Accept | The Metal Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Knight Records (UK compilations/reissues, division of Castle Music) | TMBCD 47007 |
| 1.12 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | The Lion Rocks Tonight | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD 75346 |
| 1.10 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | No Substitutes | Accept | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | A 22627 |
| 1.14 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Heavy 100 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sounds Direct | A094/9031 79509 4 |
| 1.1 | Balls To The Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Antisocial Le Label (Heavy Metal Label) | 14911 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | EK 39241 |
| 1.9 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits of the '80s, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72291 |
| 1.3 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Loud & Proud: Six Great Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Steve Austin's Stone Cold Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | Balls to the Wall | 5:51 | Accept | Metal Heavy Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Delta Entertainment (a sub-label used by Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries) | 46 031 |
| 1.2 | Balls to the Wall | 5:46 | Accept | 80s Rock, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Platinum Disc Corporation (La Crosse, WI) | A 30363 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks) | G010000669948F |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 85756 |
| 1.16 | Balls to the Wall | 5:45 | Accept | Audio’s Audiophile, Volume 16: Rock and Grooves (Gold-CD) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Audio (German hi-fi magazine), Zounds | 2700000077 D |
| 1.3 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Monsters of the Millennium: Rocksongs 1980–2000 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Roadrunner Arcade Music | 9000193 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 93214 2 |
| 1.12 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | The Alltime Greatest Rock Classics 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321 93943 2 |
| 1.6 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Heavy Metal Masters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.42 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | 100 Hits Hard’n’Heavy | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RMG Records | RMG 1351 MP3 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | 100% Rock, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation) | 060249820384(2) |
| 1.9 | Balls to the Wall | 5:50 | Accept | Black Diamond | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 9814450 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | MHCP 786 |
| 1.2 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| 9837182 | |
| 1.17 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Heavy Metal: The First 20 Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008), Time–Life Music | A 683077, M19182 |
| 1.10 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Metal Masters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.6 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Hard Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 05436 2 |
| 1.5 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | It's Hardrock, Hallelujah! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 88286 2 |
| 2.6 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | '80s Metal: Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | |
| 1.2 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Super Hits Heavy Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | |
| 1.2 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | 1 heure de tubes Hard Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 4.19 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | 100 Hits: Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMG 100 009 |
| 3.4 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | The Heavy Metal Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 187338 |
| 2.6 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | ’80s Metal Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | 02498466793-2 |
| 2.6 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | ’80s Metal Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | B0008334-02, D220658 |
| 4.3 | Balls to the Wall | 5:45 | Accept | Rock Classics Top 100 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 984 534-4 |
| 1.13 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Mullets Rock! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment Commercial Music Group | |
| 1.19 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Absolute Rock Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4079 |
| 1.11 | Balls to the Walls | 5:43 | Accept | The Wrestler | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| KOCH Records (independent US label, 1999-2009/01) | KOC-CD-4742 |
| 1.9 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Guitar Monsters Collector’s Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Madacy Entertainment | TC2 54410 |
| 3.12 | Balls to the Wall | 5:45 | Accept | Okej – Tiden vi aldrig glömmer 1980–1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 50999 070565 2 9 |
| 1.2 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Playlist: Now Hair This! The Very Best of ’80s Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SBME Special Markets | 888751531529 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Back on Black (British vinyl record label) | BOBV312LP |
| 1.6 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Greatest Ever! Heavy Metal: The Definitive Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | GTSTCD068 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Playlist: The Very Best of Accept | Accept | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88691954072 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall / Staying a life | Accept | Album + Compilation |
| Hear No Evil Recordings Ltd (a/k/a HNE Recordings Ltd.; sub-label of Cherry Red Records) | HNECD018D |
| 1.5 | Balls to the Wall | 5:50 | Accept | Hellfest 2013 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SMART (sub-label of Sony Music France) | 88883704342 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall = ボールズ・トゥ・ザ・ウォール | 5:43 | Accept | Balls to the Wall = ボールズ・トゥ・ザ・ウォール (Reissue, Remastered) | Accept = アクセプト | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | SICP 6172 |
| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | Accept | Album |
| Music on Vinyl (imprint of Music on Vinyl B.V. Do not use for manufacturing/distribution relationships!) | MOVLP2435 |
| 4.10 | Balls to the Wall | 5:42 | Accept | Greatest Ever Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | GTST4CDW10 |
| 1.7 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Classic Rock, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Platinum Disc Corporation (La Crosse, WI) | A33450 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.3 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | The Best | Accept | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | Sharkbite: The Best of Accept | Accept | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.38 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept | 40 Greatest Metal Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 6.18 | Balls to the Wall | 5:38 | Accept | 80’s Giga Hits Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.13 | Balls to the Wall | 5:46 | Accept | The Best of Accept: Volume 1 | Accept | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Balls to the Wall | ?:?? | Accept | Best Songs | Accept | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.13 | Balls to the Wall | 5:46 | Accept | The Best of Accept | Accept | Album + Compilation | |||
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| 1.2 | Balls to the Wall | 5:43 | Accept & U.D.O. | Collection | Accept & U.D.O. | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | Balls to the Wall | 5:44 | Accept | Guitar Monsters – Collector’s Edition Disk 1 | Ted Nugent, Mountain, The Edgar Winter Group, Quiet Riot, The Romantics, Warrant, Cheap Trick, Accept & Living Colour | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Louis Austin (engineering) |
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| producer: | Accept (German heavy metal band) |
| mixer: | Michael Wagener |
| bass guitar: | Peter Baltes |
| drums (drum set): | Stefan Kaufmann (German drummer for Accept and U.D.O.) |
| guitar: | Hermann Frank Wolf Hoffmann |
| vocals: | Udo Dirkschneider |
| recorded at and mixed at: | Dierks Studios in Pulheim (from 1983-07 until 1983-08) |
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| mash-ups: | Rock Of Ages (Led Zeppelin/Rolling Stones/Run DMC/Chemical Brothers/Dio/AC/DC/Def Leppard/Queen/…) by DJ Schmolli |
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| part of: | Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 79) (order: 79) |
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| stream video for free: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3TlrZLpQ0 [info] |
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| recording of: | Balls to the Wall |
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Related works
Balls to the Wall
| lyricist: | Peter Baltes Deaffy Udo Dirkschneider Wolf Hoffmann Stefan Kaufmann (German drummer for Accept and U.D.O.) |
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| composer: | Peter Baltes Udo Dirkschneider Wolf Hoffmann Stefan Kaufmann (German drummer for Accept and U.D.O.) |
| publisher: | Breeze Music GmbH SMV Schacht Musikverlage Summer Breeze Music (from 1983 to present) |
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