Balls to the Wall ( song ) - wikipedia Balls to the Wall ( song ) This article is about the song by Accept. For the album, see Balls to the Wall. `` Balls to the Wall '' Single by Accept from the album Balls to the Wall B - side `` Losing More Than You 've Ever Had '' Released April 1984 Recorded 1983 ( 1983 ) Genre Heavy metal Length 5 : 44 ( Album version ) 4 : 28 ( Video edit ) Label RCA ( Germany ) Portrait ( U.S. ) Songwriter ( s ) Udo Dirkschneider Wolf Hoffmann Herman Frank Peter Baltes Stefan Kaufmann Deaffy Producer ( s ) Accept Accept singles chronology `` Love Child '' ( 1984 ) `` Balls to the Wall '' ( 1984 ) `` Metal Heart '' ( 1985 ) `` Love Child '' ( 1984 ) `` Balls to the Wall '' ( 1984 ) `` Metal Heart '' ( 1985 ) `` Balls to the Wall '' is a song by German heavy metal band Accept. The song was released as the lead single from their 1983 fifth studio album of the same name. The anthemic title track is the album 's best known song, and became Accept 's signature song, for which a music video was shot that received American airplay on MTV. Contents 1 Song meaning 2 Music video 3 Legacy 4 Track listing 5 Personnel ( Accept ) 6 Personnel ( U.D.O. ) 7 References 8 External links Song meaning Asked about the meaning of the song, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann replied : `` We 've always been interested in politics and in human rights and things like that, so a lot of the lyrics that we had in those days, and to the end actually, were dealing with human rights, for instance, and that 's really what ' Balls To The Wall ' is all about. ' One day the tortured will stand up and kick some ass ! ' '' Music video Filmed in January 1984 in London, the song 's music video consists of clips of the band performing the song onstage intercut with scenes of a wrecking ball taking down a clock tower and scenes with fans of the band headbanging against the wall of the tower. Later during the buildup to the final chorus, the fans march through the rubble of the tower, and presumably head towards the stage where the band is performing. At the end of the video, singer Udo Dirkschneider rides the wrecking ball into the tower and takes out the front doors of the building it stands upon. When he discussed the scene with songfacts.com, Dirkschneider explained he was apprehensive about riding the ball because of the cold, wintry conditions on the day of the shoot, but decided to do it in the end. `` It was very cold in London, near the airport '', Dirkschneider said, `` And especially when I had to step on this wrecking ball. I said, ' Please, no, I do n't want to do this ! ' But in the end, I was young so I said, ' Okay, here we go. ' But it was freezing like hell ''. The song was also edited down for the video, with the guitar solo and Dirkschneider 's spoken bridge being removed. The video edit of the song clocks in at four minutes and twenty eight seconds long, while the album version is five minutes and forty four seconds long. Legacy The video later appeared on Beavis and Butt - head in the 1993 episode `` Tornado ''. The song has also been featured on two VH1 countdown shows : as Number 38 on the 40 Greatest Metal Songs, and as Number 29 on the 40 Most Awesomely Bad Metal Songs Ever. It is also on the in - game radio for Grand Theft Auto : Vice City Stories on the V - Rock station, and appears as a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero Encore : Rocks the 80s, as a cover version. In this game, the word `` ass '' is censored, and replaced with `` case '' ( and word `` rape '' was replaced with `` fade '' ). The song was also covered by the following bands : Fozzy on their 2002 album Happenstance Altaria on their 2004 album Divinity Warrant only live, no studio versions. Benedictum on their 2008 album Seasons of Tragedy BulletBoys Eyes of the Dead on their EP Let 's Play Drink the Beer ! ! Amon Amarth on their 2011 album Surtur Rising ( only limited edition ) Chimaira on the 2001 compilation ECW Extreme Music Vol. 2 : Anarchy Rocks Puscifer on their 2013 EP Donkey Punch the Night Sinner The song was featured in the 2008 movie The Wrestler. Track listing No. Title Length 1. `` Balls to the Wall '' 5 : 44 2. `` Losing More Than You 've Ever Had '' 5 : 04 Personnel ( Accept ) Udo Dirkschneider -- lead vocals Wolf Hoffmann -- lead guitar Herman Frank -- rhythm guitar Peter Baltes -- bass guitar Stefan Kaufmann -- drums Personnel ( U.D.O. ) Udo and Stefan 's band U.D.O. also perform this song at the end of their shows. Since 2004, this line - up of U.D.O. has performed `` Balls to the Wall '' live : Udo Dirkschneider -- lead vocals Stefan Kaufmann -- lead guitar Igor Gianola -- rhythm guitar Fitty Weinhold -- bass guitar Francesco Jovino -- drums References Jump up ^ Antunovich, Tony ( November 27, 2005 ). `` Interviews - Accept - Wolf Hoffman ''. Metal Eater. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2009. Jump up ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9304 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Accept Wolf Hoffmann Peter Baltes Mark Tornillo Uwe Lulis Christopher Williams Udo Dirkschneider Michael White Rob Armitage David Reece Michael Wagener Gerhard Wahl Herman Frank Jörg Fischer Jan Koemmet Jim Stacey Dieter Rubach Frank Friedrich Stefan Kaufmann Ken Mary Michael Cartellone Stefan Schwarzmann Studio albums Accept I 'm a Rebel Breaker Restless and Wild Balls to the Wall Metal Heart Russian Roulette Eat the Heat Objection Overruled Death Row Predator Blood of the Nations Stalingrad Blind Rage The Rise of Chaos Compilations Best of Accept The Collection Restless The Best Live albums Staying a Life All Areas - Worldwide Extended plays Kaizoku - Ban Rich & Famous Singles `` Lady Lou '' `` I 'm a Rebel '' `` Burning '' `` Fast as a Shark '' `` Restless and Wild '' `` Balls to the Wall '' Related articles Discography U.D.O. 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Question: who wrote the song balls to the wall
Answer: Udo Dirkschneider; Udo Dirkschneider; Udo Dirkschneider; Udo Dirkschneider; Udo Dirkschneider