Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (version 1: UK concept)

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (version 1: UK concept) Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (Official Video), Full HD (Digitally Remastered and Upscaled) Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (Upscaled) Album: Hysteria Charted: 18 - UK; 2 - USA/1987 The lyrics started out as phonetic sounds to fit the music, which they refined later into actual words. The frontman Joe Elliott says that this was done in the style of “Bang A Gong (Get It On)“ by T. Rex, which contains vaguely lascivious lyrics that don’t make any sense (“a hubcap, diamond star halo“?) but sound great. The lyrics are clearly about sex, but they are shrouded in enough metaphors to make the song safe for radio and MTV. Def Leppard, with Mutt Lange producing, were one of the best-selling bands of the ’80s, succeeding with a formula of polished songs perfect for pop radio but with enough rock swagger to keep guys interested - which is where lyrics about sex and drums and rock and roll come in. Hysteria was the follow-up to Def Leppard’s 1983 album Pyromania, which was also a huge hit. Both albums were produced by Mutt Lange, who is known as a perfectionist in the studio. Hysteria was also delayed because drummer Rick Allen lost an arm in a car accident in 1984. He had to learn to play with one arm. In America, this was kept off the #1 spot by Richard Marx, with “Hold On To The Nights.“ The next Def Leppard single, “Love Bites,“ reached the top, giving them their only #1 on the Hot 100.