'Pour Some Sugar on Me' was ranked 2 on VH1s '100 Greatest Songs of the 80s' in 2006. It reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 23 July 1988, behind 'Hold On to the Nights' by Richard Marx.
It’s no exaggeration to say that their 1987 album Hysteria took Def Leppard to hell and back.
As sales of Hysteria stalled, Def Leppard's US record company released Pour Some Sugar On Me in a last-ditch attempt to recoup the album's enormous costs. It will be available in multiple configurations: a 2-CD set comprised of 35 tracks, 1-CD set comprised of 17 tracks, 2-LP vinyl, and digital.Īmong a blockbuster tracklisting loaded with timeless smashes, all four versions feature three new songs, including the official recording of the band’s recent fan favorite Depeche Mode cover ‘Personal Jesus’, ‘Rock On (Remix)’ and the original holiday song ‘We All Need Christmas.’ As a bonus for collectors, the first pressing vinyl copies of The Story So Far feature an exclusive seven-inch single of ‘Personal Jesus’ and ‘We All Need Christmas’. About Pour Some Sugar on Me 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. The Story Behind The Song: Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar On Me. That, to me, is the height of our career.”Īs uDiscover Music previously reported, Def Leppard are releasing a brand new greatest-hits collection titled The Story So Far – The Best Of, on 30 November.
With Hysteria, the point was not just to play to the rock audience, but to play to everybody. If you think you know what sexual act is being described, you're very, very confused about what actually happens during sex.Reflecting on Hysteria, Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen previously told the band’s official website: “It exceeded our expectations. But nothing the band has ever recorded comes close to the lyrical chaos of "Pour Some Sugar on Me." Even if you could ignore lines like "Livin' like a lover with a radar phone" and "Television lover, baby, go all night," there's still that brilliantly obtuse chorus, so easy to sing along with and so utterly devoid of meaning. There is no good explanation for why "Are you gettin' it?" should ever be answered with "Armageddon it!" "Animal" contains at least a dozen mixed metaphors, with singer/co-lyricist Joe Elliott comparing himself to the drivin' rain, a circus, a heartbeat, a river, a shadow, rust, and a wolf capable of giving CPR. And I'm not just talking about that "gunter glieben glauchen globen" hokum that kicks off "Rock of Ages." Their lyrics are littered with nonsensical gibberish. Def Leppard is one of those rare bands where everybody on the planet seems to know every lyric to all their songs and yet nobody has any goddamn idea what any of it means.
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