Notice the rap influence on the verses Elliott sings? He explained to Kaos2000 magazine: "When we did 'Pour Some Sugar On Me,' it was only written because Run-D.M.C.They listened to each other's recordings, and Elliott picked something Lange said for the opening line: "Love is like a bomb." This line was the basis for the rest of the lyrics. To compose the lyrics, Elliott and Lange each took recorders and dictated lyric ideas. Lange heard it and thought it was a great hook, so he had them record the song, which was done quickly. They working on "Armageddon It" when they took a break and Joe Elliott started playing his basic idea of "Pour Some Sugar On Me" on an acoustic guitar in the control room. As detailed in the VH1 Classic Albums episode on Hysteria, producer Mutt Lange kept pushing the band for more songs for the album.Hysteria was also delayed because drummer Rick Allen lost an arm in a car accident in 1984. Both albums were produced by Mutt Lange, who is known as a perfectionist in the studio. Hysteria was the follow up to Def Leppard's 1983 album Pyromania, which was also a huge hit.The whole idea of being in a band is to escape boredom, so you create escapism." I'm an only child I found my own entertainment. It's come across like bloody heavy metal Hovis ad! It's a great place with great people, but in my upbringing there was a lack of community spirit. There's nothing in Sheffield (England) to write songs about - you can't write, 'This is Steel City!' and mean it. He explained to Q magazine in 1988: "I used to work on the treadmill making knives and forks it don't cross over into a lyric. The massive commercial success for the band did not translate into credibility, but songwriters tend to write about life experiences, and lead singer Joe Elliott had no interest in writing about an assembly line. 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.
The lyrics are clearly about sex - Elliott says "Pour Some Sugar On Me" is "The metaphor for whatever sexual preference you enjoy" - but they are shrouded in enough metaphors to make the song safe for radio and MTV.Rex, which contains vaguely lascivious lyrics that don't make any sense ("a hubcap, diamond star halo"?) but sound great. Joe says that this was done in the style of "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" by T. The lyrics started out as phonetic sounds to fit the music, which they refined later into actual words. Near the end of that song, there is a line that goes "Pour a little sugar on me, baby," which Elliott says was at least subconscious inspiration for this song. Joe can't always identify the specific influences, but the first record he bought was "Sugar, Sugar," which was a huge hit for the cartoon band The Archies in 1969. There are a mash-up of influences on this song, which is typical of Def Leppard, whose frontman Joe Elliott told us, "Everything I've ever listened to seeps in.".Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind Writer/s: ROBERT JOHN LANGE, JOSEPH ELLIOTT, RICHARD SAVAGE, RICHARD JOHN CYRIL ALLEN, STEPHEN MAYNARD CLARK, PHILIP KENNETH COLLEN Give a little more, take a bottle, shake it up Little miss innocent sugar me, yeah, yeah You gotta squeeze a little, tease a little please a little more Sweet dream, saccharine, loosen up (loosen up) loosen up Listen, red light, yellow light, green-a-light go Little miss ah innocent sugar me, yeah, yeah Razzle 'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me Lyrics and Youtube Music VideosÄemolition woman, can I be your man? (Your man)