Saturday, July 23, 2011

Def Leppard Hits The Top Of The Charts On This Day!





Today In Music History - July 23


Def Leppard hit the top of the Billboard 200 chart with their fourth studio release, “Hysteria,” on July 23, 1988. The album was Def Leppard’s first in four years and was delayed in part by the car wreck that famously cost drummer Rick Allen his left arm.

“Hysteria” was driven up the charts in part by the success of “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” a single that would become their signature track. The song reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was only held off the top spot by Richard Marx’s “Hold On To The Night.”

The album also includes Def Leppard’s only number-one song “Love Bites.” The track was originally written by “Hysteria” producer Mutt Lange as a country ballad and adapted to fit the group’s glam-metal sound.

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