Def Leppard

Songwriter: Joe Elliott Richard Savage

Producer: Def Leppard

Revvin' up, hundred 'n' four
Hammer down, foot to the floor
Such a hard ride
Ride into the sun
Shootin' in
Got a ticket to ride
Movin' out
This is no place to hide
When you're ridin'
Ride into the sun

We gonna make it baby
So step inside
And if we make it baby
We're gonna ride into the sun
Just ride into the sun

Burn it up
We're gonna cruise
Kick down
Nothin' to lose
When you're ridin'
Ride into the sun

A hot shot
Hooked on the street
I'm in love
Got the fire in me
When I'm ridin'
Ride into the sun

We gonna make it baby
So step inside
And if we make it baby
We're gonna ride
Ride on!

We gonna make it baby
So step inside
And if we make it baby
Ya know we're gonna
Ride
Ride into the sun
Yeah
Ride into the sun
Just ride into the sun
Yeah
Hey!

In 1977, Rick Savage, Tony Kenning, and Pete Willis were students at a secondary school in Sheffield, England. They had a band called Atomic Mass. Lead singer Joe Elliott joined later that year, and suggested a new band name. Within 10 years, that name, Def Leppard, became one of the most recognised in English rock music. To date, they have released more than 40 singles.

Def Leppard was a definitive part of the new wave of British heavy metal bands in the late 1970s. Their first three albums had tremendous momentum, each outselling the one before. Then, after the release of Pyromania in 1983, drummer Rick Allen lost his arm in a car accident. The band stuck by him through his recovery and retraining.

When Def Leppard came back, they came back hard. Their fourth album, 1987’s Hysteria, was a hard rock masterpiece that took the world by storm. By then the music video had matured as a film style, and Hysteria’s singles and videos had enough pop, sex, colour, and glam to put it over the top. Hysteria was one of the biggest-selling albums of the 1980s.

more tracks from the album

Retro Active

From the albums

The Def Leppard E.P. (1979)
Retro Active (1993)

Def Leppard popular songs

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