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Kings of the WorldDef Leppard

Released: June 3, 2011

Songwriter: Richard Savage

Producer: Ronan McHugh Def Leppard

We were born to rule
Masters of all the universe
For we are the kings of the world

I've played the fool
Broke every rule
Through thick and thin
I've played to win
Against the odds
I fought the gods
And right or wrong
I still stand strong

I count the cost
Of what is lost
When you're under attack
If you never look back
I've been knocked to the floor
But I've come back for more

We were born to rule the earth
Defenders of the universe
Keepers of the flame forevermore
We will fight for what is worth
Cause we were born to rule the earth
Victory is ours to taste
Protectors of the human race
We're the kings of the world

I've felt brave
To play the game
But I stood tall
And gave it all
I count the cost
Of what is lost

When you're under attack
If you never look back
I've been knocked to the floor
But I've come back for more

We were born to rule the earth
Defenders of the universe
Keepers of the flame forevermore
We will fight for what is worth
Cause we were born to rule the earth
Victory is ours to taste
Protectors of the human race
We're the kings of the world

Greater than the seven seas
Mightier than Hercules
We will battle till the fight is won
Our time will come
Again and again and again and again

We were born to rule the earth
Defenders of the universe
Keepers of the flame forevermore
We will fight for what is worth
Cause we were born to rule the earth
Victory is ours to taste
Protectors of the human race

We're the kings of the world
We're the kings of the world
We're the kings of the world
We're the kings of the world

Def Leppard

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.

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