Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
About The Song
“Pour Some Sugar on Me” is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 23 July 1988.
There are a mash-up of influences on this song, which is typical of Def Leppard, whose frontman Joe Elliott told, “Everything I’ve ever listened to seeps in.”
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. 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.
The lyrics started out as phonetic sounds to fit the music, which they refined later into actual words. Joe says that this was done in the style of “Bang A Gong (Get It On)” by T. Rex, which contains vaguely lascivious lyrics that don’t make any sense (“a hubcap, diamond star halo”?) but sound great.
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Lyrics
Step insideWalk this wayYou and me babeHey heyLove is like a bomb, baby, c’mon get it onLivin’ like a lover with a radar phoneLookin’ like a tramp, like a video vampDemolition woman, can I be your man? (your man)Razzle ‘n’ a dazzle ‘n’ a flash a little lightTelevision lover, baby, go all nightSometime, anytime, sugar me sweetLittle miss innocent sugar me, yeah, yeahNow c’mon, take a bottle, shake it upBreak the bubble, break it upPour some sugar on meOoh, in the name of lovePour some sugar on meC’mon, fire me upPour your sugar on meI can’t get enoughI’m hot, sticky sweetFrom my head to my feet, yeahListen, red light, yellow light, green-a-light goCrazy little woman in a one man showMirror queen, mannequine, rhythm of loveSweet dream, saccharine, loosen up (loosen up)Loosen upYou gotta squeeze a little, squeeze a littleTease a little moreEasy operator come a knockin’ on my doorSometime, anytime, sugar me sweetLittle miss innocent sugar me, yeah, yeahGive a little moreTake a bottle, shake it upBreak the bubble, break it upPour some sugar on meOoh, in the name of lovePour some sugar on meC’mon, fire me upPour your sugar on meOh, I can’t get enoughI’m hot, sticky sweetFrom my head to my feet, yeahYou got the peaches, I got the creamSweet to taste, saccharine‘Cause I’m hot (hot), say what, sticky sweetFrom my head (head), my head, to my feetDo you take sugar? One lump or two?Take a bottle (take a bottle), shake it up (shake it up)Break the bubble (break it up), break it upPour some sugar on meOoh, in the name of lovePour some sugar on meC’mon fire me upPour your sugar on meOh, I can’t get enoughPour some sugar on meOh, in the name of lovePour some sugar on meGet it, come get itPour your sugar on me (oh-ooh)Pour some sugar on meYeah, sugar me