‘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, behind ‘Hold On to the Nights’ by Richard Marx. ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ is considered the band's signature song, and was ranked #2 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" in 2006.
Near the end of recording the album Hysteria, during a production break, lead singer Joe Elliott was jamming with a riff he had come up with two weeks earlier on an acoustic guitar. Producer Mutt Lange, expressing great liking of it, suggested that it be developed into another song. Although already behind schedule, Lange felt that the album was still missing a strong crossover hit and that this last song had the potential to be one. Within two weeks the song was completed, smoothed out, and included as the 5th track on Hysteria.
Elliott claims the song was at least partially inspired by the Aerosmith and Run-DMC version of "Walk This Way", which made him realize the potential of the mixing of rap and rock.
The somewhat delayed success of ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ (due to the new promo release) helped send Hysteria to number 1 on the Top Pop Albums chart (now the Billboard 200) a year after release, selling four million copies during the single's run. The song reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (denied the top spot by ‘Hold On to the Nights’ by Richard Marx), number 18 in the UK Singles Chart and number 26 on the ARIA charts (Australia).
MTV ranked ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ number 1 in its "Top 300 Videos of All Time" countdown in May 1991. In 2006, VH1 ranked the song number 2 on its list of the "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s."
Songwriters – Joe Elliott, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Rick Savage
Producer – Robert John "Mutt" Lange
SONG LYRICS
[Intro]Step inside
Walk this way
You and me babe
Hey hey!
[Verse 1]
Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone
Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp
Demolition woman, can I be your man?
Razzle 'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light
Television lover, baby, go all night
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss innocent sugar me, yeah
[Pre Chorus]
So c'mon, take a bottle, shake it up
Break the bubble, break it up
[Chorus]
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
I can't get enough
[Post Chorus]
I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah
[Verse 2]
Listen! red light, yellow light, green-a-light go!
Crazy little woman in a one man show
Mirror queen, mannequine, rhythm of love
Sweet dream, saccharine, loosen up
Lucid love
You gotta squeeze a little, squeeze a little
Tease a little more
Easy operator come a knockin' on my door
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss innocent sugar me, yeah, yeah
Give a little more
[Pre Chorus]
Take a bottle, shake it up
Break the bubble, break it up
[Chorus]
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
I can't get enough
[Post Chorus]
I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah
[Bridge]
You got the peaches, I got the cream
Sweet to taste, saccharine
Cause I'm hot, hot, so hot, sticky sweet
From my head, my head, to my feet
Do you take sugar? one lump or two?
[Pre Chorus]
Take a bottle, shake it up
Break the bubble, break it up
[Chorus]
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
Oh, I can't get enough
[Outro]
Pour some sugar on me
Oh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
Get it, come get it
Pour your sugar on me
Pour some sugar on me
Yeah! Sugar me!