He credited Run DMC’s 1986 cover of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” as inspiration. And other songs which he has acknowledged as having influenced the track are “Sugar, Sugar” (1969) by The Archies (which was the first record he had ever purchased) and “Bang a Gong” (1971) by T. So in all, the following is the song’s full list of writers:Īnd it is Elliot who is recognized as the originator of the riff which eventually led to “Pour Some Sugar on Me”. Writing Creditsīesides Robert John “Mutt” Lange, who produced “Pour Some Sugar on Me”, the other credited writers of the song are the members of Def Leppard. This song was released on 3 August 1987 as part of Def Leppard’s fourth album titled “Hysteria”. Mercury Records released it as a single in the US, and Phonogram Inc. The American version, as it is oft referred to, was filmed in Denver at the McNichols Sports Arena and directed by Wayne Isham.Īnd the original version, which was filmed in Ireland, had Russell Mulcahy as its director. In 1991, MTV placed the music video to this track at number 1 on its list of the “Top 300 Videos of All Time”.Īctually there are two official music videos to this song.

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