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The idea for this song was taken from a line in the 1969 song "Sugar, Sugar." Near the end of that song, there is a line that goes "Pour a little sugar on me, baby." (thanks, Jennie - Flint, MI)

The lyrics are clearly about sex, but they are shrouded in enough metaphors to make the song safe for radio and MTV.

Hysteria was the follow up to their 1983 album Pyromania, which was also a huge hit. Both albums were produced by Mutt Lange, who is known as a perfectionist in the studio. Hysteria was also delayed because drummer Rick Allen lost an arm in a car accident in 1984. He had to learn to play with one arm.

Comments:

This is my second favorite song of theirs! My mom has taken me to 2-3 concerts.(can't remember. They are the best band..I know almost all their songs. Thanks to my mom...^^ She has gotten me into all the 80's music now..:3
- Michelle, Levittown, PA

For me, this song symbolizes the nature of summer, how guys are just crazy for girls and seem to do whatever it takes to see them or hang out with them. I'd pour some sugar on them ;P
- Jeff, Baltimore, NV

Jim, you're correct; mutt did country, but he still does rock. Nickelbacks new album, Dark Horse, was produced by him.
- Jesse, St. Peters, MO

always always got to dance to this one LOVE IT!
- Sara, Union City, TN

love the song, love the band, and love everything that they had done. the drummer is a god of hard rock!
- heather, white bear lake, MN

Rick plays the drums better than most people with two arms! He uses a series of foot peddles and performs barefoot! Def Leppard puts on a wonderful live show, I have seen them several times.
- Linc, Beaumont, TX

LOL Michaela
- Kassi, Rosenberg, TX

One of the most instantly recognisable bands of all time. When lets get rocked came out I heard one bar of it and knew it was Def Leppard.
- steven, shepparton, Australia

I agree with Kelsi! i love it i love it i love it... haha and yes the drummer will forever go down in history as a God of Rock! :o just a side note; like 20 years ago my mother sold leather jackets to Def Leppard!!! haha how BA is that?! hehe
- Anthony, Nowhere, IA

my ex got me hooked on def leppard their drummer is amazing and this song is rockin im more into harder music but wen i hear this song im like yea. great party song if u like to get drunk and do it
- Sarah, new castle, PA

Kristin: 1. Its called "Cherry Pie", not "Sweet Cherry Pie". Also, it's by Warrant, not Whitesnake.
- Cati, Atlanta, GA

I'm gonna see these boys in Nov 2008!!! Can't wait as I've never seen them live before. Cheap Trick also supporting them... Hysteria!
- Jose, Brisbane, -

Leppard are just a great band out of the UK. Similar tounge in cheek titles and lirics that KISS would be proud of. One of my favourite rock bands since they first hit the stage years ago. MAGIC!!
- Ken, Perth, Australia

these guys are my heros!!
- Zakk, Ponoka, AB

I remember the first time I heard this song.I was born this year the song came out.It was a Saturday night.I was in my bedroom listening to a station that plays 80's music on saturdays.This was the first time I heard this song.I couldn't understand what he was saying.But for some reason this song was turning me on.I wondered why.So time past by and I kept listening to it.Then I knew the words.I was wondering if the song was about sex but I thought it was about a man who wanted to make out-not make love!Then,one time I read here that this song was about sex,then I thought to myself this is probably one of the reasons why I thought this song was sexy!
- Michaela, Brooklyn, NY

this song was used in the movie "Balls Of Fury"
- stewie, nashville, TN

I love this song its really awesome
- Alyssa, Forney, TX

One of the better songs on a very good "Hysteria" album, and still a concert favorite as well!
- Michael, San Diego, CA

Rodd is right. This song will live forever. Even my 7 year old loves it.
- Mel, Mattoon, IL

"Cherry Pie" is by Warrant, not Whitesnake. My spousal unit and I saw Def Leppard and Journey in concert last summer in Los Vegas. A large number of people our age brought their kids to the concert. (We were in high school when these songs first came out in the early 80s.)
- Mary, Canyon, TX

I have loved this song since the first time I heard it back in high school in the late 80's. Back in 2003, I started to kick the idea around about going back to college for another degree and made the leap in 2004. I'll never forget the time I was at a club with my classmates and heard Pour Some Sugar on Me come over the speakers. The place went nuts!...and this was 2005...some 17-18 years later after the song had become popular. It was great seeing the young crowd enjoying a song that I loved from way back when.
- Rodd, Naples, FL

great party song!!! good song while your playing a drinking game
- Mike, Los Angeles, CA

love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it
- Kelsi, I-town(Ionia, MI

VERY VERY CATCHY. I love the older rock songs like this, with a hard beat and metaphorically sexual lyrics. Another one like this is "Sweet Cherry Pie" by Whitesnake.
- Kristin, Yaphank, NY

This song is great but the guitar could be better
- Frank, Pearl City, HI

Rick Allen uses an electric foot pedal to get a snare effect. If you really want to see (hear) how good he sounds with one arm, listen to the song "Armageddon It" to the drum fill at the end and tell me that isn't astounding.
- Nick, Paramus, NJ

This song is so catchy. It is hard not to get excited when you hear it.
- Anonnymous, Nashville, TX

AWESOME SONG!!! I MUST agree that the drummer is amazing! i mean drumming normally is hard, but think about it with only one arm! HE IS A HERO! Anyway, Def Leppard is Great, and this song is GREAT
- Lacie, Whitefish, MT

"You got the peaches, I got the cream..." How much more suggestive can you get ? Hilarious!
- FER, Pacifica, CA

The most talented member is the drummer causehes got one frickin' arm! Who else do you know can play the drums with one hand.
- John, Taylors Falls, MS

I love this song, it's my favorite rock song! I wasn't ever into rock, but a friend of mine got me into, and this her favorite song too. I could listen to it over and over.
- Ashley, North Lima, OH

This is one of my favourite songs of Def Leppard, everytime i listen to Hysteria album this son is always the first one i listen to. And as for that joke someone had written, there are 9 arms not 7 okay.
- lisa, no city, Wales

haha its completely about sex! RUDE
- nicola, sydney, Australia

'Mutt' Lange has often received criticism for 'overproducing' bands. It has often been thought, by some die hard fans of the bands he produces, that he tends to break a band away from their roots and influence them to create chart fodder.
- Mark, Dudley, Canada

I heard this song *first* (that I can remember, I'm 14) when I was goin' through the re-broadcasts of Live 8, 2005. It sounded extremely familiar; the guitar part mainly (at the beginning...).
- Stephen, Altamont, IL

Hysteria has to be one of the all time great albums ever put out!!! Not a bad song on it, if you ask me. This song seems to be the one everyone gets into though. It is a rockin' tune and I always crank it when it's on. I think this whole album could've gotten radio play, but what do I know?
- Dee, Indianapolis, IN

LOL i saw that commerial for THE REAL GILLAIGAS ISLAND with the girls lol
- mia, wellston, MI

Whenever a def leppard song comes on the radio i will immidialty know its def leppard becuase of the awesome drums. its so fun to sing and clap along with the drums. lol. but def leppard is an amazing hard rock band and their rockin loves songs rock!
- mia, wellston, MI

I listen to a lot of Papa Roach and Korn, bands which use a lot of swearing in their music. I thought that that was pretty bad, but when my sister gave me some of her "80's Music" CDs, and Hysteria was one of them. Papa Roach and Korn can get dirty, but all of their music is staightforward in it's dirtyness. This is like a pervert's heaven, their are so many hidden meanings and sexual slang in this song, I love it. Also, I agree that their drummer is incredible.
- Elliot, St. Louis, MO

This song was used in a Gilliams Island reality camerical and its well suggeustive.
- Brandon, Morristown, TN

great song indeed for a live audience! it just sparks fire in the crowd
- ALI, LAHORE, Pakistan

The most talented member of Def Leppard is their drummer, if you dont believe me listen to this song one more time!
- Andy, Tualatin, OR

Speaking of the similarities between Shania Twain and other acts produced by her husband Mutt Lange, anyone else notice that in her hit "Honey I'm Home", the style and rhythm of the verses bear a striking resemblence to "Pour Some Sugar On Me"?
- Snatchworth, Seattle, WA

Saw these guys on the Pyromania tour. Good show!
- rick, baltimore, MD

Mutt Lange was a monster producer for hard rock acts, including AD/DC, Loverboy and Foreigner. He gave up rock for country when he married Shania Twain. If you listen to her music with this in mind, you'll hear similarities between her stuff and the acts that Mutt used to produce.
- Jim, Aurora, CO