Animal

Album: Hysteria (1987)
Charted: 19 6
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Joseph Elliott, Philip Collen, Richard John Cyril Allen, Richard Savage, Robert John Mutt Lange, Stephen Maynard Clark
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment, BMG Rights Management, Boa Musica Europa, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • Kathleen from Clinton, MdThe line "Like the restless rust, I never sleep." is a reference to Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps released in 1979. Def Leppard also quoted Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps album in their song "Rock of Ages" by quoting the refrain of Young's "My My, Hey Hey." (I had a typo --- sorry!!!)
  • Kathleen from Clinton, MdThe line "Like the restless rust, I never sleep." is a reference to Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps released in 1979. Def Leppard also quoted Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps album in their song "Animal" by quoting the refrain of Young's "My My, Hey Hey."
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