^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – 1989".^ "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles" (PDF).^ "Def Leppard Chart History (Hot 100)".^ " Def Leppard – Love Bites" (in Dutch).^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – week 3, 1989" (in Dutch).^ "RPM 30 Retail Singles – October 1, 1988".^ a b " The Irish Charts – – Love Bites".^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100".^ a b "Def Leppard Chart History (Mainstream Rock)".1 song of the 1980s ranked from worst to best". ^ "Every Rose Has Its Thorn: A Tribute to the Syrupy-Sweet Sounds of '80s Hair-Metal Ballads". When you make love, do you look in the mirror Who do you think of, does he look like me Do you tell lies and say that its forever Do you think twice.^ "Def Leppard Reflects on the 'Early Years' and Why Those Iron Maiden Comparisons Were 'Tiresome' ".^ Classic Albums: Def Leppard – The Making of Hysteria DVD.Were aware of the fact that in Britain, love bites, you guys call them hickeys. "THE B LIST: FAVORITE HAIR-METAL POWER BALLADS". When somebody chews on your neck, you get a bruise. ^ "The Top 8 Romantic Metal Songs to Make Love To".Robert John "Mutt" Lange – backing vocals.Phil Collen – rhythm guitar, backing vocals.ħ-inch: Bludgeon Riffola / Vertigo / Polygram / 830 675-1 (US)ġ2-inch and CD: Bludgeon Riffola / Vertigo / Polygram / (US, UK) "Billy's Got a Gun" was recorded at Tilburg, Netherlands, in 1987. This was the only official release of the "Hysteria" lyrics. The "Love Bites" 45 release in Canada and UK included limited edition gatefold with complete "Hysteria" lyrics. The song also reached number eleven in the United Kingdom, number two in New Zealand, number three in Canada, and number seven in Ireland. įollowing the huge momentum generated by " Pour Some Sugar on Me", the song was released in August 1988 and peaked atop the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week. Musically, the song has been described as glam metal, and is considered a classic of the genre. The title "Love Bites" was originally used for a very different song that was eventually re-titled "I Wanna Be Your Hero", and which appeared as a Hysteria B-side and later on the album Retro Active. The band then added power rock elements and emotive backing vocals similar to those used in R&B ballads at the time. This was the only official release of the "Hysteria" lyrics.When Robert John "Mutt" Lange originally brought the song to the band's attention, it was a country ballad, which the band thought sounded like nothing they had done before. The title "Love Bites" was originally used for a very different song that was eventually re-titled "I Wanna Be Your Hero", and which appeared as a Hysteria B-side and later on the album Retro Active.įollowing the huge momentum generated by "Pour Some Sugar on Me", the song was released in August 1988 and peaked atop the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week. When Robert John "Mutt" Lange originally brought the song to the band's attention, it was a country ballad, which the band thought sounded like nothing they had done before.
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It is Def Leppard's only number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 to date. "Love Bites" is a power ballad recorded by the English rock band Def Leppard in 1987 on the album Hysteria.