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Women (Def Leppard song)

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"Women"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Hysteria
B-side"Tear It Down"
ReleasedAugust 1987 (1987-08)
Recorded1984–1986
GenreGlam metal
Length
  • 5:41 (album version)
  • 4:57 (single edit)
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Animal"
(1987)
"Women"
(1987)
"Pour Some Sugar on Me"
(1987)

"Women" is a song released by English rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album Hysteria. It was the second overall but first single of the album released in the United States.[1] The song was also released as a single in Canada, Australia, Japan, and was part of a double-A side single with "Animal" in Germany. In most other parts of the world, "Animal" was the first single released from the album.

Background

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The single's B-side track, "Tear It Down", was written during a recording session following the completion of the Hysteria album, where the band laid down several tracks intended as B-sides for the Hysteria singles. Subsequently, the song itself received radio airplay and was later performed by the band live at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards.

The band later re-recorded "Tear It Down" for the Adrenalize album.

"Women" is the only one of the seven Hysteria singles not to appear on the Vault compilation. However, it is included in disc 2 of Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection.

Music video

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The music video for "Women" focuses on a boy who reads a comic book outside an abandoned warehouse while the band performs inside. The comic book, titled "Def Leppard and the Women of Doom!", features a skateboarding protagonist named Def Leppard, who travels to a distant planet and battles evil aliens to liberate female robots. This was also the first video filmed after drummer Rick Allen became an amputee after losing his left arm in an auto collision.

Track listing

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US Mercury Records 888 757-7 DJ 7" single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Women" (LP version)5:43
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Women" (edit version)4:57
US Mercury Records 888 757-7 7" single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Women" (LP version)5:43
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Tear It Down"3:38
US CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Women" (album version)5:41
2."Tear It Down"3:37
3."Women" (Edit)4:57
Canada 7" single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Women" (edit version)4:57
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Tear It Down"3:38

Personnel

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Def Leppard

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Additional personnel

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  • Philip "Art School" Nicholas – keyboards

Charts

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 100
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 80
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[4] 7

References

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  1. ^ Whitaker, Sterling (3 August 2012). "Def Leppard's 'Hysteria' Turns 25". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 36. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Def Leppard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Def Leppard Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 June 2023.