Love Bites (Def Leppard song)

"Love Bites" is a power ballad recorded by the English rock band Def Leppard in 1987 on the album Hysteria. It is Def Leppard's only number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 to date.

Song

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 band then added power rock elements and emotive backing vocals similar to those used in R&B ballads at the time.^[1] 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.

Following the huge momentum generated by "Pour Some Sugar on Me", the song was released in August 1988 and quickly shot to the top of the U.S. charts, dethroning Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy". It stayed there for one week before giving up the position to UB40's "Red Red Wine". The song also hit number eleven in the UK (their second best showing from the album).

Track listing

7": Bludgeon Riffola / Vertigo / Polygram / 830 675-1 (USA)

"Love Bites"
"Billy's Got a Gun (Live)"

The live track was recorded at Tilburg, Netherlands in 1987^[2]

Charts

Chart (1988-1989)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	21
Canadian RPM Top Singles^[4]	6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[5]	2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[6]	11
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	1

References

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Preceded by "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single 8 October 1988	Succeeded by "Red Red Wine" by UB40

Def Leppard

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

EPs

Videography

Concert tours

Articles	Discography Members Awards & Nominations Hysteria – The Def Leppard Story

Groups	Cybernauts Man Raze Down 'n' Outz Atomic Mass Gogmagog

People	Robert John "Mutt" Lange Jeff Rich Ross Halfin Frank Noon

Def Leppard singles discography

On Through the Night	"Rocks Off" "Wasted" "Rock Brigade" "Hello America"

High 'n' Dry	"Let It Go" "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (1984 Remix)

Pyromania	"Photograph" "Rock of Ages" "Foolin'" "Too Late for Love"

Hysteria	"Women" "Animal" "Pour Some Sugar on Me" "Hysteria" "Armageddon It" "Love Bites" "Rocket"

Adrenalize	"Let's Get Rocked" "Make Love Like a Man" "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" "Heaven Is" "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" "Tonight" "I Wanna Touch U" (Promo)

Retro Active	"Two Steps Behind" "Desert Song" "Action" "Miss You in a Heartbeat"

Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)	"When Love & Hate Collide"

Slang	"Slang" "Work It Out" "All I Want Is Everything" "Breathe a Sigh"

Euphoria	"Promises" / "Back In Your Face" "Paper Sun" "Goodbye" "Day After Day" "21st Century Sha La La La Girl"

X	"Now" "Long, Long Way to Go" "Four Letter Word"

Yeah!	"No Matter What" "Rock On" "20th Century Boy"

Songs from the Sparkle Lounge	"Nine Lives" (Featuring Tim McGraw) "C'mon C'mon"

Mirror Ball – Live & More	"Undefeated" "It's All About Believin'"

2012–13 Digital Downloads	"Pour Some Sugar on Me" (2012) "Rock of Ages" (2012) "Acoustic Medley 2012: Where Does Love Go When It Dies / Now / When Love & Hate Collide / Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad / Two Steps Behind" "When Love & Hate Collide" "Hysteria" (2013)

Viva! Hysteria	"Love and Affection" (live)

Def Leppard	"Let's Go"

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