Def Leppard - 'Pour Some Sugar' Reaction! This Song Symbolizes the Greatness of the 80s!!!

"Pour Some Sugar On Me" is a well-known song by the British rock band Def Leppard. It was released in 1987 and became one of their most popular and enduring hits. The song is part of their album "Hysteria," which achieved massive success and solidified Def Leppard's position in the rock music scene.
The lyrics of "Pour Some Sugar On Me" are about desire, attraction, and the idea of using sugar as a metaphor for the sweetness of love or romantic attention. The song's catchy chorus and energetic rock sound made it a staple in rock music playlists and a favorite among fans of the genre.

[@taki2003]

the drummer, Rick Allen, lost his left arm in a horrific car crash in the mid 80's; the band could have replaced him, but they refused...they waited until he developed a new kit and new style with one arm and using his feet for the left arm parts; great band and great friends to each other!

[@anthonyv6962]

Interesting thing is Rick doesn't play the drums on this album or the previous album. He does actually play the cymbals. Both albums are programed on early drum machines and sequencers. I think they use a Fairlight CMI, Linn Drum LMI, Oberheim DMX and an Akai S-900 Sampler and on stage he uses Simmons Electric Kit. The Reason is the producer Mutt Lange, was looking for the most commercial sound and, at the time in the late '80s, the synth drums were about the most commercial thing you can put on a record. Def Leppard is really a pop band.

[@ric2097]

I was an average so-so fan of these guys as a teen...then my respect shot up when the Rick Allen thing happened and they said we'll wait for him hes our drummer this is our band...good video gentlemen. Best wishes to you all

[@timbren7874]

That was going to be my comment: Big shout out to Rick.

[@DrPickle205]

Def Leppard is NOT a pop band lmfao@@anthonyv6962

[@mlbw1966]

LOVE EM DEVOTED TO RICK, THEY WAITED TO CONTINUE... TRUE ROCK AND ROLL LOVEV

[@kyliebreitenbach79]

I have a 17 year old daughter now from a Def Leppard concert in Green Bay in 2005! 😂

[@tbd407]

Their music is powerful for sure but I think it's not quite capable of making you pregnant

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

Please tell me the farther is Sav?😂

[@Triggerhippie70]

Yes! Lol

[@simoncampbell3144]

It's OK they leave home eventually 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sarahdixon1943]

😆 🤣 That's fantastic!! ❤❤ What a cool story for you guys!! 😎 Not many have that!!!

[@laraismyname821]

This was 1 of my fav bands as a kid. And I'll always respect them for putting everything on hold at the height of their popularity so that their drummer could re-learn to play all of their songs with 1 arm after he had a bad car accident & had to have the other arm amputated.

[@archashencmaa9937]

I couldn't agree more! Also, the fact that they are doing tours right now says what music really meant and means not only to them, but also all of us who have been fans and who will become new ones. Lastly, Fantastic reaction fellas. Stay Blessed!

[@heather6668]

@@archashencmaa9937I saw them live in Glasgow a few years ago on a double bill with Whitesnake and both bands were still awesome. As for Rick Allen, he did an amazing drum solo. Kudos to the guys who refused to replace him and put everything on hold till he recovered and learned to drum with one arm and using his feet.

[@sidle]

@@heather6668 Saw them then too. It was one of Status Quo's drummers who was a stand in for the show's in '86 when Rick was getting back into the swing of things.

[@datacipher]

After the car crash took his arm, Rick Allen came back to the studio where the band had been recording. Nobody ever talked about replacing him or what they were going to do. They were just happy he was back and he'd just go into a room by himself....and spent his days figuring out how he could drum with one arm - setting up to drum with his feet, and practicing day after day. The band admits now, they were just happy he was doing something, but in the back of their minds of course he could never do what he once did. One day he called them into the room and proceeded to play one of their hits in it's entirety on his new setup using his feet. By the end all of them were in tears.

[@Justyna_N]

He did it just in a different way

[@hibhibb5429]

Sadly, we lost Steve (guitar player) in Jan 1991. He was so Amazingly Talented!! Never will he be Forgotten! RIP Steve Clark. ❤

[@chellj8175]

@@hibhibb5429 He was a great guitar player!! Gone too soon for sure!! Alcohol got a few of the 80’s superstars!!🥲🥲

[@davidbenton8775]

They are not just from England, the band are from Yorkshire, Sheffield to be precise and very proud of that.

[@jlm10181978]

At the height of this song popularity, the band was selling 500,000 copies of the album hysteria per day

[@K9-Crazy]

This was my late girlfriends favorite group. He 1st husband was a wife beater that destroyed everything def leppard she had in the 90's. When we together in 2019 I replaced everything and more. She passed away on 3-26-23 we were to be married 7-4-23 on her birthday. I love you Dannie Jo. I hope I will be with you soon. God has his schedule. You guys are great 👍 thank you this brought back loving memories of my girlfriend. ❤

[@baileybowman2449]

🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼

[@suehollar2578]

So sorry for your loss 🙏

[@debbiehopewell5544]

🙏❤️

[@Jude_196]

Sorry for your loss... ❤❤❤❤❤

[@simoncampbell3144]

Shit , your a good man , so sorry for your loss mate ❤

[@janihensley5306]

I just think of all us 50 year olds rocking out to this back in the day!

[@chellj8175]

@@janihensley5306 62 here😀!! I was in my 20’s in the 80’s and it was a blast !!! 💥

[@katiedavis7625]

Always had a mad crush on Joe Elliot when I was in high school. Def Leppard and AC/DC are still my jams. In my 30s I got to see Def Leppard in concert and was blown away watching one armed drummer Rick Allen fiercely dominate his drum set while in a globe that was spinning. Unbelievable!

[@russellsuttles7785]

This was and is my favorite band and, man do they put on a show in their concerts!

[@Renkk17]

More Def Leppard - Photograph - Armageddon it - Hysteria - Rock of Ages - Rock Rock till you Drop - Animal - Love Bites........and many many more!

[@chellj8175]

@@Renkk17 Let’s Get Rocked, Women, Bringing On The Heartbreak a few of my favorite bangers !!

[@Soibottleditup]

Was obsessed with Def Leppard in the 80s had a personalized license plate” Ricksav” eventually worked at a radio station and met the band and they all signed my plate! This band will always be in my heart and I KNOW there are many people I haven’t seen or talked to in decades but they think of me whenever they hear ANY DEF LEPPARD SONG!!!! 😀🥰😊 part of my SOUL! Saw them in comcert at least a dozen times!

[@jacqueline4514]

I literally wore out this song on my cassette in the car 🔥🔥🔥

[@bidwell13]

This is one of my autistic daughter’s favorite song of theirs. Her favorite is Undefeated. Def Leppard is her favorite band of all time. She had her sweet sixteen about five years ago and we surprised her with tickets to Def Leppard and Journey concert. Now that you heard this one check out this song on their new album “Drastic Symphonies”. It’s completely different sound but still good. This band is so awesome. They’re more like a family than a band. When their drummer lost his arm they never once thought about replacing him. They waited until he was on the mend to start figuring out their next step. Which happened to be Rick Allen creating his drum kit after someone brought a radio in his hospital room and he found himself using both legs to play the beat and realizing he could still play the drums with a modified kit. His first live tour after the accident they had a backup drummer in case he wasn’t strong enough. The guy was late and they started playing and when he got there he said he was leaving he believed he wasn’t needed cause he saw Rick (aka Thunder God) playing perfectly.

[@bdmention]

I saw them early on ('83) before the drummer lost his arm. It's admirable that they waited until he was able to learn how to drum again.

[@therealmciver3761]

Watch the biography about Def Leppard. Rick was only 15 yrs old when he signed with Def Leppard. The band, Allen, his parents and the bands lawyer signed the contract in Allen's kitchen in 1963 with the promise he would finish his studies....which never happened. The band made it pretty quick.

[@kathleenmurphy6220]

I’ve lived through many decades. This song is definitely 🔥

[@BrandiModrak]

They are great in concert, this was the first stage that turned around so they could sell more front roe tickets, and they had hidden passages to under the stage for groupies so some could sneak off during the concert for a quickie 😂. ❤ DL and they are still going.

[@bonnasingleton2018]

One of the Best song's of the 80's

[@gulfgal98]

Def Leppard is my favorite group and they are still rocking. Steve Clark who was one of the lead guitarists sadly died from alcoholism. After a while he was replaced by Viv Campbell. That line up has been together for over 30 years. Def Leppard is still making new music and still playing live concerts to massive audiences all over the world. Def Leppard is still one of the best live bands around and are playing to bigger and younger audiences than ever.

[@ginblanco]

Best band ever to come out of Sheffield England and Rick is the best one armed drummer in the 🌎 please do more Def Lep reactions 😊😊

[@StevenNagle-e7g]

The only surprise is they learned English for the songs ;)

[@maggiezemanek9656]

This is from their American concert in Denver, Co in 1988. Steve Clarke was a great guitarist!

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

I would give anything to go back in time and attend this concert.😂

[@MotoNomad350]

I was at this show. It was the old McNichols Arena in Denver. The video was shot after the regular set was over. They took a break then came back out and shot this.

[@hutchpack5243]

Mutt Lang produced the album Hysteria. He said, this would be their Thriller album. It was.

[@cadymauro5792]

Look at the people in the stadium u cant frt this now ever. Mind blowing

[@sopdox]

I saw Billy Joel in 2019 and he brought up Joe Elliott as a special guest and they performed this song. Still sounded great!

[@heatherwade2373]

One thing I love so much about Def Leppard is Joe Elliott’s lyrics. He is very creative!

[@Gothmog8ap]

Just saw them last year. Saw them in 92. Still great.

[@darleneatkinson3906]

This IS IT Reaction, back in the 1980's I bought every record Def Leppard released I used to buy everything I could learn about heavy metal rock and roll bands from Def Leppard to rolling stones every band in between I was obsessed with heavy metal and rock and roll bands made no different if it was men or women, I really like Warlock Pat Bender and Joan jets and the black hearts, there was many bands I get every record they released I go buy 100 to 500 dollars on records it was very interesting to me I got to go to 11 concerts and see rock and roll bands in person today I sit in my bedroom listen to you guy react to my very favorite bands thanks for the uploads.

[@newfiemom8696]

Saw them in concert when I was stationed in Boston. They had a phenomenal pyrotechnics 🧨 show!

[@GhostbustersPhone8489]

This might be the best 1980's Metal Song that I've ever heard. Def Leppard was one of my favourite Rock/Metal bands around 35-40 yrs ago. I also like Every Rose Has Its Thorn around the same time in 1988 by Poison.

[@therealmciver3761]

I seen this tour back in 1987 when I was 17 yrs old. The band Tesla opened up. Tesla has been my fav band since that day.

[@anastas6179]

This song is usually the last song they play before the encore. I've seen Def Leppard about 24-26x and the vast majority of their shows are ended with Photograph (usually preceded by Rock of Ages), which was their big breakthrough song in 1983. I think only twice in my memory did they end with a different song;

[@chellj8175]

The 80’s were a blast !! So much fun !!! Music was awesome !!!! ❤❤❤❤RIP Steve Clark 😢😢 !!

[@tazzatamania]

You have to check out the entire album, Hysteria, every song is a single in its own right. Loved it since i first heard it 35 years ago.

[@BloodTar]

Love it. The 80's were the best, and I lived it. Thanks.

[@thisisitreactions]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@revgurley]

When this song came out, I fell in love with the drums. So....funky? And then I learned (I was a kid when it happened) that the drummer had ONE ARM? Are you kidding me?? With all those drums? Super respect for the band. Saw them about 4 years ago, and they still rock hard in concert.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

I'll always be thankful that I grew up in the 70s/80s. I was in high school & college in the 80s and we had a good time!!! It was as fun as it looks. Living in LA in the late 80s was just too amazing.

[@christarpley6861]

Brings me back to my high school days with me and my friend driving around in his dad's 63 Ford Fairlane and also Milli Vinilli

[@StephanieHealy-wh9cn]

One of my very favorite bands. I've seen them in concert 4 times. They always give a great show.

[@Triggerhippie70]

So growing up in the 80s, I was a tween/teen in the 80s. Def Leppard was obviously a big deal. One of my mom’s best friends is this video. I’m trying to explain it properly, but she’s in the audience and she holds her arms up and she’s kind of like dancing with her arms up, That’s her.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Produced by Mutt Lange. Written by him, Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Rick Savage and the late Steve Clark, RIP. Written by accident! 🤯 And it was the last song recorded. Def Leppard are also fans of Queen and wanted a song like We Will Rock You. Here it is! 🤯 Mutt Lange already had hit songs from Huey Lewis, AC/DC, Foreigner, Thomas Dolby and Loverboy. Mutt Lange was supposed to work on the Hysteria album in 1984 but was already booked with The Cars 🚗. And yes 👍, The Cars 🚗 had a hit album then! 🤯 This song. 80s classic. The chorus with the guitar solo influenced the bridge of Everything I Do I Do It for You, written 4 years later. 🤯 Richard Marx wrote sings for himself, Vixen, Backstreet Boys, with Keith Urban and with or for other musicians. Suggested songs 🎵 1 Bryan Adams sings Everything I Do I Do It for You. 2 Def Leppard performs Animal. 🐆 🐆 🐆 🐆 🐆

[@mikecaetano]

Pour some sugar on 1987! That year was peak hair band. 1987 was the year "Livin' on a Prayer" dropped, along with "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" by Aerosmith and "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake. It's also the year that Belinda Carlisle, lead singer of The Go-Go's, dropped "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", more or less "Livin' on a Prayer" with different lyrics. 1987 was also the year that Guns N' Roses released Appetite for Destruction, heralding the harder sounds that followed in the nineties. Def Leppard dropped their debut album in 1980. It caught on the with the metal kids. "Wasted" was the choice banger from it, iirc. Their second album dropped in 1981. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" was the hit, "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" was the banger. They dropped their third album, Pyromania, in 1983 and it was a huge success, with four singles -- "Photograph", "Rock of Ages", "Foolin'", and "Too Late for Love" -- getting heavy rotation on FM rock stations. "Photograph" was the pop hit, "Foolin'" was the banger. That album was part of the soundtrack when I was in high school. I can still smell the hairspray. Heh. Def Leppard's drummer lost his arm the following year. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" kicked off their next album, by which point they were superstars. The song thrived in strip clubs in the nineties.

[@Kimmielove70]

I remember getting my root perms🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🩷 aqua net extra super hold Pink/white can😛😛🤣🤣🤣 saw sooo many bands but Motley Crue girls girls girls tour at buckeye lakes in ohio 3 day outdoors🤣🤣🤣🎤🎤🌼 Cinderella was great live too seen them 3 times 🖐🏼⭐️

[@sidle]

1987 was the best year for music IMO. Cant be beat

[@LrngMn]

Joshua Tree dropped.

[@nancygarrett0000]

This song played EVERYWHERE back then! God i am sooooooo happy that i was a teen when this fantastic music came out! Me and several friends traveled all over USA to see Def Leppard.... LOVE AND MISS IT!!!

[@bingowild]

This was filmed in Denver Colorado the dvd is called in the round and in your face! I was in the crowd, and it was one of the best shows ever! was Ricks first show back after recovering for losing his arm and learning how to drum with his feet!!

[@angelaherring5443]

I saw them live several years ago! They were awesome live!

[@Soibottleditup]

No bad song!! Lloooove alll of them!!!

[@cherylphillips1361]

My first ever hard rock concert was this very tour! I was 13!

[@peggiebradley7434]

It was so great to be alive when these kick azz songs came out. Got to be in high school from 74-78, and living my 20's in the 80's. Thank you for keeping us smiling.

[@debbiekennedy7739]

Love this!! Brings back super good Memories! ❤❤❤

[@michellemyner5650]

Enjoy your reactions . Deep Purple was one the great rock bands from the 60s and 70s they're live version of Lazy I believe it was 1970 or 72 was great combining jazz blues and rock with guitar riffs organ and drums Solos you will not be disappointed

[@720kla]

I saw this tour in Atlanta. Twice. Loved it

[@heatherwade2373]

It is beyond cool to see you react to the music I grew up with!

[@Rayray-kj9cc]

I saw them in 1988 when I was 17!! Was super late for curfew but the punishment was so worth it!!😂😂

[@jennhurl]

Oh Lord was I grounded for weeks after sneaking out of the house at 16 getting in my friends IROC Z Convertible, driving 2 hours away to see this concert. Do I regret it? HELL NO! I would do it again!

[@jayzez715]

T-shirt band is a great description! Love me some 80s arena rock!!

[@jeffphillips9588]

“Hysteria” or “ Foolin’” are two more great banger songs from Def Leppard. They’ve got a huge catalogue of great tunes and a big rabbit hole to go down. Enjoy the journey!

[@aprilforgue]

I saw them in concert when they first blew up before the drummer lost his arm. I have not heard this song in ages brings back memories.

[@jackielawrence1451]

I adore you guys!!

[@dephii6908]

This is one of those songs that will always demand the volume be up and your body to be moving the entire time! Great reaction!!

[@Jd-im4my]

Seen this live back in the day and hands down one of the best live concerts ive ever seen. Crowd participation was unreal. As a teen it was unforgettable and its still one of my favorite songs and bands. GREAT reation!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@WilliamHomer-o3i]

Was in England when it happened he was in his Corvette. Somebody ran him off the road. Car flipped crashed, and he lost his arm. The seatbelt tore his left arm off.

[@deanpoe8380]

Def Lepperd was known as a hair band that had 3 point natural harmonies

[@michaelakkerman407]

I just think we had the best times in the 80's...happy, happy, happy.

[@greeneyedsheshe]

Saw Def Leppard twice on their Hysteria tour. Best concerts I ever attended.

[@lindasalaki9404]

There music is Amazing. 🔥🔥✌️

[@K31011]

Saw them live during this tour it was a great show. In the round in your face tour stage was dead center and they played on all side of the stage, not a bad seat in the house. They had a lot of great songs a lot better than sugar but it caught on.

[@christophermckinney3924]

Def Leppard's Drummer Rick Allen lost his arm in a car accident in the mid 80s when he drove his sportscar off the rod and flipped it into a field after their Pyromania tour. He had his arm for a few days afterward but it required amputation to prevent infection from killing him. This was the first album after he lost arm and even thoguh it took a few months to recover and re-learn how to play he hasn't missed a beat and the band waited on his recovrery before recording the Hysteria album. He has a sepcially designed drum kit which utilizes his feet more than his hands, but it's become a trademark of him and the band. People love him more for it.

[@barryserpa5174]

That Stage cost a million dollars and had rooms underneath it where the band hooked up with a few fans lol !!!

[@T.C.216]

Huge Def Leppard fan and new subscriber

[@dianelindquist9796]

Concerts in the 80’s were incredible! I saw this show!

[@traviscrockett3640]

They released a few other songs as singles before “sugar”. It actually was the last song written for the album. The record was doing ok but the band was in debt from 4 years of making it and financially looked bad for them. I don’t know who decided to release sugar as a single but when my 12 year old ears heard it on radio one night I was like WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!!! Literally what I said. Along with millions of others I’m sure because Then it started flying off the shelves and for a time they were thee BIGGEST band in the whole world.

[@LA-fz5qw]

When I tell you that the hysteria in the round tour, which is what this is from was one of the best tours ever not just the 80s. So much fun we used to have so much fun at concerts times have changed lol.

[@robertd.7060]

If YOU NOTICE , this song had some HARD ROCK RAP in parts of it ! Same thing Kid Rock would pick up on a little later & did real great job with that . But , for some reason KID got out of the 1 thing he was the KING in ? And was never the same after words . Good , but , NOT , great !

[@Item_I_ate_them_pac-man]

Def Leppard are legends. Thanks for reacting to them.

[@House0fHoot]

Def Leppard all the way from Sheffield 🇬🇧

[@MotoNomad350]

I was at this show. It was McNichols Arena in Denver. They played their whole set then took a break while setting up to shoot the video. Band came back out and played the song again and shot this video.

[@lightlantern]

I Killed Way Too Many Fishnets Dancing In Clubs To This!!! Also Some Great Body Shot Memories!!

[@johnweimer3249]

OK I’m gonna post this comment right at the beginning of your video before you listen to this song. I love the way you guys talked up this song before playing it. I have no idea what your reaction is going to be but I love your reverence for this band and the music. I hope you guys have a great Christmas.

[@robertd.7060]

I would RANK this band in the TOP # 5 of all the England bands ? They are still touring & making albums to this day ? All - time sales , they may be NO # 4 or up words ?

[@pegajense]

Been awhile hearing this Thank You!

[@Ontheroxxwithsalt]

Love Bites was from this album and it was an ICONIC love song from the 80's. As an 80's kid we all remember sloooow dancing at dances to this and the school aides walking around moving hands off of places they should not have been. lol

[@davenoppe5405]

Have seen them in concert a few times. Great band and great show.

[@alishatoleu4062]

Since you did these guys, the lead guitar player Steve Clark passed I don’t remember what year but a song that was written for him was the band “Tesla” song “song and emotion”, check it it out

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

I think this was like the 4th or 5th hit song from this album -- these guys were one of the biggest bands in the world for a while. And this particular song was so damn catchy, and it got SO MUCH rotation on the radio and MTV that you'd think people would get tired of it, but it still holds up. Still one of the biggest party songs from the metal era. You'd blast this while you and your friends were getting ready to go out on the weekend.

[@tammyjomcgregor6725]

They are awesome in concert ❤️❤️❤️🔥

[@tamarahornyak5744]

mind blowing

[@animal2473]

I was actually very lucky enough to be at McNichols arena in Denver Colorado when this video was filmed. The crowd was easily sixty-five to seventy percent female and it was an amazing time that will be a memory that lasts forever!

[@andy60234]

Loved going to their concerts.

[@ten4thebguy]

Love the channel guys! keep on reacting! lots more out there !

[@GordonWolters]

This versions intro is the “concert video” version and not the album version. This was the epic intro version.

[@jhas727]

As a 80’s hair band kid. The comedy of Steve Clark doing a Eddie Van Halen jump and Joe Elliot’s not impressed reaction is just priceless.

[@harryhill8543]

The lyrics are actually pour some sugar on moooiiiiiii. There other famous track is about a chinese lady, its called Annie Mau.

[@SIXX2772]

Def Leppard was my first concert in 87 on this tour, a kick azz band named TESLA opened up!

[@MomofTwins1992]

Man I was 17 when this album dropped the entire album is good and this is the kinda song that gets you on your feet and the tour from this album was phenomenal!!💯🤟

[@singluna888]

I'd forgotten about this song. I love rock! I got a bf about the time this came out. He was a keyboard player in a famous dude's band. They're country so i switched to country for a few years. I prefer Rock! Great reaction guys.

[@kelliewood2527]

The stadium was the Omni in Atlanta.other parts were filmed at another venue also

[@rocknroller77]

Got to hang out with these guys. Joe and Rick Allen are incredibly nice gents.

[@elizabethluker8356]

Loved this ❤

[@LancerX916]

They finished up a world tour last spring. Made over $300 million. One of the highest grossing tours of 2023. They are back to selling out stadiums again.