"Women" is a song released by English rock band
Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), ...
in 1987 from the album ''
Hysteria''. It was the second overall but first single of the album released in the United States.
The song was also released as a single in Canada, Australia, Japan, and was part of a double-A side single with "
Animal
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" in Germany. In most other parts of the world, "Animal" was the first single released from the album.
Background
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 ''
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'' compilation. However, it is included in disc 2 of ''
Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection''.
Music video
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
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after losing his left
arm
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in an auto collision.
Track listing
;US Mercury Records 888 757-7 DJ 7" single
;US Mercury Records 888 757-7 7" single
;US CD single
;Canada 7" single
Personnel
Def Leppard
*
Joe Elliott
Joseph Thomas "Joe" Elliott (born 1 August 1959) is an English–Irish rock singer, best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of the hard rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of the David Bowie tribute ba ...
– lead vocals
*
Steve Clark – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
*
Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard, joining the band in 1982 during the recording of the ''Pyromania'' album. Prior to joining Def Leppa ...
– lead guitars, backing vocals
*
Rick Savage
Richard Savage (born 2 December 1960) is an English musician best known for being the bass guitarist and one of the founding members of the English rock band Def Leppard. Savage and lead singer Joe Elliott are the only two remaining original ...
– bass, backing vocals
*
Rick Allen – drums
Additional personnel
* Philip "Art School" Nicholas – keyboards
Charts
References
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Def Leppard songs
1987 singles
Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Songs written by Joe Elliott
Songs written by Phil Collen
Songs written by Steve Clark
Songs written by Rick Savage
1987 songs
Mercury Records singles