Song · Def Leppard
“Women” by Def Leppard
From the album Hysteria (1987)
“Women” by Def Leppard appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1987 on the album Hysteria. Its best result is #623 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,727 hard rock song of all time.
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In America, Def Leppard sent "Women" out as the first single from Hysteria in 1987, while most of the world heard "Animal" first; Germany split the difference and paired the two as a double A-side. Mutt Lange produced it and shares the writing credit with Joe Elliott, Steve Clark, Phil Collen and Rick Savage, and it struts like a band with a point to prove, Clark and Collen's guitars grinding against Rick Allen's beat while the Bankrupt Brothers beef up the backing vocals.
The video keeps it simple: a kid sits reading comics by a derelict warehouse while the band plays inside. The B-side, "Tear It Down", came out of a session after the album was finished and picked up radio play of its own. Oddly, "Women" is the one Hysteria single of seven missing from the Vault compilation.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 623 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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