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Def Leppard’s Hysteria Produced Seven Hot 100 Hits
Def Leppard’s 1987 album Hysteria produced seven Billboard Hot 100 hit singles and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
Hysteria was released in 1987 and became a defining album for Def Leppard. The album produced seven hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Before Hysteria, the band had achieved major success with Pyromania, released in 1983.
Robert John Mutt Lange returned as producer after the band initially worked with Jim Steinman. During the album’s production, the guitars were layered and the vocals were recorded in large harmonies. Lange and the band aimed for an album in which nearly every song could become a hit single, describing the goal as a rock version of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
Women was Hysteria’s first single in the United States and reached No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100. Animal reached No. 19, Hysteria reached No. 10, Pour Some Sugar on Me reached No. 2, and Love Bites reached No. 1.
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