Wednesday, 22nd April 2015
Def Leppard released their Slang single 19 years ago on this day in 1996 in the UK.
The first UK single to be released from the 'Slang' album.
The song reached Number 17 in the UK charts after entering at 18. In total it spent 5 weeks on the Top 100 chart.
The band promoted the single with a Top Of The Pops appearance which was the first time the band performed the song in any form.
Only Joe's vocals were live and the song was played "live" for the first time in Bangkok during the first show of the Slang world tour at the end of May.
Slang - Song Description By Phil Collen 1996
"Contrary to popular belief this song is not about shagging! In fact, it's more of a safe sex anthem (avoiding contact and the like). We wanted to blend metal guitars with an almost James Brown kind of thing over a modern dance track then add some Latin percussion and stuff. It's very hard to make those hybrid or fusion type songs work, but we really nailed it!"
- Def Leppard - Slang Single Section
- Def Leppard - Slang Album Section
- Previous News - 16th April 2015