Def Leppard News - 28 Years Ago Def Leppard Release Armageddon It Single In UK

28 Years Ago Def Leppard Release Armageddon It Single In UK

Monday, 28th March 2016

Def Leppard released their classic Armageddon It single 28 years ago on this day in 1988 in the UK.

The fourth single to be released from the 'Hysteria' album in the UK.

It was released on 28th March 1988 reaching Number 20 and spent five weeks on the UK chart.

Four of those weeks were spent inside the Top 40.

It entered at Number 28 before rising to its peak position of 20 in the second week.

The fourth consecutive Top 20 or Top 30 single from the 'Hysteria' album in the UK.

Two more would follow by early 1989.

Def Leppard Armageddon It - Band Quotes

Phil Collen - "Tongue in cheek. T. Rex meets Eddie Cochran with backing vocals."

Phil Collen - "A fun song to do live. It's kind of like T. Rex's "Bang a Gong." A good party song. It never gets boring to play and it translates well to acoustic."

Joe Elliott - "Armageddon It was the last one. Mutt and I were only ones in the studio. And as soon as I finished doing the last bit of that song, it wasn't so much a feeling of anti-climax as it was an inner sense of being totally relieved. I didn't jump up and down. We didn't hug each other and drink tons of champagne. It was more like 'Oh we're finished, man. This is great.' We shook hands, sat down, looked at each other and we both let out a big sigh."