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31 Years Ago DEF LEPPARD's POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME At #2 In USA

Pour Some Sugar On Me 1987. Pour Some Sugar On Me 1987

Def Leppard's classic single Pour Some Sugar On Me peaked Number Two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on this day in 1988.

The fourth North American single from the 'Hysteria' album was released on 6th May 1988.

At least this was the date printed in one of the single sleeves.

It entered the Hot 100 chart on 16th April at Number 93 and after 14 weeks would peak at Number Two on 23rd July 1988.

This followed the band's first ever US Top Ten single with 'Hysteria' in March 1988.

The song entered the Top Ten on 25th June at Number 10 and would spent seven weeks there out of it's total 24 weeks on the chart.

A chart run that lasted from mid April 1988 to early October.

24 weeks still remains the band's longest run on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with 'Love Bites' in second place at 23 weeks.

Later described by the band as the song that helped to sell an extra four million copies of the album during it's chart run and making the band one of the most popular in the world during the summer of 1988 alongside Guns N' Roses.

'Love Bites' would go on to do even better by reaching Number One in early October 1988 as the tour was ending.

Pour Some Sugar On Me 1987.

Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart - 23rd July 1988

  • 01 - Richard Marx - Hold On To The Nights
  • 02 - Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (Peak Position)
  • 03 - INXS - New Sensation
  • 04 - Steve Winwood - Roll With It
  • 05 - Cheap Trick - The Flame

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Def Leppard 1988.

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