Did Tom Cruise really sing Pour Some Sugar on Me?
While it’s commendable that Cruise opted to sing the vocals as the role of Stacee Jaxx, lead singer of the faux rock band Arsenal, he’s probably going to take a little heat for this one.
Who did the song Pour Some Sugar on Me?
Def Leppard
Pour Some Sugar on Me/Artists
What year was the song Pour Some Sugar on Me?
1987
Pour Some Sugar on Me/Released
“Pour Some Sugar on Me” is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 23 July 1988, behind “Hold On to the Nights” by Richard Marx.
What genre is Pour Some Sugar on Me?
Hard rock
Pop rockGlam metalArena rockRock
Pour Some Sugar on Me/Genres
Is the movie Rock of Ages based on a true story?
Mark got the megastar to reveal the inspiration behind his character, the fictional rock god Stacee Jaxx. Tom, who had never had a professional singing lesson prior to working on the film, went all-in for this role, studying the history of rock ‘n’ roll. “I took it obviously from the ’80s, too,” said Tom.
What is Pete Willis doing now?
Willis played Hamer Standard guitars almost exclusively during his tenure with Def Leppard. As of 2003, Willis left the music business. He now runs his own property management company in Sheffield.
When did Pour Some Sugar on me come out?
The first time this song was released as a single in the USA (seven month after the album’s release), it failed to achieve any success, so producer Mutt Lange remixed it for pop stations and it spread across the nation, reaching number two on the pop chart. Its success finally brought the album to the top of the albums chart in July of 1988.
Who was playing guitar on Pour Some Sugar on Me?
After we’d pretty much finished the album, Joe (Elliot) was playing around on the acoustic guitar singing “pour some sugar on me,” and (producer) Mutt said, “What’s that?”
Why did Def Leppard write pour some sugar on Me?
Frontman Joe Elliot said in 2000, “When we did ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’, it was only written because Run-DMC and Aerosmith had done ‘Walk This Way’. All of the sudden, rock and rap did mix, so we wrote our own.”