"Let's Get Rocked" | ||||
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Single by Def Leppard | ||||
from the album Adrenalize | ||||
B-side | "Only After Dark" "Too Late for Love (Live)" "Women" (Live) |
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Released | March 1992 | |||
Format |
7" single, 12" maxi CD maxi |
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Recorded | 1991-92 | |||
Genre | Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 4:56 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Writer(s) | Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Rick Savage, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Shipley and Def Leppard | |||
Def Leppard singles chronology | ||||
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"Let's Get Rocked" is a 1992 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Adrenalize. The song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #2 on the UK Singles Chart.
Lead vocalist Joe Elliott has claimed the song is about popular cartoon character Bart Simpson disobeying the orders of his parents and also tells the story of Joe himself as a child. He has also stated people from the band's hometown Sheffield, England will understand the lyrics better than anyone else.
Also, according to a Joe Elliott statement on the "Rock of Ages" and "Best Of" compilation albums, this song was an escapism since the band was working on the "White Lightning" song and felt like doing something to lighten the atmosphere. According to the band, this song and "White Lightning" were the last two songs recorded for the album.
The song has been a live fixture on all of the bands' tours since its release and is still regularly performed to this day. It is one of only two songs by the band released after the 1980s to hold the distinction of being a 'setlist staple' (the other being 1993's "Two Steps Behind").
The song was accompanied by a then state-of-the-art computer animated music video, which is believed to be one of the most groundbreaking CG music videos created along with "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits, both of which were directed by Steve Barron. The video consists of the band playing in a computer generated stadium on top of an LED lit stage in the shape of the flag of the United Kingdom, along with CGI animated scenes featuring a character named Flynn, based on Bart Simpson according to lead singer Joe Elliott. Flynn is seen in various moments of a typical day of a teenager's life, which include being berated by his father to do chores, or sexual activity from his girlfriend.