Rock of Ages (Def Leppard song)

"Rock of Ages"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Pyromania
B-side
  • "Action! Not Words" (UK)
  • "Billy's Got a Gun" (US)
ReleasedJune 1983 (1983-06)[1]
Recorded1982
Studio
Genre
Length4:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Photograph"
(1983) 		"Rock of Ages"
(1983) 		"Foolin'"
(1983)

"Rock of Ages" is a song by Def Leppard from their 1983 album Pyromania. When issued as a single in the United States, the song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #19 on the Cash Box Top 100. It also hit #1 on the Top Tracks Rock chart.[6]

In 2012, the band re-recorded the song, along with "Pour Some Sugar on Me", under the title "Rock of Ages 2012". Both were released digitally on 4 June 2012.[7]

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  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004) for a single week. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 170.
  7. ^ "Def Leppard Release New Versions of 'Rock of Ages,' 'Pour Some Sugar on Me'". Ultimate Classic Rock. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2021.