Animal (Def Leppard song)

"Animal"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Hysteria
B-side
  • "Tear It Down" (UK)
  • "I Wanna Be Your Hero" (US)
Released
  • 20 July 1987 (UK)
  • 25 September 1987 (US)
Recorded1984–1986
Genre
Length
  • 4:04 (7")
  • 4:52 (12")
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (remix)
(1984) 		"Animal"
(1987) 		"Women"
(1987)
Music video
"Animal" on YouTube

"Animal" is a song recorded by English rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album Hysteria. It was the first single release off the album, and became the band's first Top 10 hit in their native UK, reaching No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

  1. ^ "36 Essential '80s Pop Metal Tracks". Stereogum. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ Edwards, Gavin (1 November 2006). "Hysteria". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ^ Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner, Tony Brown (2004) The complete book of the British charts: singles & albums Omnibus Press, 2004